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A week long film festival to mark the India Bangladesh Joint Celebrations of 100 years of Indian Cinema and a Soumitra Chatterjee Film Retrospective is set to begin in Dhaka on Saturday. The festival is being jointly organized by the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Dhaka in association with the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation along with the support of the Bangladesh's Ministry for Cultural Affairs and India's Directorate of Film Festivals of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Bangladesh's Minister for
Information and Cultural Affairs, Mr.Abul Kalam Azad will be the Chief Guest at the Inaugural session of the film festival while Eminent Film Director Mr. Muzaffar Ali and Versatile actor Mr. Farooq Sheikh and Mr. Rajeev Kumar Jain, Director, Directorate of Film Festivals of India will also participate in the programme at the National Museum auditorium in Dhaka.
The India-Bangladesh Joint Celebrations of the 100 Years of Indian Cinema with a week- long film festival is being organised as a tribute to the entire film community of India and Bangladesh of today and the yesteryears who have shaped the film industry over generations. A total of 15 films from India and 8 films from Bangladesh will be screened during the festival which includes Raja Harish Chandra the First feature Film made in India by Dada Saheb Phalke, Muzaffar Ali's Umrao Jaan, and Bangladesh's internationally acclaimed film Matir Moina. The festival also a involves a retrospective of films of Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee to celebrate the recognition of his lifetime contribution to Indian cinema by being honoured with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award this year.
Information and Cultural Affairs, Mr.Abul Kalam Azad will be the Chief Guest at the Inaugural session of the film festival while Eminent Film Director Mr. Muzaffar Ali and Versatile actor Mr. Farooq Sheikh and Mr. Rajeev Kumar Jain, Director, Directorate of Film Festivals of India will also participate in the programme at the National Museum auditorium in Dhaka.
The India-Bangladesh Joint Celebrations of the 100 Years of Indian Cinema with a week- long film festival is being organised as a tribute to the entire film community of India and Bangladesh of today and the yesteryears who have shaped the film industry over generations. A total of 15 films from India and 8 films from Bangladesh will be screened during the festival which includes Raja Harish Chandra the First feature Film made in India by Dada Saheb Phalke, Muzaffar Ali's Umrao Jaan, and Bangladesh's internationally acclaimed film Matir Moina. The festival also a involves a retrospective of films of Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee to celebrate the recognition of his lifetime contribution to Indian cinema by being honoured with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award this year.
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