27th Kolkata Int’l Film Festival begins

The prestigious 27th Kolkata International Film Festival started in Kolkata on Monday. Satyajit Ray's iconic film "Aranyer Din Ratri" was screened at the inaugural ceremony.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha inaugurated the festival. It will feature a total of 163 films from 40 countries, which includes 104 feature films. These films will be screened at around 10 locations of the programme.

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Director Shoojit Sircar will deliver the Satyajit Ray Memorial Lecture today at Sisir Mancha. Cast and crew members of Satyajit Ray's film will have an open discussion on his 101st birth anniversary on May 1 at Rabindra Sadan at 3pm.

The festival will pay tribute to Indian filmmaker Chidananda Dasgupta, Hungarian film director Miklos Jancso, Dilip Kumar, Jean-Claude Carrière, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Abhishek Chatterjee as well.