Rishi Kapoor opens Jagran film fest
The festival will feature a retrospective on the veteran actor’s acclaimed films
Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and veteran actor Rishi Kapoor on Saturday inaugurated the 8th Jagran Film Festival, which will travel to 16 cities across India and showcase over 400 films.
The festival will feature a retrospective on Kapoor’s acclaimed films including Do Dooni Char, Chandni, Bobby, Kapoor & Sons and a part of Mera Naam Joker.
“I am thankful that they are showing my films. I have been working in the industry for last 45 years, but nobody has showcased a retrospective of my work. I am very humbled by this. They are showing my eight-and-a-half films. This includes eight full films and one part of Mera Naam Joker,” he said.
Also present at the inaugural ceremony were actresses Divya Dutta and Tannishtha Chatterjee.
The eighth edition of the festival kick-started with the screening of The Fakir of Venice, starring Farhan Akhtar and Annu Kapoor.
The Anand Surapur-directorial tells the story of an Indian conman, who is hired to find a fakir (saint) who can bury himself in sand for an installation art project in Venice. He passes off a poor slum-dweller from Mumbai as the real thing, conning the European art world successfully.
The festival will pay homage to late actors Vinod Khanna and Om Puri with the screenings of their respective films, Achanak and Mr. Kabaadi.
This year the festival will have Morocco as its country focus.
