Superstar Shah Rukh Khan never misses a chance to win peoples’ hearts with his humble nature. The inauguration of the Kolkata International Film Festival 2022 (KIFF) was no exception as King Khan displayed his warm personality there as well. Above: Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerjee interact with each other during the inaugural programme of the Film Festival.
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One of the most loved moments of the opening ceremony of KIFF was Shah Rukh greeting megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his wife Jaya Bachchan by touching their feet. SRK also gave a tight hug to Big B. Above: Shah Rukh Khan and Shatrughan Sinha interact with each other. Actress Rani Mukerjee and playback singer Kumar Sanu were also present.
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A video showcasing the particular moment went viral. The clip, which was shared on SRK’s fan page Shah Rukh Khan Universe, also shows Rani Mukerji greeting the veteran actors on stage. Above: Amitabh Bachchan is being greeted by Shahrukh Khan in presence of his wife Jaya Bachchan, and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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Fans became nostalgic seeing SRK, Big B, Jaya Bachchan and Rani together as they’re reminded of the actors’ iconic film ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...’. Above: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerjee. West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose, actress Jaya Bachchan and actor Shatrughan Sinha were also present.
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King Khan, on Thursday, sent out a message of positivity at the film festival. Without mentioning anything related to the controversy around his song ‘Besharam Rang’, from his new movie ‘Pathaan’, SRK in his speech said: “Cinema and in fact the advent of articulation through social media platforms have now become foremost expression of human experience and emotion. The collective narrative of times is shaped by social media and contrary to the belief that spread of social media will affect cinema negatively.” Above: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee interacts with Shah Rukh Khan.
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He added: “I believe cinema has more important role to play now. Social media is often driven by a certain narrowness of view that limits human nature...I read somewhere negativity increases social media consumption and thereby increases its commercial value as well...Such pursuits enclose collective narrative making it divisive and destructive.” “Cinema exposes the vulnerability of human nature by telling stories in the simplest form as they are lived. It allows us to know each other better in a way it’s best placed to sustain a collective counter-narrative that speaks to the larger nature of humankind,” Khan continued. Above: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with actor Shahrukh Khan.
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After concluding his speech, Shah Rukh tweaked his ‘Pathaan’ dialogue in order to urge people to focus on positivity. “We haven’t been able to meet for a while, but the world is becoming normal now. We are all happy and I am the happiest. And I have no qualms in saying, that no matter what the world does, me and you, and all positive people in the world are ALIVE,” SRK said in Hindi. Above: Saurav Ganguly(L)and Shah Rukh Khan (R).
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Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan, on Thursday, inaugurated the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival. The ‘Shehenshah’ actor delivered a lengthy speech on British censorship, pre-independence films against oppressors, communalism and societal harmony. During the speech Amitabh said, “The 1952 cinematograph act set out the stricter of censorship as it stands today upheld by the film certification board, but even now ladies and gentlemen, and I am sure my colleagues on stage will agree, questions are being raised on civil liberties and freedom of expression.”
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Indian filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt remembered Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore at the festival. The ‘Sadak’ director during his speech, used the lines said by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore when he won the Nobel Prize for ‘Gitanjali’ and said, “I do not think, it is the spirit of India to reject anything, reject any race, any culture. The spirit of India has always proclaimed the idea of unity. The ideal of unity never rejects anything, any race or any culture, it comprehends all and it has to be the highest aim of our spiritual exertion, to be able to penetrate all things with one soul, to comprehend all things as they are and not to keep out anything in the whole universe to comprehend all things with sympathy and love. This is the spirit of India. Now when in the present time of political unrest, the children of the same grade India cry for rejection of the west I feel hurt. I feel it is a lesson that they have received from the west. Such is not our mission. India is there to unite all races. These are the words of India’s greatest son Shri Rabindranath Tagore and they wreck echo in my heart as they should echo in the heart of every Indian, 101 years later.” Above: Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan.
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