All the big and small actors and actresses took part in the film festival, Celebrities like Ajay Devgan, Suniel Shetty,Manoj Bajpayee, Paresh Rawal,Kartik Aaryan, Varun Dhawan,Mrunal Thakur, and Sara Ali Khan attended the opening ceremony of 53rd international film festival of India .
The opening ceremony was held in Goa on Sunday 280 movies from 79 countries were screened at this year’s 53rd film festival, among which the Australian movie Alma and Oskar directed by Dieter Berner was the opening movie of the ceremony.
By giving an overview of the film festival, information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur told the reporters ” The IFFI is Asia’s largest film festival and we are in the 53rd edition… We want to establish this as a platform where eminent filmmakers, directors, and artists of the country and the world get an opportunity to showcase their films. We want to make India a global content hub, be it for content creation, co-production, filmmaking or shooting.”
He also added, “As we celebrate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, our plan is to develop India as the most sought-after destination for filmmakers, co-production, post-production and a larger market place of the world. I am sure India has all the capabilities and possibilities with the trained and skilled manpower. Also, the way technology is being used in India, now we have the power to make the regional content international.”
During the ceremony when Kartik Aaryan was questioned about what he thinks about cinema or what it means to you so in reply to this he responded very excitedly saying ” Entertainment, Entertainment, Entertainment.”
Ajay Devgan also shared his views by saying No one can give any advice to anybody. Follow yourself, and believe in yourself, that is the most important thing.”
After the ceremony ended Union Minister I&B and Youth Affairs & Sports, Anurag Thakur, tweeted, “INDIAN FILM PERSONALITY @IFFIGoa Sh Chiranjeevi Ji has had an illustrious career spanning almost four decades, w/ over 150 films as an actor, dancer & producer. He is immensely popular in Telugu Cinema w/ incredible performances touching hearts! Congratulations @KChiruTweets!”