KOLKATA: Even as China’s ties with India are recently on a low, the neighbouring country will feature as the focus country in the 22nd edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) to be held here from November 11 to 18. Indian film market is about a third the size of the Chinese market and the Chinese have great respect for Indian film producers, Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu said here today. “We didn’t have any Chinese delegation last year at the fest,” he said. “In recent years, China has imported Indian movies like ‘PK’, ‘Three Idiots’ and ‘Baahubali’. Indian stars like Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and others are well-known in our country,” Mr Zhanwu said. Chinese viewers are moved by Indian movies that contain beautiful scenes and thought-provoking philosophy, he added. According to Chinese consul Li Suyun, ” the festival will screen as many as seven films from the our country and one film will go for the international competition. As many as eight Bengali films, both by popular and lesser-known directors, will be screened in the Bengali Panorama section at KIFF 2016. And none of the films have had a theatrical release yet. Aniket Chattopadhyay’s Sankar Mudi, starring Kaushik Ganguly, Anjan Dutt and Saswata Chatterjee, which focuses on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) will be screened. Agnidev Chatterjee’s much-awaited Gaheen Hriday, based on late author Suchitra Bhattacharya’s work, will also be screened. The film, starring Rituparna Sengupta and Debsanker Halder in lead roles, explores the relationship of a married couple. Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha’s Benche Thakar Gaan, a film revolving around an old-age home, Satarupa Sanyal’s Andhokarer Nodi and Reshmi Mitra’s Indo-Bangladesh film, Hotath Dekha, based on Rabindranath Tagore’s work, too will be screened at this year’s festival. Other films, which have been selected for screening, are director Deep Choudhary’s Alifa, starring Jaya Seal Ghosh, Samik Roy Choudhury’s D Major and Anirban Paria’s relationship drama Baaje Chobi, starring Priyanka Sarkar, Soumitra Chatterjee and Kaushik Sen. (AGENCIES)
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