Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 19: The 3rd Edition of Kashmir World Film Festival (KWFF) commenced at Tagore Hall here today.
Dr Nirmal Singh, Speaker of Legislative Assembly was the chief guest on the occasion while Director Radio Kashmir Srinagar, Humayun Qasir and Dr Heena Bhat, chairperson North Zone Khadi Village Industries Commission of India were the guest of honour.
Other film celebrities who graced the occasion with their presence include Rajit Kapur, Arun Raje Patil, Gauhar Raza, Komal Nahta, Ashok Kaul while actor Kishore Bhanushali enthralled the audience with his live performance.
Bollywood actress Preeti Sapru and film actor Parvez Masood were felicitated for their outstanding contribution in the Bollywood”.
The films that were screened on the first day of festival include Life is Beautiful (English), Spring Comes to Kashmir (English), Mehram (Hindi) and Kaba-e-Hindostan (Hindi/ Urdu).
Ashok Kaul, a filmmaker from the Mumbai praised the team of KWFF for taking up this initiative. “I believe that films connect the world and this is the best medium to remain connected with the world,” he said.
Bollywood actor of Kashmiri origin, Mir Sarwar said that the festival is the best platform to watch the world class films. “Such films are not easily available on YouTube and but it is a huge thing that you get to watch such films,” he said.
Veteran filmmaker, Aruna Raje Patil said that though he is not from Kashmir but feel for the place. “Kashmir has talented people and this festival is a place to get it nourished and we all should encourage the initiative taken by the organizers,” he said.
Festival Director Musht-aaque Ali Ahmad Khan said that he is thankful to students, filmmakers and film buffs that have made this festival a success and that prompted us to hold this festival again. “We will be screening around 45 films in the seven day film festival,” he said.
The organizers have received the films from different countries that include Italy, USA, Iran, Korea, Poland, Turkey, Japan and Nepal. The films are of different languages including English, Italian, Hindi, Kashmiri, Persian, Korean, Assamies, Punjabi, Nepali, Turkish, Marathi, Japanese, Malyalam and Sindhi.
The festival is being hosted by RJ Arooon and RJ Deevangna from FM Tadka and the seven day festival will conclude on 25th of June.
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