2nd Patna Film Festival to show movies of Amitabh Bachhan, Vidya Balan etcetera

The first Patna Film Festival had been organized in 2006 at Mona cinema and the 2nd one is now planned to be held at Mona and Elphinstone cinemas. It will be inaugurated by chief minister Nitish Kumar and will be held between February 19 and 25.
This has been reported in telegraphidia.com dated 5 February 2016.

In the festival, cinema fans can catch a glimpse of Bollywood A-listers like Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan and Priyanka Chopra. The art, culture and youth affairs department has invited several big cine stars to the festival. This will be the second time after 2006 when the state government has organized a film festival. Movies in various languages will be screened on the occasion at Mona and Elphinstone cinemas.
The interaction of renowned artistes of Bollywood with the audience would make the festival more lively and informative. The stars are yet to confirm their participation. There will also be movie stars from Bihar like Shatrughan Sinha and Manoj Bajpayee.
In the 1st Patna Film Festival noted film personalities like Shekhar Kapoor, Sudhir Mishra, Aziz Mirza, Shatrughan Sinha, Shekhar Suman, Manoj Bajpayee, Prakash Jha and others had attended. A total of 24 films from India, Iran, Canada and China had been screened on the occasion apart from films in Bengali, Marathi and Malayalam films. It had kicked off with the screening of Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.


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