22nd Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) - focus country China

The 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) has the focus country as China and celebrities of the sliver screen came in large number to attend the inauguration ceremony held at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata.
Among the celebrities of Bollywood were Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Kajol, Parineeti Chopra and there were international dignitaries from the focus country China.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 12 November 2016.

The grand event saw a huge turnout of 20,000 people, including big names of Tollywood apart from a couple of star tele-kids - they had truly lived up to chief minister Mamata Banerjee's vision of "cinema for all". Her paintings were also gifted to the dignitaries.
A Bengali film "Benche Thaakar Gaan" was chosen to inaugurate KIFF.
In addition, a book titled "Baritone" containing Big B's KIFF speeches was also released on the occasion.


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