Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and musician Kumar Sanu shone bright at the grand opening ceremony of the 23rd Kolkata international film festival on Friday. The event was lent further gravitas by the presence of legendary South Indian multi-hyphenate Kamal Haasan who is increasingly visible these days because of his impending entry into politics.
Sharing the stage with them was British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (“The Trip to Spain”). As part of the British Council’s ongoing U.K.-India Year of Culture celebrations, the festival is hosting a Winterbottom retrospective, including the India-set “Trishna” and will screen a selection of classic and contemporary films including “The Red Shoes,” “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Lady Macbeth,” and “Adult Life Skills.”
The topic of Bachchan’s customary keynote address was the evolution of music in Indian cinema. He made a plea for secularity in these riven times noting that through the years Bollywood has seen...
Sharing the stage with them was British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (“The Trip to Spain”). As part of the British Council’s ongoing U.K.-India Year of Culture celebrations, the festival is hosting a Winterbottom retrospective, including the India-set “Trishna” and will screen a selection of classic and contemporary films including “The Red Shoes,” “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Lady Macbeth,” and “Adult Life Skills.”
The topic of Bachchan’s customary keynote address was the evolution of music in Indian cinema. He made a plea for secularity in these riven times noting that through the years Bollywood has seen...
- 11/12/2017
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety - Film News
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