Sudhir Mishra, Subhash Ghai, Anubhav Sinha, Hansal
Mehta and Vikramadity Motwane grace the opening ceremony of the 5th
Jagran Film Festival
Great Cinema, Great Insights with some
good old fun and magic of movies, the next five days are set to be one long
reel of inspiration and excitement. The 5th Jagran Film Festival arrived
and arrived with a bang! The festival is being held at Sri Fort Auditorium in Delhi
from 5th July, 2014 till 8th July, 2014.
The day
started on a classical note. The evergreen ‘Devdas’ by the celebrated director
Bimal Roy marked the beginning of the festival.
The evening brought with it the unrolling of the red carpet and eminent
personalities like Sudhir Mishra , Subhash Ghai, Vikramaditya Motwane, Sandeep
Varma, Vijay Raaz, Rahul
Bhat and Hansal Mehta graced
the occasion.
The inaugural ceremony was then initiated by Sudhir Mishra, Subhash Ghai, Mr. Manoj
Srivastava and Mr.Basant Rathore lit the lamp and opened the Jagran Film
Festival. Mr.Sudhir Mishra gave an inspiring speech about the growing relevance
of cinema in today’s time as well as how Indian cinema is itself re-inventing
and evolving as years.
Mr.Basant
Rathore,VP Strategy and Brand Develpoment, JPL then explained the instrumental
role that JFF has been playing in not just getting the world cinema in various
cities of this country and reaching million of people, but also how the
festival is an opportunity for new film makers to showcase their talent as well
as a platform for those interested in this art to learn and discuss about it
with industry veterans.
Adding to the occasion Subhash Ghai said,” “For the cultural development of any country it
is essentially important to showcase good cinema. Jagran Film Festival is a platform
for such cinema, there are debates, workshops, competitions which encourages
the youngsters to think. I thoroughly appreciate the concept and thought of Jagran
Film Festivals and make sure I attend them.”
The coming days will have many such insightful
sessions along with the many inspiring, entertaining movies. So come one, come
all to this fun filled ride in the world of cinema!
