29th Kolkata International Film Festival: Salman Khan and Mamata Banerjee grace the inauguration ceremony

The inauguration of the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival was graced by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee and Bollywood star Salman Khan.

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Apart from Khan and Banerjee, actors like Anil Kapoor and Kamal Haasan also graced the festival who were among the chief guests. Kapoor, who was recently seen in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal, expressed his appreciation for Salman Khan and called him the real Tiger of the Hindi film industry.

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More about the festival This year’s edition’s primary focus is on Australia and the intent is to promote the cultural exchange between Australia and India. Australian High Commissioner to India, His Excellency Philip Green told NDTV, “Australia and India are embarking on a much more important partnership but in order for that to be deep and real we need to know each other’s stories better. And what better way to learn each other’s stories than through films. In these films that are that are being screened at the KIFF this week, I think there are two important things to be aware of. The first is that one of truly great directors, Bruce Beresford is here is here this week and there is a retrospective of his work.”