Prem Chopra, Arvind ‘Roja’ Swamy, Pt Birju Maharaj, Ilaiyaraaja To Be Honoured At ‘IFFI-50’ Finale Tomorrow

Chaitanya Padukone

The ongoing week-long star-studded prestigious International Film Festival of India ( IFFI) 50^th ‘Golden Jubilee’ edition, will conclude tomorrow evening ( Nov 28)  with a Grand Finale in the presence of Union I & B Minister Prakash Javadekar, I & B Secy Amit Khare , hundreds  of  local and eminent foreign delegates and a galaxy of filmy celeb-guests . The VIP invitees list includes noted film-makers Ramesh Sippy, Rohit Shetty, Madhur Bhandarkar, Aanand L Rai, and star-actors Akshaye Khanna, Rakul Preet Singh, Nithya Menen and Ravi Kishan. Besides the coveted awards presentation  in the various ‘IFFI-50’  Competitive sections, those being formally honoured for their ‘life-time’ contributions to Indian Cinema includes evergreen veteran Bollywood actor ( 84 years old) Prem Chopra,  suave  ‘Roja’ actor Arvind Swamy,  agile Kathak-Guru-maestro Pt. Birju Maharaj,  versatile super-genius music composer Ilaiyaraaja and  brilliant Assamese film-maker Manju Borah.  At the  musical extravaganza, senior  popular musical icons like Hariharan and Leslie Lewis will perform ‘live’, while talented Tanushree Shankar  and her troupe will perform a variety of  diverse Indian dance-forms. According to the dynamic IFFI director Chaitanya Prasad,  the theme of the finale closing ceremony replete with fanfare, music and dance, would ‘Ek Bharat, Shresth Bharat’  !

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