Oscar-winning
composer
AR
Rahman
will
attend
the
Film
Bazaar
and
also
the
closing
ceremony
of
the
forthcoming
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI)
-
a
prestigious
annual
extravaganza
held
in
Goa.
The
Ministry
of
Information
and
Broadcasting
and
the
government
of
Goa
along
with
Directorate
of
Film
Festivals
(DFF)
and
Entertainment
Society
of
Goa
(ESG)
made
the
announcement
at
a
review
meeting,
read
a
statement.
Information
and
broadcasting
secretary
Sunil
Arora
announced
that
the
music
maestro
will
be
the
chief
guest
at
the
closing
ceremony
of
the
10-day
film
festival
on
November
30.
He
will
also
be
part
of
the
Film
Bazaar,
an
annually
organized
market
where
delegates
buy,
sell,
exhibit
and
pitch
their
content.
Here,
Rahman
will
be
part
of
the
NFDC
Knowledge
Series
sessions.
He
will
be
in
conversation
with
documentary
filmmaker
and
writer
Nasreen
Munni
Kabir.
This
year,
the
IFFI
will
showcase
187
films
from
89
countries
in
'World
Cinema'
section
along
with
26
feature
and
21
non-feature
films
in
'Indian
Panorama'
section.
At
the
Film
Bazaar,
which
will
be
held
from
November
20
to
24,
there
will
be
delegates
from
38
countries.