Two
legends
of
Indian
cinema
-
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
superstar
Rajinikanth
-
will
share
the
dais
at
the
opening
ceremony
of
the
45th
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI)
to
be
held
at
Goa
November
20-30.
Newly-inducted
Minister
of
State,
Information
and
Broadcasting
Rajyavardhan
Singh
Rathore
Tuesday
announced
that
Amitabh
will
attend
the
fest
as
the
chief
guest,
while
Rajinikanth
will
be
conferred
with
Centenary
Award
for
Indian
Film
Personality
of
the
Year.
"IFFI
2014
would
provide
opportunities
to
showcase
the
variety
of
the
festival
in
its
various
formats
to
facilitate
co-operation
in
the
film
sector," Rathore
said
in
a
statement.
The
fest
would
screen
179
films
from
75
countries
across
different
categories
which
include
World
Cinema
(61
films),
Masterstrokes
(11
films),
Festival
Kaleidoscope
(20
films),
Soul
of
Asia
(7
films),
Documentaries
(6
films),
and
Animated
Films
(6
films).
Besides,
the
Indian
Panorama
section
would
include
41
feature
and
non-feature
films.
The
northeast
being
the
focus
region
of
the
festival,
IFFI
2014
would
be
showcasing
7
films
from
there.
The
President
directed
by
Mohsen
Makhmalbaf
will
be
the
opening
film
of
the
fest,
while
The
Grandmaster
by
Wong
Kar-wai,
who
will
receive
the
lifetime
achievement
award,
would
be
the
closing
film.
Retrospective
sections
on
Gulzar
and
Jahnu
Baruah,
special
homage
films
on
Richard
Attenborough,
Robin
Williams,
Zohra
Sehgal,
Suchitra
Sen,
and
special
tribute
to
Farooq
Sheikh
would
be
other
attractions
this
year.
A
special
section
of
films
that
focus
on
dance,
personality
based
retrospectives,
and
Masterclasses/workshops
would
also
form
a
part
of
IFFI
2014.