Bollywood
superstar
Shahrukh
Khan
will
inaugurate
the
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI)
on
November
20.
Over
200
films
would
be
screened
during
the
festival
which
would
be
held
till
November
28.
"Shahrukh
Khan
will
declare
the
festival
open," Entertainment
Society
of
Goa's
Vice
Chairman,
Rajendra
Talak,
said
yesterday.
However,
even
before
its
inauguration,
the
festival
has
been
embroiled
in
a
controversy
over
the
Information
and
Broadcasting
Ministry's
move
to
drop
the
films
"S
Durga"
and
"Nude"
from
IFFI's
Indian
Panorama
section,
leading
to
Jury
Chairman
and
two
other
members
resigning
in
protest.
Actors
Katrina
Kaif,
Shahid
Kapoor
and
Union
Information
and
Broadcasting
Minister
Smriti
Irani
will
be
present
for
the
inaugural
function
to
be
held
at
Dr
Shyama
Prasad
Mukherjee
Stadium.
Iranian
film-maker
Majid
Majidi's
movie
"Beyond
The
Clouds"
will
be
the
opening
film
of
the
fest,
added
Talak.
The
film
stars
Ishaan
Khattar
along
with
Malayalam
actress
Malavika
Mohanan.
A
R
Rahman
has
composed
the
music
for
the
movie
which
revolves
around
the
adoration
of
love,
life
and
human
relationships
between
a
brother
and
sister
in
Mumbai.
Indo-Argentine
film
"Thinking
of
Him"
by
film-maker
Pablo
Cesar
will
be
the
closing
film
of
the
festival.
The
film
revolves
around
the
friendship
between
legendary
poet
and
intellectual
Rabindranath
Tagore
and
Argentinian
writer
Victoria
Ocampo.