Bengaluru International Film Festival kick-starts
Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda inaugurated the fourth edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival on Thursday (December 15). The eight-day film fest was kick-started with the screening of South African movie Lucky, which has actress and Rajya Sabha member B Jayashree in the key role.
A
total
of
39
movies
were
screened
yesterday
at
various
venues.
Legendary
director
Puttana
Kanagal's
Ranganayaki,
AC
Narasimha
Murthy's
Sandhya
Raaga
along
with
Byari,
Mumbai
Connection,
Urumi,
Adaminte
Makan
Abu,
Thampu,
and
Tulu
film
Gaggara
are
the
Indian
movies,
which
were
premièred
for
the
audience.
About 180 movies from Indian languages and foreign movies will be screened this time in Bengaluru International Film Festival. They include 130 foreign films from 40 countries, 15 Kannada cinema and 30 other Indian movies. This year's focus will be on Polish, Egyptian, Asian, contemporary Indian and contemporary Kannada cinema.