Chennai
(ANI):
Tamil
superstar
Kamal
Hassan
on
Tuesday
downplayed
reports
that
he
was
miffed
with
the
organizers
of
the
forthcoming
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI)
for
omitting
a
retrospective
of
his
films.
Hassan's
retrospective
will
not
form
part
of
the
40th
IFFI,
which
begins
in
Goa
on
November
23.
The
IFFI
will
roll
out
a
special
segment
'Golden
Jubilee
in
Indian
Cinema',
where
yesteryear
actors
including
Sharmila
Tagore,
Asha
Parekh
and
Soumitro
Chatterjee
will
be
honoured
with
a
screening
of
three
films
of
each.
However,
Haasan,
who
recently
completed
50
years
in
the
Indian
cinema,
apparently
wanted
to
screen
seven
of
his
films.
“Somebody
asked
a
question
whether
I
insisted
on
seven.
Its
my
friends
and
well-wishers
in
Delhi,
to
name
Karthikey
and
he
said
three
won't
do,
it
has
to
be
seven,
we
will
do
it
in
Delhi,
that
is
how
it
became," Haasan
said
on
the
sidelines
of
a
function
where
he
was
honoured
with
a
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
by
the
Rotary
Club
of
Madras.
“That
usually
happens,
the
fault
is
also
ours.
We
do
not
represent
ourselves
well,
we
do
not
go
to
meetings,
we
do
not
participate
in
various
functions.
Its
a
diverse
culture
and
there
should
be
unity,"
he
added.
IFFI
this
year
will
feature
200
films
from
about
50
countries
and
will
for
the
first
time
award
the
best
director
as
well.
The
11-day-long
festival,
which
will
culminate
on
December
3,
will
highlight
cinema
from
Latin
America
under
its
'Continent
Focus'
section
while
the
'Country
Focus'
section
will
exhibit
films
from
European
nations.