Siddaramaiah inaugurates Bengaluru International Film Festival
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday inaugurated the 17th Bengaluru International Film Festival here.
The inaugural programme held in front of Vidhana Soudha here featured a "World Music Celebration" led by violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, followed by the formal event.
Actors Prakash Raj, the festival's ambassador, and Rukmini Vasanth were among the special guests who were part of the event.
According to officials, the Netherlands film Fort Baggage will be screened as the opening film.
This year's festival is being held with the theme "Women's Sensibility, the Voice of Equality," inspired by a famous line from prominent late Kannada poet G S Shivarudrappa.
The festival, to be held till February 6, will showcase around 225 films from 65 countries across multiple sections, including Asian Cinema Competition, Indian and Kannada cinema competitions, contemporary world cinema and retrospectives, they said.
Screenings will take place at Cinepolis at Lulu Mall in Rajajinagar, Suchitra Film Society in Banashankari and the Karnataka Film Artists' Association premises, officials added.
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Renowned Indian photographer Raghu Rai passes away at 83
New Delhi (PTI): Raghu Rai, one of India's best known photographers whose lens captured India in its many shades, died at a private hospital here in the early hours of Sunday. He was 83.
“Dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago but he was cured. Then it spread to the stomach, that too was cured. Recently the cancer spread to his brain and then there were age related issues too,” Nitin Rai, photographer and Rai’s son, told PTI.
He is survived by wife Gurmeet, son Nitin and daughters Lagan, Avani and Purvai.
The last rites will be performed at Lodhi Crematorium at 4pm on Sunday.
