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IFFI 52 to pay homage to stalwarts of Indian cinema

The 52nd International Film Festival of India, which is scheduled to take-off tomorrow, November 20, 2021, will pay homage to the stalwarts of Indian cinema whom the film industry lost in the recent past. The festival will celebrate their life and work by screening their noted films.

Legendary  actor Dilip Kumar’s Devdas, director Buddhadeb Das Gupta’s Kaalpurush , actress Surekha Sikri’s Badhaai Ho will  be screened at the festival under the homage section .

Apart from this, IFFI is paying homage to prominent Kannada film actors Puneet Rajkumar, Sanchari Vijay and Malayalam actor Nedumudi Venu by screening their films Raajakumara, Naanu Avanalla…Avalu and Maargam respectively.

The festival will also screen the movie Vaastupurush as a homage to director Sumitra Bhave and film editor Waman Bhonsle.

The details of the screenings are as follows:

S.No. FILM TITLE DIRECTOR/ PERSONALITY YEAR LANGUAGE COL/B&W FILM DURATION
HOMAGES
1 Kaalpurush Homage_Shri. Buddhadeb Das Gupta (Director) 2005 Bengali Colour 120 min.
2 Devdas Homage_Shri. Dilip Kumar (Actor) 1955 Hindi B&W 2h 35 min.
3 Maargam Homage_Shri Nedumudi Venu (Actor) 2003 Malayalam Colour 1h 48min.
4 Raajakumara Homage_Shri Puneeth Rajkumar (Actor) 2017 Kannada Colour 2h 28 min
5 Naanu Avanalla…Avalu Homage_Shri. Sanchari Vijay (Actor) 2015 Kannada Colour 1h 55 min.
6 Vaastupurush Homage_Ms. Sumitra Bhave (Director) 2002 Marathi Colour 154 min.
7 Badhai Ho Homage_Ms. Surekha Sikri (Actress) 2018 Hindi Colour 2h 3 min.
8 Vaastupurush Homage_Waman Bhonsle (Film Editor)