The 28th Kolkata International Film Festival starts in Kolkata

The 28th Kolkata International Film Festival has started in Kolkata. The craze surrounding the eight-day festival is palpable. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the last 2 years, the film festival was not organized at the height of activity it used to be.

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan inaugurates the at the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival by lighting lamps as Mamata Banerjee, Shah Rukh Khan, Shatrughan Sinha and Mahesh Bhatt attend in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. The festival will continue till Dec. 22. Source: AP / Bikas Das/AP/AAP

After two years, this festival has become more colorful with the presence of film personalities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, and Arijit Singh.

In this festival, the interest among the audience is also noticeable with the focus of the recent popular Bangladeshi film 'Hawa'.

Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee applaud as Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee looks on at the inauguration of 24th Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. The festival will continue till Dec. 22. Source: AP / Bikas Das/AP/AAP

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