Launch of 5th edition of the Jagran Film Festival


The 5th Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai opened with glitz & glamour
Superstars Anil Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Rakesh Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan, Siddharth Roy Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Kiran Rao, Vivek Oberoi, Sushmita Sen 
graced the red carpet




   
The Mumbai launch of the 5th edition of the Jagran Film Festival opened with much aplomb, excitement and curiosity. The star-studded affair took place last evening at Taj Lands End, Bandra, and saw a red carpet dotted with the who’s-who of the Indian film fraternity. Superstars Anil Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Rakesh Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan, Siddharth Roy Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Vivek Oberoi, Sushmita Sen, Divya Dutta, Dalip Tahil, Anuradha Paudwal, Abbas Mustan, Jackie Shroff, Tiger Shroff,  Zarine Khan, Sonal Chauhan, Tisca Chopra, Rashmi Desai, Shekhar Ravjiani, Sharman Joshi, Subhash Ghai, Chitrangada Singh, Neha Dhupia, Sophie Choudry, Onir, Tusshar Kapoor, Manish Paul, Arjan Bajwa, Goldie Behl, Adnan Sami, Meiyang Chang, Mika Singh came dressed to the nines, and showed support for this annually held and revered film event.




Over good food, drinks, and healthy banter over film, was inaugurated the concluding Mumbai leg of the film festival. The actors were bubbling with excitement, and were absolutely elated to support the consistent movement dedicated to the growth of cinema. “The Jagran Film Festival (JFF) is an initiative by the Jagran Group towards creating a culture of cinema appreciation. JFF is an honest and sincere attempt by Jagran to spread this culture, and create a platform that connects great content with audiences across the country,” says official spokesperson of the Jagran Group.



JFF, the only festival in India to run across 16 cities that covers the largest geographical area, is all set to conclude this month in Mumbai from Monday, 22nd September to Sunday, 28th September, 2014. This week-long finish will see a fantastic and diverse line-up of films from all over the world that will be screened at two venues in the city: PVR Andheri, and Cinemax, Versova





The festival started in Delhi, and travelled through Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Hissar, Ludhiana, Meerut, Dehradun, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Raipur, Indore, and Bhopal, and will now culminate in Mumbai. The line-up includes diverse films from the across the globe, across genres, documentaries and world classics.


This year’s edition includes exciting line up of films in diverse genres from every corner of the world. The festival will feature films under several sections: Cinema of the Uprising, a special section that will showcase a clutch of 7 special films dedicated to the fight for freedom. Under the section Indian Showcase, more than 20 feature films, made in several different Indian regional languages, including Hindi blockbusters will compete with each other in this category.
Apart from Indian showcase section, the festival also organise a competition for International Shorts films. In the category Country Focus, an eclectic mix of Cyprus Cinema will be screened for the audience. Apart from this, Thirteen International films across the world will make their Asian debut at the 5th Jagran Film Festival.


About Jagran Film Festival: Jagran Film Festival (JFF) is an initiative by the Jagran Group towards creating a culture of cinema appreciation. JFF is an honest and sincere attempt by Jagran to spread this culture, and create a platform that connects great content with audiences across the country. The festival screens films across genres, documentaries and world classics apart from student films and ad films. A unique feature of JFF is that the cast and crew of a few select films are invited to a discussion with the audience on various elements of the film. An important aspect of the festival is to generate a discussion on the various aspects of Cinema and its impact on society and popular culture. A series of Panel Discussions will be held with deliberations by eminent personalities from the film industry.

Log on to www.jff.co.in for details on films and film schedule

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