<img alt="Akshay Kumar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Akshay-Kumar_6.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 427px;" /> &quot;It&#39;s a pleasure to be here today. A total of 99 films will be screened in four days during this festival. It&#39;s really great. I have attended many film festivals but a lot of international films will also be shown in this festival. I hope this festival continues forever and forever.&rdquo; - Akshay Kumar, Actor <img alt="Nimrat Kaur" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Nimrat-Kaur_2_1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 522px;" /> &ldquo;I&rsquo;m just happy to be part of the Jagran Film Festival&hellip;&rdquo; - Nimrat Kaur, Actress <img alt="Ram Gopal Bajaj" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Ram-Gopal-Bajaj.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 511px;" /> &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a good thing to see film festivals coming up in the country. Small or big, such events help the younger generation get a view of the cinema that belongs to the older generation. I like to see the jagruti (awakening) happening with the Jagran Film Festival.&rdquo; - Ram Gopal Bajaj, theatre personality and former director of NSD <img alt="Vineet Kumar Singh" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Vineet-Kumar-Singh.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 423px;" /> &ldquo;Jagran was the first newspaper I ever read and since I&rsquo;m from the Hindi-speaking belt, I can tell you how big this name is up in the north. Speaking of this festival, all I want to see is more number of films from north India because I see often very few films travel down south.&rdquo; - Vineet Kumar Singh, Actor <img alt="Homi Wadia" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Homi-Wadia.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 373px;" /> &ldquo;The magic of cinema has to be widespread and film festivals like these made it a realistic dream. What I like most about a film fest is its power to influence the youth towards the various aspects of filmmaking.&rdquo; - Homi Wadia, Actor <img alt="Dr Bijukumar Damodaran" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Dr-Bijukumar-Damodaran.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 325px;" /> &quot;It&#39;s only because of film festivals that a different kind of cinema is possible...and can be shown to a diverse audience. I think an event like JFF should continue as long as possible.&quot; - Dr Bijukumar Damodaran, Director <img alt="Subhash Kapoor" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Subhash-Kapoor-2.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 401px;" /> &ldquo;Film festivals should be encouraged in whatever form possible.&rdquo; - Subhash Kapoor, Director <img alt="Irrfan Khan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Irrfan-Khan-2.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 373px;" /> &ldquo;When we make films for the international crowd, we are actually aiming for the NRIs. Rarely do we come up with films that appeal to an international audience. It&rsquo;s only thanks to film festivals that we come across such kind of films. I genuinely believe in the power of such events. Keep up the good work, Jagran!&rdquo; - Irrfan Khan, Actor <img alt="Tanuja Chaturvedi" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Tanuja-Chaturvedi.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 328px;" /> &ldquo;Thanks to film festivals like Jagran&rsquo;s, there is a scope for smaller films like mine to reach a wider audience. Film festivals are a silent but essential part of the ecosystem called cinema.&rdquo; - Tanuja Chaturvedi, Producer

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