8th Jagran Film Festival arrives in Delhi sporting Bollywood style

Rishi Kapoor at the Jagram Film FestivalThe mega city and the capital of India New Delhi is the host of the glittering opening ceremony and the first week of the 8th Jagran Film Festival 2017 The gala event was held on Sunday in the heart of South Delhi at Sri Fort Auditorium in presence of acclaimed actors dignitaries filmmakers and cinema lovers The occasion of lsquolighting the lamprsquo and lsquocutting the ribbonrsquo was done in the company of eminent Bollywood personalities including Rishi Kapoor Director and Producer pair Anand Surapur and Punit Desai and the Jagran official teamDuring the ceremony Mr Rishi Kapoor followed by Hon Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi director and producer of The Fakir of Venice and later the Morocco Ambassador staged their views on the Jagran Film Festival as a great initiative to bond people for the love of cinema Lamp lighting ceremony was done by the whole group of eminent personalities present at the eventThe oneofitskind event saw a screening of new and bold narratives including the special screening of lsquoFakir of Venicersquo and the mega trailer launch of the most anticipated film of the year lsquoMomrsquo which opens in cinema this week The critically acclaimed Director and Producer pair Anand Surapur and Punit Desai were present at the festival for the first screening of lsquoThe Fakir of Venicersquo Day 1 also saw the screening of popular Bollywood films including Hindi Medium Naam Shabana and the rare European titlesPurple Horizons and Horses of GodJagran Film Festival has reached new heights from its inception in 2009 and today it is marked as Indiarsquos only Traveling Film Festival executed in a way to transcend cultural and geographical boundaries of India and unite them for the love of cinema Jagran Film Festival has gained immense popularity and each year it attempts to present a treat for cinema lovers by showing unique and popular movies during the showMr Basant Rathore Senior Vice President Jagran Prakashan said ldquoI am elated to be a part of the 8th edition of the Jagran Film Festival which is truly Indiarsquos only Traveling Film Festival We have successfully presented a series of local and international film screenings every year and the fact that many leading personalities of Bollywood embrace the occasion every year to share their passion views and further engage with cinema is a testimony to the fact that how much they love this distinguished platform We are honoured to have their participation and at the same time see the amazing response from the growing audience every yearrdquoIn 2017 too a mix of famous and critically acclaimed movies will be seen and appreciated by lakhs of people across the country On the screening list are famous movies including Hindi titles like Agneepath Pink Shivaay and MS Dhoni The Untold Story to share few names Renowned English movies such as The Social Network and Black Cat to other foreign language movies like BRAVO VIRTUOSO and The Letter Box will be played across the different venues of Jagran Film Festival in India in 2017 The Kingdom of Morocco is the lsquoCountry Focusrsquo partner at the festival in 2017 This fresh association means a bunch of ten Moroccan feature retreat for cinemalovers in the 16 cities of IndiaSome prominent sections of the Festival are World Panorama Indian Showcase Jagran Shorts Jagran Discovery Country Focus and the Retrospective of films The 2017 edition of Jagran Film Festival will traverse from Delhi to the Indian hinterlands of Kanpur Lucknow Allahabad Varanasi Patna Dehradun Ranchi Jamshedpur Bhopal Indore Hisar Ludhiana Meerut Raipur and culminate in Mumbai