Michael Douglas, honored with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), emphasised the unifying power of cinema in his acceptance speech. Douglas praised cinema for its ability to make people laugh, cry, and rejoice, acknowledging the role of cinema in showcasing our shared humanity. 2023 IFFI: Michael Douglas Receives Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at Closing Ceremony.
Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev, whose film Blaga s Lessons screened at the 54th International Film Festival of India, in Goa, this week, and will be his third film to go to the Oscars, talks about casting 1980s Bulgarian star Eli Skorcheva, phone scams on the elderly and finding no bigger scriptwriter than life.
Rani recalled how nervous she was during the mahurat as she had to deliver a dialogue, saying, "I remember wearing this pink wedding attire with full dupatta, and I was 16 years old. It was meant to be this long dialogue, which I really mugged up. IFFI 2023: Rani Mukerji Opens Up About Dealing with Stage Fright and Stammering Problem.
The trailer of Pankaj Tripathi's Kadak Singh and a poster of Sara Ali Khan-starrer Ae Watan Mere Watan were also unveiled during the opening ceremony of the 54th International Film Festival of India.
American film The Featherweight will be the closing title, whereas Turkish film About Dry Grasses will be the midfest movie, Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said at the curtain raiser press conference of IFFI 2023.