The 29^th Kolkata International Film Festival was inaugurated in the august presence of Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Sonakshi Sinha, Mahesh Bhatt and Sourav Ganguly and others.

The star-studded event took place at Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata.

The inauguration ceremony started with an amazing performance by an artist’s group.

The guests also shook their legs to the theme song of the festival. CM Mamata Banerjee also grooved to the theme song.

Centenaries of Lindsay Anderson, Richard Attenborough, Charlton Heston, Ousmane Sembene, Mrinal Sen, Dev Anand, Mukesh, and Shailendra will be organized at the festival.

Spain is the focus country and Australia is the special focus nation at the 29^th KIFF.

Arijit Singh has sung the title track of the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) for the first time. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has done the punch line, and the lyrics have been penned by lyricist Srijato. Indradeep Dasgupta composed the music for this title song.

The 29^th KIFF will show 72 feature films and 50 short documentaries in the competition category, and 97 films in the competition section.

The festival will continue in 23 venues in Kolkata. 219 films from 39 countries will be screened at KIFF.

KIFF will continue till 12^th December.

Priyanka Dutta