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IFFI comes to an end sans Bollywood

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Press Trust of India Panaji
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 6:29 AM IST

The 10-day festival screened some of the best films from around the world, but what seemed to be missing were the big names from Bollywood.

The event was inaugurated by Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar but his presence of a mere 10-15 minutes left the audience disappointed and wanting more.

Singer Kailash Kher's lip-sync performance at the opening day was also another setback for the festival.

The highlight was Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" and their star cast Irrfan Khan and Tabu.

Also present tomorrow at the festival will be Indian American producer Ashok Amritraj, to whom a tribute is being paid at the festival.

Over a hundred movies across India and world cinema were screened and more than ten thousand delegates were present at the Festival.

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Along with the premieres, the festival had Open Forums, Master classes and interactions with acclaimed directors like Jahnu Barua, Goutam Ghose, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Krzysztof Zanussi among others.

The Indian Panorama opened with Barua's feature film 'Baandhon' and Shivendra Singh Dungarpur's non-feature film 'Celluloid Man'.

There were twenty films in the feature section including films like 'Byari', 'Deool', 'Elar Char Adhyay' and nineteen films in the non-feature section including 'And We Play On', 'Cotton For My Shroud' and 'I am Micro'. (MORE)

  

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First Published: Nov 29 2012 | 5:55 PM IST

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