Bangladesh Film Fest opens in Kolkata

A four-day Bangladesh Film Festival and Liberation War-based photography exhibition began on Friday in Kolkata, India, where Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu was present as chief guest.

The inauguration ceremony took place at the Hall 2 of the Nandan Chalacchitra Kendra, organised by the Information Ministry of the Bangladesh government with assistance from the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata.

“Film is a media that can evoke emotions in people most effectively, and makes one think,” said Inu in his speech, adding that photographs are frozen moments of history. He also expressed hopes that regular exchange of films and photographs between India and Bangladesh will deepen the relations between the two countries.

Among other speakers at the programme were Minister of Power and Non-Renewable Energy Shri Sovandeb Chattopadhyay and Bangladeshi High Commissioner to India, Syed Muazzem Ali. Also in attendance were noted Indian cultural personality Bibhas Chakrabarty, actors Prosenjit and Koel Mallik, Gargee Roy and others.

The festival, which runs from January 5-8, includes screenings of 24 films and exhibition of 83 Liberation War-based photographs at Nandan Kendra and Nazrul Teertha in Kolkata.