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  • Veteran actor Biswajit Chatterjee conferred ‘Indian Personality of the Year’ award at IFFI

    Image Source : TWITTER/@PIB_PATNA Veteran actor Biswajit Chatterjee conferred ‘Indian Personality of the Year’ award at IFFI
    Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar introduced veteran actor, director and singer Biswajit Chatterjee because the recipient of the ‘Indian Personality of the Year’ award. The 84-year-old actor is thought for that includes in movies like “Bees Saal Baad”, “Night In London” and “April Fool”. Javadekar, who was talking on the opening ceremony of the 51st version of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), stated Chatterjee will probably be given the honour in the course of the National Film Award, to be held in March this yr.
    Inaugurating the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on Saturday, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar made the announcement. The honour goals to have fun movie personalities for his or her exemplary contribution to cinema. During Javadekar’s handle, he additionally made a powerful pitch for the movie trade in addition to different personal corporations to begin collaborating within the annual pageant from its subsequent version.
    An official assertion by PIB in Bihar, says “Veteran Actor and Director #BiswajitChatterjee has been conferred Indian Personality of the Year Award, at  #IFFI51.”
    Veteran Actor and Director #BiswajitChatterjee has been conferred Indian Personality of the Year Award, at #IFFI51Details right here 👇https://t.co/yDAR9DNJFp pic.twitter.com/vMTHkllLfw

    — PIB In Bihar 🇮🇳 Mask your self 😷 (@PIB_Patna) January 16, 2021

    Chatterjee began his profession within the late Nineteen Fifties and went on to work in movies like “Biwi Aur Makan”, “Sagaai”, “Kohra” amongst others.
    In 1975, he directed and produced “Kahte Hain Mujhko Raja”, that includes himself together with Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Rekha.
    Some of Chatterjee’s Bengali movies embrace “Chowringhee” (1968), “Garh Nasimpur” and “Amar Geeti”.  Chatterjee had additionally contested the 2014 normal elections from a Delhi seat on a Trinamool Congress ticket however had later joined BJP in February 2019.
    (With PTI Inputs)

  • IFFI: Biswajit Chatterjee awarded ‘Indian Personality of the Year’

    Inaugurating the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) right here on Saturday, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar, introduced a brand new ‘Indian Personality of the Year’ award, which he introduced was being conferred upon veteran actor, director and singer Biswajit Chatterjee.
    During his deal with, Javadekar additionally made a robust pitch for the movie trade in addition to different personal firms to start out taking part within the annual competition from its subsequent version.
    Javadekar mentioned Chatterjee might be offered the award in March, together with winners of the National Film Awards.Chatterjee had contested the 2014 basic elections from a Delhi seat on a Trinamool Congress ticket however had joined the BJP in February 2019. IFFI additionally selected Bangladesh because the nation in focus for this 12 months. During his deal with, Javadekar mentioned that to mark the a centesimal delivery anniversary of Bangladesh’s first president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, India and Bangladesh might be co-producing a movie titled ‘Bangabandhu’.The ‘Lifetime Achievement’ this 12 months was given to Italian cinematographer Vittorio Storaro.Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this 12 months’s competition — being held on the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium — is a mixture of digital and bodily screenings of movies. It normally takes place in November yearly however was delayed as a result of pandemic. The competition this 12 months obtained 600 worldwide entries and 190 Indian entries.

    Speaking on the occasion, Javadekar additionally mentioned, “Every year, IFFI is organised by the Central government and Goa government. Why?,” he mentioned, including that “there should be participation from the film industry and other industries.”
    “Just because it’s the government’s responsibility to ensure a thriving atmosphere and promotion of arts and culture, doesn’t mean the government should do everything,” he added.