GOA (India), 21 November 2022: The 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), 2022, kicked off today with Austrian Director Dieter Berner’s movie Alma and Oskar, a film about a Viennese woman, Alma Mahler, who was beautiful and courageous and challenged social conventions, and Oskar Kokoschka, who was an avant-garde playwright, and an expressionist painter. They began an affair that brought them both to the brink of self-destruction and left traces in art history.
“International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has become a platform for film directors from all over the world to showcase their work. I am sure India will become a hub for co-production, post-production, film shooting and also for the technology partners”, said India’s Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur, today at IFFI 53 in Goa.
Speaking on the sidelines of Red Carpet for the Opening film of IIFI 53 and World Premier of Austrian Director Dieter Berner’s film Alma and Oskar, the Minister said that the festival is becoming bigger every year. This year there are many premieres. 280 films from more than 79 countries are being exhibited at IFFI this year.
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With a career spanning almost four decades, Megastar @KChiruTweets honoured with Indian Film Personality of the Year at #IFFI53#IFFI #AnythingForFilms pic.twitter.com/O0aZBZ7nKY
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Chiranjeevi Konidela gets the IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award for 2022: Minister Anurag Thakur announced Chiranjeevi, the IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award for 2022, for Telegu actor Chiranjeevi. He has acted in more than 150 Telegu and some Hindi, Tamil, and Kannada movies.
He captured the imagination of the masses with his performance in Initlo Ramayya Veedilo Krishnayya in 1982. He is admired for his zestful dance performances and fight sequences brimming with power. His influence has claimed him the title of a Megastar!
In 2006, he was honored with the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award, for his contributions to Indian cinema.
Film luminaries like Waheeda Rahman, Rajinikanth, Ilaiyaraaja, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Amitabh Bachchan, Salim Khan, Biswajit Chatterjee, Hema Malini, and Prasoon Joshi have been honored with this award in the past.
