Rishi Kapoor will inaugurate the 8th edition of the “Jagran Film Festival”, this year at New Delhi’s Siri Fort Auditorium. National Award winner, Rishi Kapoor has notably cultivated a unique reputation in the Indian Film Industry owing to series of performances across art house and popular cinema.
Actor will open the “Jagran Film Festival”on July 1 starting with New Delhi, the festival will travel to 16 other cities including Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Bhopal, Ranchi, Indore, Ludhiana and Dehradun before culminating in Mumbai with the award ceremony in September. Some of the films to be featured in the festival like ‘Mera Naam Joker’, ‘Bobby’, ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘Agneepath’ and ‘Do Dooni Chaar’.
Senior Vice President, Basant Rathore said, “It’s a matter of great pride for us that Rishi Kapoor has kindly consented to be part of the Festival. We look forward to it”
This year, the festivals screen over 150 Indian films and approximately 10 foreign films till July 5, 2017 before heading towards other cities like Kanpur, Lucknow and so on. The journey will reaching Mumbai in between 15-22 September 2017.