Asian Film Festival begins at Mumbai and Pune

5th Third –EYE Asian film festival in Mumbai opened with modest opening ceremony here in Mumbai with splendid dances choreographed by Mr. Umesh Jadhav to tribute V.Shantaram and the screening of Xiao Jung’s classic film based on rural China.

At this event, veteran film-teacher Prof. Satish Bahadur was honored with Satyajeet Ray Memorial Award. Mr. Bahadur is a Professor of film appreciation at Film & Television Institute of India and He revealed the possibilities of Film language.

Wishes of luck and felicitation of director Rakesh Omprakash Mehra and Ronnie Screwwala for their nomination by the Indian film Industry for Oscar competition came in between.

A week long festival is packed with more than 70 Asian Classics. Iranian director Mr. Mazid Mazidi with his package of films is a major attraction for this festival.

Similar event is happening parallel, in Pune, the cultural capital of Western India.

Rajendra Joshi.