The 14th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), celebrating the wealthy heritage of Indian cinema, was inaugrated by Karan Johar, Kartik Aaryan, Mrunal Thakur, and Vijay Varma right here on Friday.

The ceremony was additionally attended by filmmakers reminiscent of Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Kanu Behl, and Prithivi Konanur. The movie gala guarantees to take the audiences on an ”charming cinematic journey that transcends boundaries and showcases the magic of Indian storytelling”. Johar stated he was honoured to be a part of the competition and share the stage with so many proficient artists.

”This is my third time at IFFM. And I’m so grateful to the heat and beauty of the competition and everybody concerned with it. I’m right here joined by many fellow of the Indian movie fraternity and I’m honoured to be amongst such impeccable expertise. ”We have such iconic filmmakers and actors just like the crew of ‘Sita Raman’, Vijay Varma who can virtually do any position given to him. Or Kartik, who has given us movies that resonate with your complete nation and has given movies that introduced individuals again to the theatres,” the ”Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani” director stated.

Kartik stated he was ”overwhelmed” to be in Australia and thanked the director of the competition Mitu Bhowmik Lange for inviting him.

”The love from the Indian group has been each shocking and overwhelming. Never thought there can be a lot love and fanfare for Indian cinema in Australia,” he added.

Mrunal, who beforehand visited IFFM together with her 2018 film ”Love Sonia”, stated the competition maintain a particular place in her coronary heart. ”When I got here to IFFM with Love Sonia, I didn’t have any plans or thought the place my profession would go. But I met Nikkhil Advani sir right here in Melbourne who then supplied me ‘Batla House’ and even my producers of ‘Sita Raman’, I met in Melbourne. So this competition holds a particular place in my coronary heart. I at all times love coming again right here,” she stated.

Organised withthe assist of the Victorian Government and the backing of Indian movie aficionados, IFFM has emerged as a worldwide platform that fosters cultural change and appreciation of cinema. The competition will run until August 20.

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