Bhubaneswar: The three-day Bhubaneswar Film Festival (BFF) begins in the capital city on Friday. This special film festival has been organised by a group of film directors, scriptwriters, and those involved in the technical aspects of film-making spread across the country.
Fifteen classic Odia movies, including ‘Maya Miriga‘ (The Mirage, 1984) and the famous ‘Mala Janha‘ (Dead Moon, 1965), will be screened at the Bhubaneswar Film Festival. Five Odia films will be screened daily between 10.00 am and 9.00 pm, the organisers said.
A book titled ‘Odia Cinema @ 90: Rhythms, Rendisons and Reflections’ compiling the journey of Odia cinema during the last 90 years will also be released during the festival.
One of the big attractions of the festival would be two ‘Master Classes’ on film acting and script writing to be conducted by famous Bollywood filmmaker and casting director Mukesh Chhabra and Amit Roy, director of the super hit film ‘Oh My God 2′, Amit Roy, respectively.
Eminent film directors Ketan Mehta and Deepa Sahi, Director of the National School of Drama, Chittaranjan Tripathy, and Odia film directors Apurba Bir and Prasanta Nanda will attend the inaugural programme, an organiser said.
