New Delhi: It's going to be a heady mix of art and glamour at the 36th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) which kicks off in Goa on Thursday.
The organisers of the event have roped in some of Bollywood's most glamorous stars to lend colour to the 11-day festival which will screen 116 films from 32 countries.
Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta will release the music of his forthcoming film Zinda during the festival.
"It's a great time to go to Goa. I am looking forward to watching good cinema," Lara Dutta, actor, said.
The festival is expected to open with the Brazilian film Olga directed by Jayme Monjardim. Chief guest for the opening ceremony is veteran actor-filmmaker Dev Anand.
Adding a dash of stardust will be Bollywood actresses Urmila Matondkar and Amisha Patel. Urmila will pay a tribute to the heroines of Indian cinema with her song and dance sequence at the inauguration of the festival.
Also expected on the opening night are Pooja Bhatt and the team of her new film Holiday, which incidentally was filmed in the beach city earlier this year.
Apart from 72 Indian films, including a seven-film retrospective on Hrishikesh Mukherjee to be inaugurated by Rajesh Khanna, the festival will pay tributes to thespians Sunil Dutt and Gemini Ganesan.
Tributes and retrospectives on French actress Isabelle Huppert, filmmaker Ismail Merchant, Italian screenwriter, filmmaker and actress Lena Wertmuller too will be featured.
The competition section is not restricted to Asia this time, as it also includes entries from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Thus, Bollywood is all set to glitter at this year's mega-event.
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