The presence of Aamir Khan and Kamal Haasan at the opening ceremony of the 11th Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF), turned the evening unforgettable for the audiences and organizers as well here Thursday.
Organized by the Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation (ICAF) in association with the government of Tamil Nadu and several luminaries of Tamil film fraternity, the eight-day extravaganza (Dec 12-19) will screen 163 films from 58 countries.
The Tamil film
competition jury was introduced and jury chairman, director R.V. Udhayakumar,
and members, actor Sripriya and writer S. Ramakrishnan, were honoured. A
souvenir was released to mark the occasion. Actors Sachu, Mohan, Y.G. Mahendra,
Lissy Priyadarshan, Mohan Raman, and directors Balu Mahendra and Santhana
Bharati, among others, were present.