CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The festival went on for 20 days on 5 screens in Melbourne and opened with India’s first silent film ‘Raja Harish Chandra’ accompanied by a live band playing the background score along with the colored ‘Mughal-E-Azam’. Some of the more contemporary films included Bombay Talkies, Sholay and Talaash.

Detailed explanation-2: -IFFI Goa 2022: The IFFI will also host gala premiers of Hindi films such as Paresh Rawal and Adil Hussain starrer ‘The Storyteller’, ‘Drishyam 2’, ‘Goldfish’, ‘Bhediya’, ‘Tera Kya Hoga Lovely’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Akshay Kumar is also likely to grace his presence at the closing ceremony. Telugu Star Chiranjeevi will be given the Indian film personality of the year. The closing film of this festival would be the Polish film ‘Perfect Number’, directed by Krzysztof Zanussi.

Detailed explanation-4: -IFFI 2022 full list of winners: I have Electric Dreams wins Best Film, Chiranjeevi receives award.

Detailed explanation-5: -The theme of the 2016 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) was ‘Female Empowerment’.