Mumbai: The 12th Marrakech InternationalFilm Festival (MIFF) in Morocco will pay tribute to the 100glorious years of Indian cinema this year and screen filmssuch as Jab Tak Hai Jaan and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.
A Bollywood delegation, led by Amitabh Bachchan, willbehonoured on December 1 at a ceremony there after the eventkicks off on November 30.
"It's a great tribute for the Indian film fraternitytobe honoured at an international platform such as this. Thefest also has a special emotional connect with me because myfilms such as Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham have a vast audiencein Morocco," filmmaker Karan Johar, who would be presentthere, said in a statement here.
The who's who of the Indian film industry will belandingat Marrakech, Morocco's capital and the third largest citythere this month end.Several Bollywood celebrities from Shah Rukh Khan andtheBachchans to Hrithik Roshan and Sridevi will be heading forthe fest to be held from November 30-December 8.Shah Rukh's Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Kabhi Khushi KabhieGham, Don 2 and Veer Zaara (2004) and Hrithik'sZindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Jodhaa Akbar, Agneepathandothers are slated to be screened at the event.
Bollywood star couple Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan willattend the screening of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham along withdirector Karan Johar.The filmmaker will be joined by the cast of hisrecentlyreleased film Student of The Year -- Siddharth Malhotra,Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt and Rishi Kapoor.
Also, Sridevi, who made a successful comeback withEnglish Vinglish, will be present along with her husbandBoney Kapoor, director Gauri Shinde and her husband R Balki.Other celebrities expected at the festival includeZoyaAkhtar, Anurag Kashyap, Ashutosh Gowariker, Anurag Basu, ArjunRampal, Priyanka Chopra, Kalki Koechlin and Ileana D'Cruz.
A Bollywood delegation, led by Amitabh Bachchan, willbehonoured on December 1 at a ceremony there after the eventkicks off on November 30.
"It's a great tribute for the Indian film fraternitytobe honoured at an international platform such as this. Thefest also has a special emotional connect with me because myfilms such as Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham have a vast audiencein Morocco," filmmaker Karan Johar, who would be presentthere, said in a statement here.
Bollywood star couple Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan willattend the screening of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham along withdirector Karan Johar.The filmmaker will be joined by the cast of hisrecentlyreleased film Student of The Year -- Siddharth Malhotra,Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt and Rishi Kapoor.
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