Kolkata, Dec 5 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday mentioned that no power might divide the nation, emphasising that folks of all religions, castes, and creeds would stay united as a collective expression of affection for the motherland.
Banerjee made these remarks through the inaugural session of the twenty ninth version of the Kolkata Worldwide Movie Competition (KIFF), attended by a galaxy of actors from Bollywood and the town.
Responding to a press release by Trinamool Congress MP and actor Shatrughan Sinha, who urged good individuals to enter politics, Banerjee echoed the sentiment.
“Shatrughan Sinha Ji was saying that we shouldn’t be afraid of anybody. Sure, we needs to be afraid of none; no energy can divide us. All of the religions, castes, and creeds will keep united, as all of us love the nation,” the chief minister mentioned.
Banerjee, with out naming anybody, emphasised the significance of constant the ideological wrestle.
The inaugural session featured outstanding figures equivalent to celebrity Salman Khan, actors Anil Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, and West Bengal’s newly appointed model ambassador Sourav Ganguly, the previous Indian cricket captain.
Turning to Khan and Kapoor, Banerjee mentioned, “If you wish to give one thing to Bengal, make Bengal your future movie vacation spot… Go to Birbhum, go to Darjeeling, Kalimpong…. There are such a lot of locations in Bengal as vacationer areas.” In reply, Khan mentioned, “I by no means break my promise. If I give a promise for capturing, I’ll come,” eliciting thunderous applause from the group.
The chief minister additionally urged Khan to attend the subsequent movie pageant.
“You’ll come for Raksha Bandhan. None is as hospitable and heat as Bengal,” she mentioned.
Through the programme, Sinha harassed the necessity for “good individuals” to have interaction in politics, highlighting the significance of stopping people with ailing intentions from holding energy.
He remarked: “We would like good individuals to affix politics. As a result of if good individuals don’t be a part of politics, then we needs to be able to be ruled by the dangerous individuals.” Bhatt lauded Banerjee and mentioned she has been playing on togetherness and humanity.
“Mamata Ji, you’re playing on humanity, togetherness and love on a regular basis. Extra energy to you. Love is the one revenge. And for us, we filmmakers, our digital camera, our tales, our actors are solely instruments to interrupt the chains of division,” the veteran filmmaker mentioned.
Bhatt, an everyday in KIFF, mentioned cinema is for him a journey for steady discovery, of exploration. A quest for exploring the unknown.
Khan, who inaugurated the twenty ninth KIFF, mentioned he was thrilled to be taught this is without doubt one of the largest movie festivals on the earth with 219 movies screened in 23 areas.
Khan, Bhatt, Kapoor, cricket icon Sourav Ganguly – everybody paid wealthy tributes to the artistic film-makers of the state – Mrinal Sen, Satyajit Ray, Tarun Majumder, Basu Chatterjee, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and others.
Banerjee was seen shaking a leg alongside Bollywood celebrities Khan, Sinha, Bhatt, and Kapoor as they enthusiastically grooved to the rhythm of the KIFF theme music.
After the ceremony, matinee idol Uttam Kumar starrer 50s basic ‘Deya Neya’ was screened earlier than round 10,000 viewers on the Netaji Indoor Stadium.
The twenty ninth KIFF, scheduled from December 5 to 12 throughout 23 venues within the metropolis, will showcase a complete of 219 films from 39 international locations.
Spain would be the pageant’s focus nation, that includes six modern works from the Spanish cinema.
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