MUMBAI: Radio Misty 94.3 fm, the first fm station of North Bengal partnered with 9th siliguri international film festival. This festival is organized by siliguri cine society in association with Govt of west Bengal and Dinbandhu manch advisory committee. This festival draws huge crowd from the region. This festival was inaugurated by noted film maker Gautam Ghosh and film actress indrani halder.This festival will continue till 25th November 2008.
Yarwang a celluloid movie in the local Kokborok language of Tripura is the prime attraction of this festival. The film of 95-minute duration is slated to be screened at 1 p.m. on the last day of the seven-day long movie gala.
Other than this, the second best attraction would be the Pakistan movie Ramchand Pakistani. Directed by Mehreeen Jabbar, the 100-minute duration movie is currently enjoying a buzz among the silver-screen buffs all around.
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Says Radio Misty Chief Executive officer Nishant Mittal This is a proud moment for us that we are part of this festival. This festival is yearly event and very popular in this region. Radio Misty radio jocks will give live updates from the venue with exclusive interviews .
The list of total 18 films from 12 countries that will be screened during the also include ~ The Band’s Visit (Dir- Eran Colirin/Israel), Mozhi (Dir-Radhamohan/Tamil), Savior’s Square (Dir-J and K Krause/Poland), Ek Dav Sansaracha (Dir-Sanjay Sarkar/Marathi), False Alarm (Dir- K Evangelakon/Greece), Cleopatra (Dir-J Bressana/Brazil/, Oral Kadal (Dir- Shyamaprasad/Malayalam), Aai Kot Nai (Dir-Manju Borah/Assamese), Stalin’s Disciples (Dir-Navad Leritan/Israel), Casket of Fire (Dir-Neli Tan/ Philippines/), Diep (Dir-JP Villasenor/Netherlands), Wait For Me In Another World (Dir-J Pablo Villasenor/Mexico) and The Life (Dir- DD Phuc/Vietnam/).
Besides these, two Iranian children’s films ~ Colour of Paradise and Children of Heaven, both directed by Majid Majid, are part of screening.
