'IFFI' TOWARDS GOLDEN JUBILEE!

Pictures of our 1st 'International Film Festival of India' (IFFI) at Bombay in 1952.

This is a golden jubilee of our 'International Film Festival of India' known as 'IFFI'!

Renowned Italian-American filmmaker Frank Capra with our that time

 Minister of I & B..R. R. Diwakar & other delegates in this festival.

On this occasion here is look on our first international film festival which was happened.. with the support of our first Prime - Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru!

That special event was organised by 'Films Division' of our Government of India in Jan.-Feb., 1952 at Bombay! 

That was also the first international film festival held in Asia!

Our that first film festival was non-competitive and 23 countries participated in it with almost 200 films. Aim of 'IFFI' was providing a common platform to the international cinema to present it's excellence in art of film making!

Our that time Minister of I & B..R. R. Diwakar and..

film personalities with beautiful actress-singer Suraiya!

Renowned film - maker Frank Capra specially came with US delegation to Bombay for that our first 'IFFI' in 1952. Our leading film personalities during that era like beautiful actress-singer Suraiya.. graced this show. That time Minister of I & B..R. R. - Diwakar looked- after this function!

I also started attending our 'IFFI' in Bombay from 1995!

- Manoj Kulkarni