Indian Cinema 100 years celebrated in Delhi

Cut and uncut festival and Screening of Silent film Throw of Dice 

In an effort to bring the festival to the doorstep of film lovers in the capital the government is celebrating “100 years of Indian Cinema.” The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is organizing a six day Centenary Film Festival to celebrate Indian Cinema and it’s glory. The Festival begins on April 25th, at Siri Fort auditorium as well as other venues such as Jamia Milia University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and India Habitat Center. The inauguration will be followed with the screening of a silent film "Throw of Dice' accompanied with LIVE musical orchestra by maestro Nishat Khan.  

The six day extravaganza will show Screenings of some classics as well as contemporary Indian films by

• Bimal Roy
• Guru Dutt
• Shyam Benegal
• Adoor Gopalakrishnan

The festival should pay respects one of the best actors who are no longer around us, they include

• Balraj Sahni
• Dev Anand
• Shammi Kapoor
• Rajesh Khanna

The films being screened represent a sprinkling of various flavours of Indian cinema cutting across major film producing regions in the country. Eminent film makers and actors have been invited to interact with the audiences over the course of the six day festival.

A key highlight of the festival –

“Satyajit Ray Retrospective”- which includes  rich content procured by the Films Division’s archive, news reels documentaries, shorts, features and animation films on diverse subjects.

 “Cut-Uncut” – is a three day workshop conceived and executed by CBFC (Censor Board). This event will showcase the growth and evolution of censorship in Indian cinema, through workshops and insightful panel discussions. It will also show rare censored scenes from the films in the past. It will screen Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur' and 'Subramaniapuram' a Tamil movie. 

At the end a play on the life and times of Dadasaheb Phalke by Aamir Raza Hussain would be shown on 30th April. The Centenary celebrations would culminate in the National Film Award ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan on 3rd May. The awards including the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award will be conferred by the Hon’ble President of India.

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