Bollywood takes a back seat as Goa film festival opens

by shaileshk | November 22, 2008 at 07:26 am

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India's most prestigious film festival kicks off in the tourist haven of Goa on Saturday, promising to be a low-key affair with the glitz and glamour of Bollywood taking a back seat at the annual event.

But lovers of cinema will have their hands full at the 39th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), with as many as 225 screenings of films from around the world, organisers said.

The ten-day festival, hosted by Goa for the fifth straight year, opens with Peter Chan's "The Warlords", a Chinese war epic set in the 1860s. Chan is also chairman of the festival jury.