Chiranjeevi & Carlos Saura's win big at IFFI’22!

Recently, the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) commenced in Goa on 20^th November, Sunday. Union Minister Anurag Thakur, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, and other high-profile bigwigs were present at the event. Besides them, numerous Bollywood actors Ajay Devgn, Varun Dhawan, Sara Ali Khan, Paresh Rawal, Suniel Shetty, Kartik Aaryan, Aparshakti Khurana, and Mrunal Thakur among others attended the events.

The 67-year-old actor Chiranjeevi bagged the IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award 2022. Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur made this announcement at the event.

For the information, Chiranjeevi has contributed over four decades to Indian Cinema and has featured in more than 150 feature films in Telugu, as well as some films in Hindi, Tamil, and Kannada, as per the government data.

Writer Salim Khan felicitated with Indian Film Personality of the Year Award at IFFI 2018!

International Film Festival of India 2018 (IFFI) has finally ended successfully. On the last day of the festival, legendary screenwriter Salim Khan was honoured with Special IFFI Award that is, Indian Film Personality of the Year for his contribution to Indian cinema. Veteran Salim Saab couldn't make it to the ceremony, so his son and actor-filmmaker Arbaaz Khan received the honours on behalf of his father. At the award, Arbaaz read a message by Salim which told, "I dedicate this award to Indore, my birthplace. And to Mumbai, the city that has given me everything."

Earlier, Salim Khan took to his Twitter page and wrote a heartfelt message on being honoured at IFFI. He posted, "Thank you IFFI and Information & Broadcasting ministry, Government of India for honouring me with the Indian Personality for Life time contribution to Indian Cinema.#IFFI2018" He also tweeted, "I dedicate this award to Indore, my birthplace and to Mumbai and the Film Industry which has given me everything. I would also like to thank Mr Javed Akhtar without whose contribution this would not have been possible.#IFFI2018"