Overview
- The weeklong festival, which opened Wednesday at Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maidan, runs through March 31 across multiple Delhi venues.
- Organised by the Delhi Tourism & Transport Development Corporation with the state government and KPMG as knowledge partner, IFFD is cast by CM Rekha Gupta as a push to place the capital on the global film map.
- Lifetime Achievement honors went to Sharmila Tagore, the late Dharmendra and Nandamuri Balakrishna, with Hema Malini saying she will accept Dharmendra’s award on his behalf.
- Programming spans more than 125 films, industry talks and initiatives for women and emerging filmmakers, and it opened with Oliver Laxe’s Sirât.
- A star-heavy red carpet hosted by Arjun Kapoor and Nimrat Kaur drew actors like Vicky Kaushal and Kangana Ranaut, who used the platform to hail hit sequel Dhurandhar 2 as capturing a “New India” spirit.