Kolkata International Film Festival

Just a day after the Kolkata International Film Festival was inaugurated with much fanfare in the presence of Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, the organizers had to face flak at the hands of Dadasaheb Phalke award winner and veteran yesteryear actor Soumitra Chatterjee on Sunday. Chatterjee, who hadn’t received a delegate card but was handed a last-minute invitation to Saturday's inaugural ceremony, slammed the opener as ‘crass’ and ‘senseless’.