MAMI

The curtains to the 14th Mumbai Film Festival was wrung down with the presentation of awards at a glittering ceremony organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI). In the newly introduced competition section for Indian feature films ‘India Gold’, director Ashim Ahluwalia's Miss Lovely was adjudged as the best film. The film also won the Reliance Media Works’ CreaTech (Creativity & Technology) award.

Amid much fanfare, the 14th Mumbai Film Festival, presented by Reliance Entertainment and American Express got off to a grand opening with Sridevi lighting the inaugural lamp along with Shyam Benegal, Chairman and Trustees of Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI).

The forthcoming edition of the 14th Mumbai Film Festival, presented by Reliance Entertainment and American Express and organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) will pay its homage to three veterans who passed away earlier this year. Coming on top would be homage to Indian cinema’s first superstar Rajesh Khanna on whose name the festival has dedicated a special segment. The late star’s most memorable film <em>Aradhana</em> would be screened on the occasion.

The forthcoming 14th Mumbai Film Festival has decided to honour yesteryear veteran actress Waheeda Rehman with the Lifetime Achievement Award at an eight-day film extravaganza which starts on 18 October. “This year we have decided to award the Lifetime Achievement Award to Waheeda Rehman for the extraordinary work she has put in the last 60 years,” Shyam Benegal, filmmaker and MAMI chairman said in a statement.