The 43rd International Film Festival of India got underway in a grand manner yesterday when Akshay Kumar inaugurated the 10-day cinematic extravaganza. The festival will celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema over the next 10 days. Recalling his early connection to cinema and how his family skipped meals to buy movie tickets, the <em>Oh MY God</em> producer-actor said that it was incredible that the country was celebrating the 100-year-old cinematic legacy at the IFFI.