Yash Chopra to be honoured at Dubai fest 29th Nov 2005
09.22 IST
By Agencies
Veteran Indian filmmaker Yash Chopra will be honoured along with two other renowned film personalities at the second edition of Dubai International Film Festival to be held in Dubai next month.
Chopra, the maker of several blockbusters in his chequered career, will be honoured at the festival, which offers a bouquet of 98 films from across 46 countries.
The seven-day festival, to be held from December 11 to 17, will screen Assamese director Jahnu Barua's Hindi film Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara .
The section, which has six films, will also screen 'Reflections', an eight-minute silent film directed by ‘Bejoy Nambiar’ starring Mohanlal , the award-winning Malayalam actor.
The other Indian entry in this section is an Indo-French produced Bengali feature 'Nisshabd'.
'The Tale of an Indian Temple Dancer: Sringaram', directed by Sharada Ramanathan, will be premiered in the world section along with five other films including a war documentary 'Kosovo: The Hand of Friendship' and Sri Lankan post-tsunami drama 'From Dust'.
Indian actors John Abraham and Lisa Ray will be part of a charity gala with its proceeds earmarked for Nelson Mandela Foundation.
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Yash Chopra to be honoured at Dubai fest
