'No Smoking' to premiere at Rome Film Fest 25th Sept 2007
19.34 IST
By ApunKaChoice
Anurag Kashyap’s upcoming film will premiere next month at the 2nd Rome Film Festival.
No Smoking , starring John Abraham , Ayesha Takia and Ranvir Shorey , is going to be one of the highlights of the Rome Film Fest. Before its worldwide release late in October, the movie will premiere at the fest, which will be held from October 18 to 27.
Producer Kumar Mangat, director Anurag Kashyap and the entire star cast of the film will be in Rome for the premiere.
This year, the Rome Film Fest has a special event called ‘Focus India’. Apart from Indian cinema, the event will highlight Indian arts like dances, music and literature. Author Suketu Mehta (of ‘Maximum City’) and filmmaker Shekhar Kapur have reportedly been invited.
From Bollywood, actresses Preity Zinta and Tabu are likely to attend the festival.
Reports have it that the festival will be attended by international celebrities like Sophia Loren, Jane Fonda, Gerard Depardieu and directors Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola and Terrence Malick.