Bollywood artists to be honoured

Bhopal, Nov 7: Bollywood artists from Madhya Pradesh will be honoured during the four-day film festival -- being organised by the state culture department -- that gets underway here tomorrow.

Official sources said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate the programme, which will be chaired by Public Relations Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. Culture Minister Lakshmikant Sharma will be the special guest for the occasion.

Mr Chouhan will honour Madhya Pradesh-based artists presently working in Mumbai film industry on the occasion.

During the festival, Sudhir Mishra-directed 'Hazar Khwaishen' will be screened on November 8.

On the concluding day, Sunil Dutt's 'Mujhe jeene do' will be screened. The last movie to be screened will be 'Jis desh mein Ganga behti hai'.

Other movies to be screened include: Amol Palekar-directed 'Thoda sa Rumani ho jayen' (November 9), S N Tripathi-directed 'Rani Rupmati' (November 9), Gulzar-directed 'Kinara' (November 10) and B R Chopra-directed 'Naya Daur (November 10).

UNI