Question: Who led this year’s Indian delegation in the prestigious Cannes Festival in France?
(a) Akshay Kumar
(b) Iqbal Durrani
(c) Vivek Oberoi
(d) Amit Khare
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- The prestigious Cannes Film Festival of France took place this year from 14th to 25th May, 2019.
- The Indian Delegation this year was led by Amit Khare, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. The Film Delegation would consist of Prasoon Joshi, Chairman, CBFC and acclaimed filmmakers Rahul Rawail, Shaji N. Karun and Madhur Bhandarkar.
- India Pavilion was inaugurated at Cannes Film Festival which showcased Indian cinema across linguistic, cultural and regional diversity, with the aim of forging international partnerships in distribution, production, filming in India and many more.
- The Pavilion was set up by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
- The Pavilion serves as a platform for the Indian Delegates to meet International Delegates attending the Festival to promote networking with other countries and organizations.
- A key focus area of the Indian Delegation was to promote the Golden Jubilee Edition of International Film Festival of India to be held in Goa later this year.
- The Delegation also popularized steps taken to ease shooting films in India through Film Facilitation Office that facilitates Single Window Clearance for film-makers and steps by the Government to combat film piracy.
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