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lets get back to our roots..

11 th Mumbai Film Festival organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images was a treat of World Cinema. The festival kicked off from 29th October to the Closing ceremony in J W Marriott on the 5 th November. The festival was divided into five categories that are International Cinema, Dimensions Mumbai, Retrospective, Indian Frame, Above the Cut. The category which excites the most to Indians is Indian Frame which opened with a regional Film “Rita” a directorial debut by Renuka Shahane . It was the most memorable and proudest moment for Renuka as well as the audience who made it to the morning 10 o clock show. The cast and the crew of Rita were present during the screening. Throughout the festival for the Indian Frame section regional films kept the audience brewing for more. Films like “Gandha” by Sachin Kundalkar, “Vihir” by Umesh Kulkarni, “Natarang” by Ravi Jadhav, “Abhomaan” by Ritupornasen Ghosh, and “Janala” by Buddhadeb Dasgupta were applauded by the film lovers around th...