GUWAHATI: The Chalachitram National Film Festival (CNFF) will begin from March 1. It is a three-day film festival until March 3 that will be held at Jyoti Chitraban in Kahilipara.
On the first day, the festival will begin with movie screenings from the competitive section and the opening film for the day is ‘Bhor,’ directed by Kamakshya Narayan Singh and written by Ranjan Chauhan. The second day is dedicated to eminent film director of Assam, late Bhaben Das.
His popular film "Upagraha" will be screened on that day and there will be an interactive session with the artiste of the film. Film directors Kamakshya Narayan Singh, Dalton Christopher JL and Ujjwal Chatterjee will grace the festival.
On the closing ceremony, the winners of the "Heritage Short Film Competition" will also awarded with a prize money of Rs. 1 lakh for the best film and Rs. 50,000 for the second-best film.
The closing film for the festival is ‘Ottal’ by Jayaraj.