The 6th annual edition of Telangana Bengali Film Festival (TBFF 2024) one of the biggest cultural events in Hyderabad, will showcase a short film on everteen Period Care Adoption Program. Being organized in association with Telangana Government’s Department of Culture and Telangana Tourism, TBFF is the flagship event of the Hyderabad Bengalee Samity, which is engaged in philanthropic activities since 1942. The event is being held on 10-11 February 2024 at the iconic LV Prasad Preview Theatres in Banjara Hills, and endeavors to put Hyderabad on the world map of cinema and entertainment.
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Eleven acclaimed films, including several international and national award-winning films in Bengali, Hindi and Telugu will be screened, including a Bengali national premiere. TBFF 2024 will pay tribute to legendary film maestro Mrinal Sen on his birth centenary with screening of his national award-winning Hindi film Mrigaya (The Royal Hunt) and an exhibition. Famous Indian actor and danseuse, Mamata Shankar, will receive a lifetime achievement award during the festival. Superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee will also interact with the audience. Telangana Bengali Film Festival will screen award-winning films including Bijoyar Pore (Autumn Flies), Matripaksha, Palan (based on Mrinal Sen's 'Kharij' that won three national awards and a Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival) and Shesh Pata aka The Last Page (that won the WBFJA’s Best Film and Best Male Actor awards). The film festival will also showcase children's action-adventure film Jongoley Mitin Mashi, two Telugu films, Intinti Ramayan and Panchatantra Kathalu, Hindi film Raahgir (that won two awards at the UK Asian Film Festival and four awards at the Washington DC South Asian Film Festival), Kabuliwala (based on Rabindranath Tagore’s short story), as well as the national premiere of Bengali film, Sada Ronger Prithibi before its theatrical release. There are an estimated 10 lakh Bengalis living in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.