Mumbai Film Fest Reinvents Itself

The Mumbai Film Festival has locked in Reliance Jio Infocomm and STAR India as key sponsors for its 17th year, which runs October 29 to November 5. After losing American Express in 2013 and Reliance Entertainment in 2014 as sponsors, the festival nearly collapsed last year. But its founding organization, the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image, saved the day via crowd-funding, and by corralling a primetime celebrity TV personality. Variety critic Anupama Chopra will serve as new festival director alongside chairperson Kiran Rao and a board of trustees that includes Indian cinema stalwarts Anurag Kashyap, Farhan Akhtar, Karan Johar and Vikramaditya Motwane, actor Riteish Deshmukh, actress...

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