Around 150 movies from different languages are expected to be screened during the festival, which is to be concluded on October 15. Veteran director and producer SV Rajendra Singh Babu was felicitated with a lifetime achievement award. Rishab Shetty was felicitated with the best director and best film awards, while Rakshith Shetty was felicitated with the best actor award.
The Indian Cinema is considered to be one of the busiest entertainment industries in the world by making over 2000 films per annum. While Mumbai based ‘’Bollywood ’’ leading the table (15 % from all Indian film productions), collectively Southern Indian Cinema contributing a higher proportion of film productions (Telugu 14%, Tamil 12%, Kannada 12%,.