In Pictures: Mumbai International Film Festival 2016 opening ceremony

Aman Verma

Bollywood actor Aman Verma during the opening ceremony of the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016, in Mumbai, India on January 28, 2016.

Aman Verma

Bollywood actor Aman Verma during the opening ceremony of the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016, in Mumbai, India on January 28, 2016.

Jackie Shroff, Cheif Minister Fadnavis, and others at Mumbai International Film Festival 2016 opening ceremony

Mukesh Sharma, Director, MIFF, Col Rajyavardhan Rathore, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Bollywood actor and festival brand ambassador Jackie Shroff, Mike Pandey, President, IDPA, and filmmaker Shyam Benegal, light the tradition lamp during the opening ceremony of the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016, in Mumbai, India on January 28, 2016.

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Fadnavis , Jackie Shroff

Rajyavardhan Rathore, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, and Bollywood actor and festival brand ambassador Jackie Shroff, light the tradition lamp during the opening ceremony of the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016, in Mumbai, India on January 28, 2016.

Jackie Shroff , Shyam Benegal

Bollywood actor and festival brand ambassador Jackie Shroff, with documentary filmmaker Mike Pandey, and filmmaker Shyam Benegal, after lighting the tradition lamp during the opening ceremony of the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016, in Mumbai, India on January 28, 2016.

Rathore and Benegal

Col Rajyavardhan Rathore, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, with filmmaker Shyam Benegal during the opening ceremony of the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016 .

Jackie Shroff

Bollywood actor and MIFF ambassador Jackie Shroff speaks during the opening ceremony of the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016, in Mumbai, India on January 28, 2016. documentaries, short and animation films will be screened during the 14th edition of Mumbai International

Shyam Benegal

Bollywood filmmaker Shyam Benegal speaks during the opening ceremony of the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016, in Mumbai, India on January 28, 2016

Mukesh Khanna

Bollywood actor Mukesh Khanna during the opening ceremony of the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016, in Mumbai, India on January 28, 2016.

Jackie Shroff

Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016, in Mumbai, India on January 28, 2016.

Subhash Ghai

Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai arrives for the opening ceremony of the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016, in Mumbai, India on January 28, 2016.

Naresh Bedi , Shyam Benegal, Devendra Fanavis, ,Col Rajyavardhan Rathore,

Col Rajyavardhan Rathore, Minister of state for information and broadcasting, along with Devendra Fanavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra and filmmaker Shyam Benegal, honours veteran wildlife film maker Naresh Bedi with the V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award during the opening ceremony of the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016, in Mumbai, India on January 28, 2016.

Model Jesse Randhawa

Model Jesse Randhawa presents a peacock dance during the opening ceremony of the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2016, in Mumbai, India on January 28, 2016 will be screened during the 14th edition of Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF ).