The first edition of the Kashi Indian International Film Festival was inaugurated in Varanasi today (27th December) in the presence of Satish Kaushik, Anupam Kher, Ravi Kishan, Ashoke Pandit, Rahul Mittra, Madhur Bhandarkar, Raju Srivastava and Vinod Bachchan. State tourism and culture affairs minister Neelkanth Tiwari inaugurated the festival.
The festival is taking place ahead of the ambitious Film City to be built in Sector 21 of the Yamuna Expressway Development Authority in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. Work on the Film City will begin in January 2022.