Mumbai: The Ministry for Information and Broadcasting has announced that the award for ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee’ of the International Film Festival of India, will be given to Superstar Rajinikanth. The announcement was made by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday.
The 50th edition of the film festival will be held in Goa from November 20 to November 28. Over 200 films from across the world will be screened at the venues.
Superstar Rajinikanth has been ruling the hearts of the people across the globe for more than four decades now. He made his acting debut in the year 1975 with K. Balachander’s Apoorva Raagangal in which he starred alongside Kamal Haasan, Major Sundarrajan, Srividya and Jayasudha in the lead roles. Soon after that, there was no turning back for Rajini and he went on to work in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi languages.
A tweet put out by the Minister stated, “In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, during the past several decades, I am happy to announce that the award for the ICON OF GOLDEN JUBILEE OF #IFFI2019 is being conferred on cine star Shri S Rajnikant.” He further told the media that he was happy to note that the actor had accepted the award.
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, during the past several decades, I am happy to announce that the award for the ICON OF GOLDEN JUBILEE OF #IFFI2019 is being conferred on cine star Shri S Rajnikant.
IFFIGoa50 pic.twitter.com/oqjTGvcrvE— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) November 2, 2019
The Petta actor is overwhelmed with this recognition and took to Twitter to thank the government for honouring him. He wrote, “I thank the government of India for this prestigious honour bestowed upon me on the golden jubilee of the International film festival of India #IFFI2019
I thank the government of India for this prestigious honour bestowed upon me on the golden jubilee of the International film festival of India 🙏🏻#IFFI2019
— Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) November 2, 2019
Russia will be the partner country at the festival this year.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Amitabh Bachchan’s selected seven or eight films will also be showcased at the movie gala.
