Veteran actors Rekha and Kamal Hassan will grace the opening and closing ceremonies respectively of the forthcoming International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which starts on November 22nd in Panaji.

Legendary playback singer Mahendra Kapoor passed away late Saturday, of cardiac failure. He was 74.

Veteran director B.R. Chopra is to be honored by the film fraternity by screening of nine of his path breaking films for 3 days in Delhi starting from April 18.