Kapil Dev to attend Indian Film Festival Melbourne 2022 as a special guest

The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, one of the world's prestigious and largest Indian film festivals, is scheduled to be held in Melbourne from August 12 to August 20 this year. The special thing of this year is that this year there will be no film star but great Indian cricketer Kapil Dev as the special guest of the film festival. Talking about the festival, due to the Kovid pandemic, this festival was being celebrated virtual for the last two years. In the year 2019, film stars like Shahrukh Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Tabu, Vijay Sethupathi, Rima Das, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar became a part of this festival. This year, the film festival will begin on August 12, where there will be an annual award function on August 14. Keeping in mind the importance of diversity in cinema, the festival will see over 100 films from around 23 languages ​​to be selected.

On joining this festival, Kapil Dev has said – 'I am looking forward to be a part of IFFM 2022. It is a wonderful platform to celebrate the best in Indian cinema. I firmly believe that not only in India but in many communities and countries, both cinema and sports have been considered as a special cultural experience, which can bring everyone together, can connect. There is a deep emotional bond and love for both cinema and sports, and the coming together of the two is nothing less than a special gift for everyone.

The film '83', which came in the year 2021, is based on the 1983 World Cup winner Kapil Dev, in which Ranveer Singh played the role of Kapil Dev and Deepika Padukone played his wife Romi Dev.