Megastar, Amitabh Bachchan will be free in a week’s time from ‘KBC’ and this month; he will be attending the first Marathi International film and Theatre Awards to be held in Dubai from December 16 to 18.

 

Bachchan wrote on his blog, “Apart from honoring our presence there, they also wish to honor our film `Vihir` which is in competition. Incidentally, those that did not know, `Vihir` has won almost all the platitudes in all the prominent film festival fraternities of the world. The most recent region being the New York Film Festival, where it was given recognition and award.”

 

Mahesh Manjrekar is the brain child behind taking the Marathi cinema across international boundaries, he also directed Big B’s AB Corp’s ‘Virudh’ some time back.

 

The MIFTA is a three day event and it will take place from December 16 to 18, showing almost 13 of the hit Marathi movies.