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Rahul Mittra, Randhir Kapoor, Raima Sen,

Kumar Mangat, Rahul Rawail & Umesh Shukla

to open ‘Namaste Vietnam’ Festival

Indian Ambassador Pranay Verma and Consul General of India Dr. Madan Mohan Sethi

will be hosting the 10-day mega festival curated by Rahul Bali

OUR BUREAU
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n line with Indian Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi’s recent an-
Inouncement where he reiterated
the importance of Vietnam as key to
India’s Act East policy, the people
of Vietnam are all set to be mesmer-
ised by the fragrance of India as the
first-ever NAMASTE VIETNAM
FESTIVAL is scheduled to be held
in Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang
from August 12 to 21, 2022.
A big delegation from the Indian
Film industry led by award-winning
filmmakers Rahul Mittra, Umesh
Shukla, Rahul Rawail, Kumar Man-
gat, Shree Narayan Singh, Mikhil
Musale, Rajesh Mapuskar, Chan-
drakant Singh, Kiran Kumar Kone-
ru, Nitin Tej Ahuja along with actors
Randhir Kapoor, Raima Sen, ‘Balika
Vadhu’ star Avika Gor, Soma Laish-
ram, Himakshi Kalita, Sulakhyana
Baruah, film and lifestyle journalists
Komal Nahta and Ruchika Mehta,
amongst others will walk the Red The mega-festival will have activ-
Carpet at the Festival. ities ranging from events, workshops
A book on the biggest showman
of Indian cinema, ‘Raj Kapoor: The and meets pertaining to culture,
trade, investment, education, health-
Master at Work’, penned by Rahul care and tourism. The proposed
Rawail, will also be released at the events apart from reconnecting the
opening of the festival. entrepreneurs of both sides post
The festival will be a part of
the celebrations of 75 years of Indi- Covid to explore business opportu-
nities in different sectors will also
an Independence – Azaadi Ka Am- create awareness on India’s diverse
rit Mahotsav -- as well as a mark culture.
50th Anniversary of establishment This festival will be a confluence
of diplomatic relations between In- of culture and commerce and is ex-
dia and Vietnam. It will be organ- pected to become a great network-
ised by the Indian Embassy, Con- ing platform to foster dialogue for
sulate General of India in Ho Chi bilateral relations between both the
Minh City & Innovations India. countries to boost tourism, trade, art,
Indian Ambassador Pranay Verma culture, music and films.
and Consul General of India Dr.
Madan Mohan Sethi will be hosting
this coveted 10-day mega festival, cu- Consul General of India Dr. Madan Mohan
rated by Captain Rahul Bali (retd) Sethi (left) with the curator of Namaste Viet-
who has been successfully curating nam, Capt. Rahul Bali (retd.)
film festivals of India across the globe.

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