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BOLLYWOOD FESTIVAL NORWAY

Sham Kaushal, Rahul Mittra and Saurabh Shukla

to receive ‘Lifetime Achievement Awards’

Bollywood Festival is one of Scandinavia’s biggest film festivals, devoted to a greater
appreciation of Indian cinema and culture

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ward-winning filmmaker-actor
Rahul Mittra, veteran action
Adirector & father of film star
Vicky Kaushal-Sham Kaushal, pop-
ular actor-writer-director Saurabh
Shukla, representatives of top Indian
film production houses, Iranian ac-
tress Helia Emami, amongst others
will open this year’s Bollywood Festi-
val Norway, coinciding with the festi-
val’s 20-year jubilee celebrations. This
year the festival will see participation
from various countries, including In-
dia, Iran, Bangladesh and Scandinavia. The festival awardees

This year’s festival opening
would be held at three places,

but the main ceremony would be
at Lørenskog hus Cinema, which
will also witness a workshop on
cinema jointly conducted by Ra-

hul Mittra, Sham Kaushal and
Saurabh Shukla, apart from a
concert paying homage to late
Lata Mangeshkar and dance

performances on popular Hindi
& Norwegian film songs.

While Rahul Mittra and Saurabh
Shukla will be awarded for their con-
tribution to Indian cinema and for
consistently backing good content,
Sham Kaushal will be presented with
the Lifetime Achievement Award for
his exemplary work in the field of ac-
tion direction and stunt coordination
in Bollywood and Hollywood movies. Nasrullah and Pritpal Qureshi Filmmaker Rahul Mittra with Nasrullah Qureshi
Bollywood Festival is one of
Scandinavia’s biggest film festivals, promoting diverse perspectives of the The husband-wife duo of Nas- Indian cinema, culture & cuisine,
devoted to a greater appreciation of Indian diaspora. rullah and Pritpal Qureshi as festival attracting celebrities and audienc-
Indian cinema and culture by show- By bringing the best of Indian directors along with head of festival es from world over. The Norwegian
casing films, supporting emerging cinema to Norway, Bollywood Festi- programme Hemant Wason have Foreign Minister Annikken Huitfelt
filmmakers, recognizing the leader- val Norway presents a singular plat- been tirelessly organising this festi- and Mayor of Oslo city Ragnhild
ship of entertainment industry per- form that fosters creative and techni- val over the past two decades which Bergheim would be inaugurating the
formers and business leaders and cal talent & cultural exchange. has today become synonymous with festival on September 9 in Oslo.

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