TIL Desk Bollywood/ Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor was on Friday felicitated at the opening ceremony of the 1st BRICS Film Festival here by Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh for his and the Kapoor family’s contribution to the field of cinema.
The festival, which is part of the special events planned in the run-up to the 8th BRICS Summit to be held in India, kick started here at Siri Fort Auditorium Complex with the screening of National Award-winning filmmaker Jayaraj’s multilingual film Veeram.
“I may be politically little incorrect, but I am an actor not a politician. I want to thank BRICS for giving me this opportunity to be here. In all humility, I would like to introduce myself as a member of a film family,” Rishi, son of legendary actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor and Krishna Kapoor, said on stage.
“The Indian film industry has been existing for over 100 years in which the Kapoors have contributed 88 years. This is the magic of cinema. Cinema is everything to me. It gives us opportunity to see another land, another people and their culture. Cinema is the ambassador which cuts across various barriers and builds bridges and most importantly, it entertains,” he added.
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