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20 April 2024

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Mithun Chakraborty (L), Amitabh Bachchan (2nd L) and Shah Rukh Khan (R) pose with Chief Minister of India's eastern state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee during the inauguration ceremony of the 18th Kolkata International Film festival at an indoor stadium in Kolkata. (REUTERS)

Katrina Kaif (C) speaks with actor Shah Rukh Khan (L) as actress Anushka Sharma watches during the inauguration ceremony of the 18th Kolkata International Film festival at an indoor stadium in Kolkata. (REUTERS)

Chief Minister of India's eastern state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee (R) speaks with Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan (C) and Mithun Chakraborty during the inauguration ceremony of the 18th Kolkata International Film festival at an indoor stadium in Kolkata. (REUTERS)

Chief Minister of West Bengal state Mamata Banerjee, second left, speaks with Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, center, and Katrina Kaif, second right, as fellow actors Anushka Sharma, right, and Amitabh Bachchan, left, look on at the inauguration of 18th Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata. (AP)

Chief minister of the eastern state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee (L), Bollywood film actor Shah Rukh Khan (C) and Bollywood film actress Katrina Kaif attend the inauguration of the 18th Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata. (AFP)

Amitabh Bachchan (L) lights up the traditional lamp as the chief minister of the eastern state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee (C) and Bollywood film actor Shah Rukh Khan look on during the inauguration of the 18th Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata. (AFP)

Mithun Chakraborty (C) is watched by film actors Amitabh Bachchan (L), Shah Rukh Khan (R), Katrina Kaif (3R) and Anushka Sharma (2R) and chief minister of the eastern state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee (3L) during the inauguration of the 18th Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata. (AFP)

Shah Rukh Khan (L), Katrina Kaif (C) and Anushka Sharma attend the inauguration of the 18th Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata. (AFP)

Amitabh Bachchan (L) and Shah Rukh Khan (R) and chief minister of the eastern state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee attend the inauguration of the 18th Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata. (AFP)

Indian dancers perform during the inauguration of the 18th Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata. (AFP)

Indian dancers perform during the inauguration of the 18th Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata. More than 185 films from 63 countries will be screened during the eight-day film festival  which was inaugurated by Bollywood film actors Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachhan with others and the chief minister of the eastern state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee. (AFP)