200 movies for 10th Osian's Asian-Arab film fest from Thursday

From correspondents in Delhi, India, 10:00 AM IST Movie-buffs are preparing for an 11-day mega celluloid treat here from Thursday, with nearly 200 films from the Asian-Arab world, along with a host of allied activities, featuring in the 10th edition of the Osian's Cinefan Film Festival. For a country that boasts of one of the biggest entertainment industries in the world, almost on a par with Hollywood, generating more than Rs.100 billion annually, this is a festival that stands apart. 'India is a great lover of cinema and we want India to become a great cinematic culture,' Neville Tuli, founder chairman of Osian's Connoisseurs of Art, told reporters here. 'It took 10 years to prepare only a basic platform in India so that people would come to us. Cinema of this kind should be supported,' Tuli added. The fest, to be jointly... [read full story]