Guj CM inaugurates film fest organised by RSS-backed outfit

    Ahmedabad, Feb 21 (PTI) Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay
Rupani on Friday inaugurated the third edition of the Chitra
Bharati Film Festival organised by RSS-backed outfit Bharatiya
Chitra Sadhana in Ahmedabad.
    The opening ceremony of the three-day short film
festival was held at a hall in the premises of the Gujarat
University and it will culminate on February 23, a statement
issued by the Bharatiya Chitra Sadhana said.
    In his address, Rupani congratulated the audience on
the occasion of International Mother Language Day and praised
Bharatiya Chitra Sadhana for promoting Indian culture and
values through this film festival, the outfit's release said.
    International Mother Language Day has been observed
every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and
cultural diversity and multilingualism.
    Among those who attended the opening ceremony of the
film festival were Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai and
Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Prasoon
Joshi.
    A total of 141 films, divided into four categories,
namely campus films, animation films, short films and
documentaries, will be screened.
    Some of the main topics are Indian culture and values,
constructive work, Indian family, social harmony and national
security, it said.
    "The Bharatiya Chitra Sadhana was created in 2016 to
encourage films promoting ancient and modern Bharatiya values
and philosophy. We want Bharat to be the leading nation of the
world in the field of films promoting integral humanism,
thereby re-establishing the supremacy of Bharatiya ethos and
philosophy," the release said.
    The closing ceremony and distribution of awards on
February 23 will take place in the presence of Union
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar, it
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