In a first, the Government of India has constituted a special
award titled ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’ which will be conferred upon the
eminent film personality Mr. S. Rajinikanth.
This was announced by Union Information & Broadcasting
minister, Mr. Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi. Ministry of Information in a
press release said that, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to
Indian cinema, during the past several decades, I am happy to announce that the
award for the ‘Icon of the Golden Jubilee of IFFI 2019 is being conferred on
cine star RajiniKanth.
In a long and eventful career, Rajinikanth has acted in over 170
films in many languages, including Tamil, TelUgu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and
Bengali. He also had a starring role in the Hollywood production, Blood Stone (1988).
The Government of India has honoured him with the Padma Bhushan (2000) and the Padma Vibhushan (2016). At the 45th
International Film Festival of India (2014), he was conferred with the
"Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year"
2019 marks the 50th year of the International Film Festival of
India (IFFI), which is often counted amongst one of the earliest film festivals
of the Asian continent. The 50th International Film Festival of India,2019 will
witness over 200 best films from 76
countries, 26 feature films and 15 non feature films in Indian panorama section
and more than 10,000 people and film lovers are expected to participate in the
golden jubilee edition.
