The film lovers of the world should rejoice, when the curtains go up on 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival on Thursday evening with the Gateway of India as the perfect backdrop. The film lovers of the world should rejoice, when the curtains go up on 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival on Thursday evening with the Gateway of India as the perfect backdrop. Last year, the festival faced an uncertain future when a shortfall of Rs 5 crore almost forced the organisers to call it off. It was saved by hordes of film-lovers who responded to the call for crowd-funding the festival, several industry stalwarts who contributed generously and a strong resolve to host the annual event against all odds.

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