On 20 October, the Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival with Star is all set to screen its opening film, KonkonaSen Sharma's A Death in the Gunj at the Royal Opera House in Mumbai, a heritage location which has been shut since 1993.
It has been two years since a new committee took over the reigns of the Mumbai Film Festival. Film critic Anupama Chopra is now the festival director and filmmaker KiranRao joined her as chairperson of the board. As the two gear up for the 18th edition of Mami (20-27 October), Firstpost spoke to Chopra about the film festival, now in its 18th year and the largest event of is kind in India, and the challenges she faces as its director. The interaction took place after Chopra held a press conference to announce Mami's tie-up with Tata Sky, to broadcast the films that were part of the programme at previous editions of Mami, to viewers at home. Excerpts:

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