Girl power and cinema rooted in reality were buzzwords at the inaugural ceremony for the 47th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa on Sunday. Hosted by actresses Surveen Chawla and Suhasini Maniratnam, the show kicked off with the theme, "Nari - The changing face of women in Indian cinema over the years". Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Venkaiah Naidu, said, "Cinema can be an effective tool of social change and needs to coexist with reality, to pass the test of '2Rs', reason and reality."
Chief guest Ramesh Sippy who kept calling IFFI 'IIFA' joined playback singer SP Balasubramaniam to felicitate South Korean filmmaker Im Kwon-Taek with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The father of Korean cinema, Kwon-Taek who has made over a 100 films in five decades, revealed that he is a fan of Shah Rukh Khan and films like 3 Idiots and Slumdog Millionaire. "I'm inspired by Indian thought when I make films on Buddha and Buddhism," he admitted, adding that he's looking forward to working on India co-productions.

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