Kunal Kapoor's 'Veeram' to open at BRICS Film Festival

Malayalam filmmaker Jayaraj's upcoming historical drama, Veeram, starring Kunal Kapoor in the lead will open the BRICS Film Festival on September 2. The film is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, and is the fifth installment in Jayaraj's Navarasa series

Malayalam filmmaker Jayaraj's upcoming historical drama, Veeram, starring Kunal Kapoor in the lead will open the BRICS Film Festival on September 2. The film is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, and is the fifth installment in Jayaraj's Navarasa series.

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Kunal Kapoor

Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, yesterday unveiled the official poster for the fest, calling the upcoming event an "opportunity to explore areas of cooperation which can be leveraged to economic grouping."

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The five-day festival, which will be held at the Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi, will screen four films each of the five countries — Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa and India. The closing film will be Chinese superstar Jackie Chan-starrer Skiptrace. China will host the next edition.

A still from the Malayalam film, Veeram

Two-time National Award-winning films like Bahubali, Bajirao Mastani and Thithi are among the Indian films in the competitive section this year.

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