The three-day Satyajit Ray Film Festival organised by Gandhian Centre for Philosophical Arts and Sciences at MAHE, Manipal began on March 17, Thursday. MAHE Pro-Chancellor H S Ballal spoke about the importance of liberal arts and humanities in making a university complete. He said that the film festival is a step forward in making the youth familiar with such cinematic masterpieces. Vice-Chancellor Lt. Gen. M.D. Venkatesh said that such a film festival brings in a critical nature of evaluating Satyajit Ray’s films and how it relates to contemporary events.

Opening film Pather Panchali was screened on the first day followed by a discussion. The second day on Friday will begin with the screening of a documentary film on Rabindranath Tagore made by Ray, followed by an interaction with Mr. Kasaravalli at 11 a.m. The films to be screened are Kanchenjungha (2 p.m.), Mahanagar (4.30 p.m.) and Ghare-Baire (7 p.m.). The third day will begin with Mr. Kasaravalli’s special talk on ‘‘Glimpses of World Cinema’‘ at 9.15 a.m. to be followed by the valedictory. The last film to be screened for the day will be Agantuk (11.15 a.m).