Rajinikanth, Isabelle Huppert to be honoured at IFFI

Rajinikanth, Isabelle Huppert to be honoured at IFFI

Actor Rajinikanth will be honoured with the Icon of Golden Jubilee award, French actress Isabelle Huppert will receive lifetime achievement award for foreign artist at the 50th edition of IFFI

In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, during the past several decades, I & B minister Prakash Javdekar announced that the award for the Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI 2019 is being presented to S Rajinikanth.

Javdekar took to Twitter and wrote, “In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, during the past several decades, I am happy to announce that the award for the Icon of Golden Jubilee of #IFFI2019 is being conferred on cine star Shri S Rajinikanth. #IFFIGoa50.”

Followed by this, he also announced that the lifetime achievement award for a Foreign Artiste will be conferred on French actress Isabelle Huppert.

ADG, DFF (Directorate of Film Festivals) Chaitanya Prasad also took to his Twitter and wrote, “This year the focus is also on Women directors and there are 50 women director's films that will be screened at IFFI.”

IFFI Goa is all set to take place from November 20 to 28.

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