Superstar Rajinikanth Is The Special Icon Of IFFI 2019 Golden Jubilee

Chennai: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that IFFI would honour Superstar Rajanikanth with the 50th International Film Festival of India's special Icon of Golden Jubilee Award on Saturday.

The festival will be held in Goa from November 20-28 with close to 250 films from various countries to be screened at the premier movie extravaganza.

Javadekar posted on his twitter,"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 Rajnikant.IFFIGoa50."

Superstar Rajinikanth on Saturday thanked the Central government for announcing that he will be honoured with the 50th International Film Festival of India's special Icon of Golden Jubilee Award.

"I thank the government of India for this prestigious honour bestowed upon me on the golden jubilee of the International film festival of India," the 68-year-old actor said on his twitter handle.

Rajinikanth also thanked his fans for their warm wishes. "Many thanks to all my well-wishers, friends, colleagues from the film industry, political leaders and my dearest fans ...for the warm wishes & greetings for the honour conferred upon me by the government of India," he said on the microblogging site.

Javadekar also announced celebrated French actor Isabelle Huppert as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. In its golden jubilee year, the festival would screen 50 films by 50 female filmmakers to acknowledge the contribution of women in cinema, Javadekar said.

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