Nandita Das and other celebs at an film event

An initiative that aims at encouraging collaboration between the international and South Asian film fraternities opened on Friday.

Nandita Das
When activities kicked off the very next day, a host of filmmakers such as Shyam Benegal, Ramesh Sippy, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Sudhir Mishra turned up at the do.

Anubhav Sinha (left) and Sudhir Mishra
They spoke about various aspects of filmmaking and the industry today.

Shoojit Sircar

Anurag Basu

Sanjay Suri (left) and Manoj Bajpayee

Ramesh Sippy (left) and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Shyam Benegal