bengalis in hyderabad a not for profit cultural organisation is all set to present the sixth edition of the hyderabad bengali film festival hbff from the july 1821 the festival is going to be inaugurated on july 19 by filmmaker buddhadeb dasgupta and south superstar nagarjuna akkineni at prasad labs preview theatre banjara hills in hyderabad the inauguration will be followed by the premiere of urojahaj directed by buddhadeb dasgupta the bengalis in hyderabad society is also going to felicitate faridur reza sagar noted writer and film producer from bangladesh along with buddhadeb dasgupta and nagarjuna during the inaugural ceremony of the festival on july 19 2019 for their achievements contributions to the world of art culture and cinema this year the bengali panorama segment is going to feature 13 bengali films out of which two films are going to have a world premier manab manabi directed by subrata sen and shironam directed by indranil ghosh and one film is going to see an india premier tokhon kuasha chhilo directed by saibal mitra apart from this nine films are going to be premiered in hyderabad bollywood film industrys editor dilip deo is going to world premier his directorial debut unwanted in this edition of hbff this year we are celebrating the 100 years of bengali cinema with the screening of several classics by satyajit ray ritwik ghatak mrinal sen tapan sinha goutam ghose and rituparno ghosh in the segment titled revisit 100 silent golden contemporary era of bengali cinema it intends to revisit the journey of bengali films through different era started way back in 1919 with the works of hiralal sen this segment will also have a panel discussion on the same topic to be presided by noted film scholar siladitya sen like every year the festival will be graced by eminent dignitaries from the world of cinema who will interact with the audience and preside as the jury for critics choice awards the audience opinion will be counted for the viewers choice awards segment also on showcase will be a number of short films and documentaries from all over the world in the segment seed a grand lifestyle exhibition indus tale comprising stalls across multiple verticals like art handicraft fashion food real estate technology etc this exhibition will be inaugurated by actress swastika mukherjee open stage esprimiti has been arranged for the audience to engage with the crowd the festival will close with the screening of shraboner dhara directed by the director duo sudeshna roy abhijit guha on july 21 at prasad labs preview theatre followed by the closing award ceremony to be held at annapurna studio the sixth edition of hbff is going to be quite exciting and happening with the inclusion of three world premieres one india premier and nine hyderabad premiers we tried to include as many unreleased films as possible because it is no more a challenge to watch new bengali releases in hyderabad as it was during the inception years