patna while the city is all set to host the 7day patna film festival organised by the department of youth art and culture from february 19 to 25 an exhibition on evolution of cinematic technology was inaugurated at the multipurpose cultural complex of bharatiya nritya kala mandir on tuesday the threeday exhibition focusing on the evolution of technology usage in cinema especially the range of cameras curated by pranav sahi equipment courtesy pranav motion pictures and organised by the youth art and culture department is a prelude to the film festival equipment and cameras used from 1950 to 2015 are on display here to make the public aware about the step by step progress made by the cine world people can see the wide range of cameras like paillard bolex 16mm camera first used in 1930 to latest drone camera which can shoot from a height of 6000 feet sahi said right from magnetic tapes gopro inc an action camera manufactured by us used in extreme action videography followed by hero4 launched in 2014 sony nx cam 50h the latest professional camcorder canaon 7d which records high definition video threeccd dv camera and betcam sony 637 are on display a poster exhibition of the cinemas to be screened at the film festival has also been put up about 50 posters on display not only mention the names of director producer but also the theme of the movie it also mentions as to how these classic movies have been preserved till date these posters have been given by the national film achieves of india said jai m deo president of the cine society patna the patna film festival organized for the first time by the state government will screen altogether 22 movies everyday four films will be screened at mona cinema from 10am and the same movies will be shown after every halfanhour at elphinstone cinema everyday a discussion on films will be oragnised from 1230 to 230pm deo said the festival will feature both classic and mainstream cinemas along with documentaries and short films it will open with the screening of the film ram singh charlie directed by nitin kakkad while kakkad himself will be present on the inaugural day other film personalities like imtiyaz ali buddhdev dasgupta bina bakshi cameraman mahesh ane and shekhar suman will also join the festival viewers can enjoy classic films like ritwik ghataksmeghe dhaka tara bangla the coffin maker and daddy garndpa and my lady english vimal rays do bigha zameen and devdas pan singh tomar hindi guru dutts kagaz ke phool kabuliwala hindi katyar kaljat ghusali marathi masan hindi kamakshi hindi marathi and otal malaylam apart from these bhojpuri film deswa directed by nitin chandra and mainstream cinema bajrangi bhaijaan will be also screened