kolkata the 27th edition of the kolkata international film festival kiff to be held between january 7 and 14 will see a number of new faces in its executive committee among them are actorturned trinamool youth congress president saayoni ghosh actorturneddakshin sonarpur mla lovely maitra actors sayantika banerjee and koushani mukherjee singersong writer anupam roy and singerdirector anindya chattopadhyay have been included in the executive committee bir baha hasda the minister of state of the department of forests also features in the list of new entrants an executive council has been formed to steer and supervise the work for the 27th edition of kiff power minister aroop biswas will be the chief advisor while minister of state for information and cultural affairs indranil sen will play the role of cochief advisor the secretary of the ica department will function as the director general of the festival raj chakraborty sayantika banerjee june malia and parambrata chatterjee other members of the executive committee include goutam ghosh sandip ray ranjit malick prosenjit chattopadhyay rituparna sengupta shatabdi roy deb nusrat lahan mimi chakraborty moon moon sen chiranjit chakraborty arindam sil parambrata chattopadhyay srijit mukherjee kaushik ganguli indrani halder haranath chakraborty jisshu sengupta abir chatterjee saswata chatterjee koushik sen ritwick chakraborty anirban bhattacharya koel mallick paoli dam churni ganguly soham chakraborty june maliah kanchan mallick member lovely moitra bir baha hasda sayani ghsoh member probhat roy sekhar das sayantika banerjee member koushani mukherjee judhajit sarkar sudeshna roy arindam ganguly diganta bagchi premendu bikash chaki anindya chatterjee anupam roy and arindam dey that apart swaroop biswas shankar pal piya sengupta and shankar chakraborty have also been included in the committee raj chakraborty who will act as kiff chairperson for the third time in a row said i welcome everyone to actively take part in ensuring that kiff becomes a muchtalkedabout festival in the global circuit too i will personally have a word with everyone so that i can get their suggestions for making kiff a grand successlovely maitra and koushani mukherjee right saayoni who has been balancing her career in politics and shooting is happy with the inclusion she was recently in the news after being arrested by agartala police that was on the day she had her shooting for anik duttas aparajito anikda had to do it without me but both anikda and hassanda producer firdausul hasan have been very understanding i will make it up with onetakeok shots the next time im on floor on being asked how she will manage her demanding work in politics shooting as well as the new assignment at kiff saayoni said i am just responding to whats coming my way im glad people from all aspects be it politics film industry mass in general are accepting me its a great pleasure being there in the committee with the eminent ones this is my first time so i look forward to a lot of learning kiff will be glorious anindya chattopadhyay left and anupam roy anupam told toi