Bollywood wins the battle for publicity at IFFI

Film personalities belonging to non Hindi film industries are bitter that the Goa International film festival is just showcasing the Bollywood as the Indian film industry.

With abundant media publicity to every event that is happening around, it is natural for some film makers to unveil the first look of their products. Well known film director Madhur Bandarkar who was in Panaji a few days ago for the participation in the screening of his film "Corporate" which had won selection in the Indian Panorama chose to promote his new film "Traffic Signal' in the process.

On Sunday, Hindi film stars like Shilpa Shetty, Kangana Rawat and Shiney Ahuja made a trip to Panaji along with UTV's Ronnis Screwvala to promote "Metro" which is getting ready for an all Indian release. Director Anurag Basu was also present in the press conference to say that the film is all about celebration of life.

Shilpa Shetty described Metro as a realistic, but yet an exciting commercial film and added that the film has a beautiful amalgamation of commerce and art. "I play the role of a mother who is also a lover and a housewife. She is an intelligent and sensitive urban woman. My character is an amalgamation of all the three responsibilities" said Shilpa.

Kangana Rawat said that her growth as an actor is linked to the two films she had acted which were all directed by Anurag Basu. "I play a character which can be easily related to by the audience' confessed Kangana.

Shiney Ahuja says that he had worked in Anurag Basu's "Gangster" and he plays a character who chases dreams. "The character has strong convictions. I play an intensive character" says Ahuja.