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Salman Khan Grooves With Mamata Bannerjee At KIFF, Saurav Ganguly Calls Actor His 'Favourite'

Salman Khan was accompanied by Anil Kapoor, Sourav Ganguly, Shatrughan Sinha, Sonakshi Sinha, and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Kolkata International Film Festival's opening ceremony.

New Delhi: Salman Khan was accompanied by Anil Kapoor, Mahesh Bhatt, Sourav Ganguly, Shatrughan Sinha, Sonakshi Sinha, and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Kolkata International Film Festival's opening ceremony. At the festival's official opening ceremony, Mamata Banerjee escorted the Tiger 3 star and other actors to the stage. Salman and other Bollywood actors lit a lamp on stage to begin the celebration. The actor was also greeted from the stage with a  salaam.

Salman looked stylish in an all-black ensemble. On stage, remembrance trophies were presented to each celebrity. Salman was greeted warmly and given a felicitation by Bengali actor Dev Adhikari. This was followed by the screening of this year's signature film.

 

 

To everyone's surprise, Mamata Banerjee joined Salman Khan and others on stage to dance to the music from the film she conceptualised this year. It is voiced by Arijit Singh. In a video, Salman, Mahesh Bhatt, Anil Kapoor, Sonakshi, and Shatrughan Sinha were seen grooving alongside Mamata. By their side, Sourav Ganguly could be seen clapping.

At the event, Sourav Ganguly said, “Welcome to Kolkata, my favourite Mr Salman Khan. It's a coincidence that I have met him for the first time here in person. In all these years, this is the first time I have met him in person and I said that when I saw him down that it's unfortunate that we never met before.”

The Kolkata International Film Festival is expected to run till December 12. In Kolkata, the inaugural ceremony was held at Netaji Indoor Stadium. Salman Khan was greeted by musician and politician Babul Supriya at the airport in Kolkata. 

ALSO READ: 'No Power Can Divide Us, We Love Our Country': Mamata At Star-Studded Opening Of KIFF 2023

 
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