00:00It's very heartening to be here at the first Jammu and Kashmir International Film Festival.
00:07Compliments to the Jammu and Kashmir government.
00:11It's a very good initiative.
00:13What happens is these kind of initiatives bring the film fraternity, film lovers,
00:19and people who want to explore newer avenues and newer locations opportunity.
00:27I wholeheartedly compliment this initiative.
00:30I represent Ramuji Film City.
00:33On behalf of Ramuji Film City, we wish this event a grand success.
00:40This is the maiden first event.
00:43We expect such events are carried out year after year.
00:49The format in which this is conducted is also very interesting.
00:53There's a master class where super technicians, accomplished technicians,
01:00accomplished directors coming and sharing their experience to not only to budding filmmakers,
01:06but also to students and the entire fraternity.
01:10It's really heartening.
01:10Ramuji Film City being the world's largest film studio complex.
01:27We definitely see a lot of potential in these kind of events.
01:34The film fraternity, film ecosystem needs to be strong.
01:39And India, as you know, is the world's largest film producer.
01:44The number of film produced in India are, we are number one.
01:47So many such events, many such events should be planned.
01:53And we compliment the government for this very interesting format and this initiative.
02:02Ramuji Film City is very happy.
02:06On behalf of our management, I would like to again congratulate the government of Jammu Kashmir.
