MUMBAI: The South Asia Film Festival (SAFF) that opens in Goa on 15 September will honour Shammi Kapoor by way of a tribute, the organisers have said in a statement.

"As a tribute to the legendary actor Shammi Kapoor, a special screening of his film Brahmachari would be showcased during the festival," South Asia Foundation (SAF) secretary general Rahul Barua said.

Apart from the 1968 film, Kapoor‘s 1964 film Kashmir Ki Kali, starring Sharmila Tagore, will also be screened at the festival.

This year the festival has etched out a special segment on films from Bhutan. "In its 6th year, the festival promises a rich haul of more than 50 films from all the eight South Asian countries. Bhutan is the focus country of SAFF-2011. A delegation from the Bhutanese film industry and members of the Motion Pictures Association of Bhutan (MPAB) will represent its industry."

Veteran film personalities like Subhash Ghai, Randhir Kapoor, MaheshBhatt and Sharmila Tagore would conduct workshops on various aspects of filmmaking like scriptwriting and direction.

The SAFF works towards policy advocacy and promoting peace and harmony with an objective of strengthening socio-cultural relationship among the South Asian countries.