MUMBAI: Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan will be honoured at the ongoing 33rd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) 2009.
The duo will be honoured along with model-turned-actor Arfie Lamba, among the stars of the multiple Oscar-award winning movie Slumdog Millionaire at the festival that got underway last Tuesday.
India being the special guest of honour at the gala, around 25 Indian films will be screened during the festival. The festival opened with Yash Raj Films‘ New York.
Directed by Kabir Khan, the film stars John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh in the lead apart from Irrfan Khan who plays an important role.
Recently screened at the Pusan International Film Festival, New York released in over 900 screens worldwide 26 June. It is a contemporary story of three young friends whose lives are turned upside down by post-9/11 prejudices.
Malayalam filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan heads the three-member jury while Victor Okhai and Nour El Sherif are the other members.
Hollywood stars like Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu and Tom Berenger are also attending the festival.
