Actor Rajinikanth to be Honoured  with Golden Jubilee Award

In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, during the past several decades, I & B minister Mr. Prakash Javdekar announced that the award for the Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI 2019 is being given to Shri S Rajinikanth.

Mr. Prakash Javdekar, I & B minister took to his Twitter and wrote, “In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, during the past several decades, I am happy to announce that the award for the ICON OF GOLDEN JUBILEE OF #IFFI2019 is being conferred on cine star Shri S Rajinikanth. IFFIGoa50”

This year the focus is also on Women directors and there are 50 women director's films that will be screened at IFFI. Out of more than 200 films, 24 films are in race for Oscars this year out of which 4 of them are in race for international competition at Oscars.