Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is all set to inaugurate the 09th edition of the Bangalore Film Festival on the 02nd of February.

The inauguration ceremony will be held in front of Vidhana Soudha on the event of 02nd February and well known Bengali filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Kannada actor Puneeth Rajakumar, renowned Egyptian film maker Ms Hala Khalil will be present in the inauguration ceremony as chief guests. Well known actors Suhasini Maniratnam and Ramesh Aravind will host the show.

The 09th edition of the Bangalore Film Festival showcase 240 films from 60 countries under various categories. The screening will be held in 11 screens at the PVR Multiplex in Orion Mall and in four screens in the INOX Cinemas at the Mall of Mysore.