Tata Sky has announced that it would showcase a hand-picked array of critically acclaimed films from recent editions of the Mumbai Film Festival. These films will be exclusively available to all Tata Sky subscribers on the new service – ‘Tata Sky Mumbai Film Festival’.

These films have been hand-picked in cooperation with the ‘Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival’ with Star.

This service will be available on Channel 302 & 303, in both SD & HD, at no additional cost to all subscribers from October 7.

Paolo Agostinelli, Chief Content & Business Development Officer, Tata Sky said, “This was an earnest endeavour to not only bring exclusive and unique films for our movie-loving subscribers but was also an attempt to support the talent that is showcased in India’s largest film festival to a much larger audience. We cared enough to curate and create a mix of some popular and some hidden gems from the field of film-making for our viewers from the last few editions of the Mumbai Film Festival.”

This is the first time that a film festival will be showcased on TV, reaching millions of viewers.

Anupama Chopra, Director, Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star said: “We were delighted when Tata Sky extended their support and suggested taking these curated films from both Indian and international to viewers living across the country. This unique and unconventional approach just goes to prove that the entertainment and media industry needs to come together for the benefit of the extraordinary passion and talent of movie-makers and lovers in India.”

Tata Sky will run three films on a daily basis. This exclusive list will include films in multiple languages, such as Hindi, English, Assamese, Marathi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Arabic, Russian, French, even including silent films. Tata Sky subscribers will be able to enjoy works of renowned Indian and international directors such as Hansal Mehta, Anup Singh, Ravi Jadav, Bikas Mishra, Pan Nalin, Nitin Kakkar and Lea Hjort Mathiesen.

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