Kapoor will receive the 'Indian Lifetime Achievement Award' at the inaugural function of the festival.The Reliance Big Entertainment initiative organised by Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), the festival will have a five member international jury including celebrated Hollywood scriptwriter, director and Martin Scorsese's long term collaborator Paul Schrader and eminent Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi.
Kapoor will receive the 'Indian Lifetime Achievement Award' at the inaugural function of the festival and Greek film-maker Theodorous Angelopoulos, considered one of the greatest living directors by critics, will be presented the 'International Lifetime Achievement Award' during the closing ceremony.
"The 11th MFF will showcase the best in contemporary Indian cinema even while it takes a look back at cinema down the ages," said renowned film-maker Shyam Benegal, the chair-person of MAMI in a press statement.
"Our audience will be treated to the works of Shashi Kapoor and Angeloupolous, two film-makers to be honoured with life-time achievement awards. Both have traversed a long path and made a distinctive niche for themselves in world cinema," he added.
