Manikant Thakur, the chairperson of Jan Sanskriti Manch, at the news meet in Patna on Tuesday. Picture by Nagendra Kumar Singh

Patna, Nov. 29: Jan Sanskriti Manch and Hirawal are all set to organise the third Patna Film Festival, called Cinema of Resistance, from December 2 to 4.

It will be the biggest film festival of its kind and acclaimed director and script writer Kundan Shah would be the chief guest.

“Shah’s cult comedy, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, would be screened on the first day and viewers would also get an opportunity to interact with him,” said Manikant Thakur, the chairperson of Jan Sanskriti Manch.

He added: “Most of the films screened would be documentaries by award winning directors. Michael Moore’s film Fahrenheit 9/11 based on the Word Trade Centre attacks by terrorists would be shown.”

The festival will be held at Kalidas Rangalaya and will be inaugurated by Shah at 3.30pm on December 2, said the chairperson.

“The decision to screen such films is obvious. We want the people of Patna to appreciate these films. It will also give support to the ongoing struggle against corruption,” Manikant said.

Asked about the theme of the festival, the secretary of the manch, Santosh Jha, said: “It would be corruption. Graft is an issue that is triggering controversies across the country and everybody is talking about it. Our motive is to make people aware about these films, which deal with such issues, but the people never get an opportunity to watch these movies.”

Jha said 17 films would be screened in three days.

The films screened would be in Hindi, Malayalam, Manipuri, Odia and Portuguese languages with English and Hindi subtitles.

Last year, the manch had screened several national award winning films like Kutty Srank (Malayalam) in which Mammootty had played the title role. Another movie based on Bihar Mountain Man, Dasrath Manji, called The man who moved the mountain, was screened made by debutant director Kumod Rajan.

The chairperson of the reception committee of the festival, Meera Mishra, said there was no charge to attend the event.

“The motive behind organising such festivals is to make people aware how much resistance is prevailing in the present society and what people do to overcome these situation ,” said Meera.