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First edition of.FEST began with all pomp and gaiety

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Bhubaneswar:1/12/18: The first edition of.FEST (Bhubaneswar City Festival) organized by Bhubaneswar Development Authority and Odisha Tourism was launched began with all pomp and gaiety on Saturday.

The festival, which coincides with Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018 being hosted in Bhubaneswar, saw an astounding turnout of thousands of attendees from different parts of the world and the country.

The festival was inaugurated by Housing and Urban Development Minister Niranjan Pujari, Tourism Minister Ashok Chandra Panda Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation mayor Ananta Narayan Jena.

The curtain raiser to the inaugural edition of .FEST gave audiences a spectacular performance by Bollywood’s biggest and most dynamic music composer duo, Vishal and Shekhar.

They set the stage on fire with their non-stop performance. Music lovers were enthralled watching their favourite musicians perform live and were in high spirits throughout as they danced and sang to their super hit numbers.

The audiences were treated to an amazing line up of songs and cheered loudly as they made the most of Vishal and Shekhar’s incredible performance at .FEST.

The International Street Food Festival which also opened its doors to all at .FEST, received an overwhelming response. Visitors were spoilt for choice as they chose from a wide range of appetizing street food specialities with cuisines from Odisha, India and all over the world.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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