Kolkata/IBNS, Feb. 24 -- Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah was joined by several other film personalities to inaugurate the second edition of the French Film Festival in Kolkata last week.

The festival, which started last Saturday, is organised by Alliance Francaise du Bengale.

It was hosted by Didier Talpain, the Consulate General of France in Kolkata, and Nicolas Facino, Director of Alliance Francaise du Bengale.

Naseeruddin Shah at the inauguration. (Image by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)

"People from this city have put India on the world map of cinema," the veteran actor added lauding Kolkata.

Alongside Naseeruddin, veteran filmmakers Goutam Ghose, Anubhav Sinha, Cannes Award winning actress Anasuya Sengupta, senior Bengali actress Rituparna ...