Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali, music composer Shantanu Moitra and singer Mohit Chauhan are among the eminent personalities who will be attending the 2022 edition of oral storytelling festival Kathakar here. Organised by cultural forums Nivesh and Babaji Music at the Sunder Nursery, the two-day festival will kick off from May 20 and will feature rare folk stories as well as native tales from Rajasthan and Gujarat alongside Italy, the UAE and Poland. Cannes 2022: Deepika Padukone Attends Jury Dinner at Cannes Film Festival in France (View Pics and Video).
The 10-session event will also be attended by Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, who beside releasing the book "Curious Tales from the Desert" during the inaugural day will also be seen conversing with Ali, Moitra and Chauhan in one of the highlight sessions, titled 'Kissey, Kahani aur Mountain'. Touted to be India's only oral storytelling festival, Kathakar was launched in 2011 in memory of Thakur Vishwa Narain Singh, a noted journalist and the first Braille editor of India. Cannes 2022: Deepika Padukone Shares a Glimpse of Her Journey as New Jury to Cannes Film Festival (Watch Video).
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