PANAJI: Centenaries of five unforgettable cinema talents – Ashok Kumar, B.R. Panthulu, Motilal, Nadia and Raja Paranjpe – are being observed by screening of some of their films at the ongoing International Film Festival of India.

The section was inaugurated with the screening of Bandini featuring Ashok Kumar, in the presence of Amit Kumar, son of the late eminent singer and actor Kishore Kumar, and Ashok Kumar’s grand-daughter. Anuradha Patel.

The thespian was not only a gifted actor but also an accomplished painter and a homeopathic practitioner.

At a press meet, Amit Kumar said the family proposes to hold a series of events to observe the golden era and centenary of Ashok Kumar. Remembering her grandfather, Patel said a fresh biography on the late Ashok Kumar is in the offing.

She also said as part of the centenary celebrations, a special music concert by his nephews Amit Kumar and Sumit Kumar will be organised. The concert would be a tribute by them to their late uncle who was the original rap singer with the song ‘Rail Gaadi’.