MUMBAI: The Indian Film Festival, kicking off in Ireland today, will open and close with two films of Prakash Jha - Raajneeti and Gangaajal.

The other films that are to show with include both the versions of Devdas by Bimal Roy and Sanjay Leela Bhansali and the two versions of Umrao Jaan by Muzaffar Ali and JP Dutta respectively.

In its wish to honour Indian filmmakers, the festival authorities have invited Hindi film directors like Jahnu Barua, Nagesh Kukunoor, Navdeep Singh, J P Dutta, Paresh Mokashi, Prakash Jha, Nikhil Advani, Balki and Vishal Bhardwaj to attend the event at Dublin.