MUMBAI: This year the Edinburg Film Festival (EIFF) will celebrate the 80th birthday of Sir Sean Connery when it screens Connery‘s The Man Who Would be King on 20 June.

Connery who has been patron of the festival since 1992, will be attending a special gala of one of his best-loved films in the festival sponsored by our newest supporter, Bank of Scotland.

The gala will give the audience at the festival, the opportunity to show their appreciation for Connery‘s stellar career, his support of the EIFF and his upcoming birthday celebration in August.

Avers EIFF artistic director Hannah McGill, "This event is a fitting way to celebrate Sir Sean‘s 80 years - almost twenty of which he has given to support EIFF as Patron.

"He is a great friend of the Festival and we look forward to celebrating this amid the glitter of the Festival Theatre. We are immensely grateful to Bank of Scotland for their support and are delighted to welcome them on board."

The gala will also give an opportunity for the public audience to spend a glamorous evening in the company of Sir Connery.