MUMBAI: This year’s Chennai International Film Festival has strengthened its advisory panel consisting of film luminaries like Tamil Film Producers Council president Rama Narayanan, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Kushboo, Revathi and Rohini.

The Indo-Cine Appreciation Foundation (ICAF), which has been organising the festival for the last seven years, has joined hands with two powerful bodies - South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFCC) and Film Federation of India (FFI) from this year.

“The aim of the festival is to put Chennai on the global map of film festivals. The budget this year has been almost doubled when compared to that of last year, as we are planning to screen more films,” said ICAF secretary E Thangaraj.

“Apart from the Woodlands multiplex, where we normally screen movies, SIFCC‘s theatre will be one more addition like last year. We are expecting support from the Tamil Nadu government and other bodies of Tamil cinema,” he added