Akshay Kumar Graces The Red Carpet At Red Sea International Film Festival

By Sunit Jangir
December 9, 2021 at 10:53 AM IST
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Akshay Kumar Graces The Red Carpet At Red Sea International Film Festival
Mumbai, December 9 - The first edition of Saudi Arabia's 'Red Sea International Film Festival' kicked off on December 6 with director Joe Wright's musical romantic drama film 'Cyrano'. The festival is being held in the old town of Jeddah and will be closed on December 15, 2021, with the upcoming Bollywood sports biopic "83" by Kabir Khan.



Meanwhile, on the 3rd of the festival, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar graced the red carpet. The "Sooryavanshi" star watched an American computer-animated jukebox musical comedy film "Sing 2" with families and students after having their memorable moments on the red carpet.





The official Twitter handle of the Red Sea Film festival posted pictures of Akshay Kumar on social media.





The RSIFF is set to run until Dec.15, will feature world premieres of selected films made by the Kingdom’s up-and-coming talent, with 138 films from over 60 countries in total. The "Sing 2" had its world premiere in one of VOX Cinema theatres.





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