LIMA:Vice-President Hamid Ansari inaugurated 'Festival of India' in Peru a Latin American country on Oct 27, 2013.The festival is also being held simultaneously in Cuba, the next stop of the Vice-President. Ansari's Peruvian counterpart is Marisol Espinoza. She was also present at the inaugural ceremony which saw the staging of "Nrityarupa" which was a mosaic of six Indian dances — Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Manipuri, Kathakali and Chhau.
Hamid Ansari was on a three-day official visit. 'Festival of India' comprises a film festival, a dance festival and a literary festival.Several old and new Indian movies, classics as also potboilers, ranging from Dadasaheb Phalke's 'Raja Harischandra' to Raj Kapoor's 'Bobby' and Aamir Khan's 'Taare Zameen Par' are being shown at the festival. Satyajit Ray's 'Ghare-Baire', Shahrukh Khan's 'Kabhi Haan, Kabhi Naa', Govind Nihlani's 'Ardh Satya' and Neeraj Pande's 'A Wednesday' were also included included in the list of films to be screened.
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