Sun, sand and movies in Goa
	Mumbai: As IFFI kicks off on Thursday evening with a grand opening ceremony, it's not only Goa that is preparing, the stars are also busy practicing for their performances at the ceremony. Yesteryear actor Shashi Kapoor will inaugurate the festival, and the theme of evening is Diversity of Indian Cinema with artists from various parts of the country performing. Prabhudeva, Siva Mani, Harbhajan Mann and Daler Mehndi and Bappi Lahiri will perform on stage along Bollywood stars Esha Deol, Ritesh Deshmukh, Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra. One interesting thing about the festival is that its not only about new movies and big stars, but also a place to walk down memory lane - from Kalyankhajina (1925) to Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006), it's all under one roof. The National Film Archive of India has come down to Goa from Pune with a collection of 250 old and rare and new film posters. There are also many posters of regional landmark films. One can even take a look at the poster of Alamara the first talking film released in 1931 and then there are pictures of the Magic Lantern, which was used to project moving images even before the first movie was made. Goa is readying itself to welcome the stars to the beautiful beach city and promises all those those cinema lovers not just ample screenings and filmi dos, but also lots of sun, sand and fun!