Lifetime achievement award for Jaya Bachchan at JIFF 2012

Jaipur: Veteran film actress Jaya Bachchan will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the fourth Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) beginning January 27. The 63-year-old actress will inaugurate the five-day event in the presence of `No Man`s Land` producer Marc Baschet on Friday, the festival`s director said today.

In the events during the festival, film makers and artists from different parts of the country and abroad are likely to be present and special shows will be organised for the screening of various films, he said. 178 films from 70 nations will be shown to critics and film lovers in the period of five days. PTI