A confluence of international and South-Asian talent marked the opening of the festival including Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Mira Nair, Luca Guadagnino, Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Bhumi Pednekar, Marco Muller, Karan Johar, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Saif Ali Khan, Vishal Bhardwaj among others