Naayika - a one-day film festival was organised on International Women's Day, 8th
March,1997, at the South India Film Chamber of Commerce, Chennai.
The festival, which was part of the year-long celebration of India's 50th Anniversary of
Independence by Arangham Trust, was inaugurated by noted film personalities - Aparna Sen
(Calcutta), Saeed Mirza (Mumbai) and Kiron Kher (Mumbai), whose respective films, YUGANT,
NASEEM and SARDARI BEGUM were screened.
