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The opening ceremony of the 2012 IFFK 2012  was one of the most memorable events ever organised in the history of IFFK 2012 . With such a fantastic beginning, the expectations are high for the closing ceremony. The closing ceremony of the 17th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK 2012) is all set to fulfill the expectations. In an exclusive talk with metromatinee.com, T. K. Rajeev Kumar, the brain behind the opening and closing ceremony revealed the programme for the closing ceremony. 'It will be very special. Audience will participate in the program which is inspired from the Thappattam, a unique art form', Rajeev Kumar said. Metromatinee.com was granted permission to watch the practice at the Vailopilly Samskrithi Bhavan. The program is conceived as a 'journey of rhythm'. Performers are armed with 'thappu', a stick like thing-one stout and the other thin. They beat it against each other along with dance moves creating a beautiful rhyt...

IFFK 2012 : The Vibrant Volunteers of Festival Office IFFK 2012 Not many would take much notice of the team working to ensure that the audience get a clear idea regarding the programs organised at the 2012 IFFK 2012 . The MC Management team is doing a good job compering for the various functions. They are all college students from various parts of the city. A grooming session was organised for the team to prepare them for the IFFK 2012. Only one among them, Chinnu has prior experience in compering. She has anchored a few shows for the television. 'The training was very intense. Even though everybody here no experience doing this before, the grooming has turned all into proffesionals', says Chinnu. The grooming session was handled by Radhakrishnan, Govind and Leela Panickar. 'We have trained them to handle any kind of situation at the festival. There were many practice sessions. Videos were of these sessions were taken and mistakes corrected accordingly', said Radha...