Cinema brings people of different colour, cultures together: Rathore

Films have the power to unite people belonging to different skin colour, cultures and countries, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore here.

Rathore, who inaugurated the European Union Film Festival last evening here, said cinema highlights the unity of human emotions.

"Having joined the Army at the age of 16 and served for 23 years, I would always see people with suspicion on the other side of the border but once I started travelling the world, I realised that the colour of our skin may be different, our cultures may be different, the clothes we wear may be different but we are one people in this one planet and I think when we see these films, this aspect is reiterated," he said in the inaugural speech.

"They may be short stories from Europe, India or other Asian countries but the message that these stories deliver can be connected to any person from any country. I think that is what makes us one people. The emotions, pains and joys are the same and therefore, even if it is a film in any other language, one can still understand and appreciate it."