Celebrations of India 's 60th year of Independence is taking place across the globe. First United Kingdom unveiled a month-long ‘ India Now ' festival in London and now Los Angeles drew the curtains over ‘India Splendor' which is a six-day festival of Indian arts and culture in Beverly Hills . Supported by corporates and the UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television, the event opened on Friday night with the screening of Shah Rukh Khan starrer Chak De India .

“It's fantastic, I couldn't have asked for a better venue. It's always thrilling to come here to watch movies and then to have your film screened here is great,” director of Chak De India Shimit Amin said.

Many Bollywood stars including Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Bipasha Basu are scheduled hit the red carpet in LA in the next couple of days. Meanwhile, it was Katrina Kaif who made an appearance on Day One.

“At the end of the day a lot of people may not be aware or concerned with the actual reach of Indian cinema. So, it's a huge platform here. It's all about going beyond the Asian market,” actor Katrina Kaif said.

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