the 3rd international film festival of india was held from 8 to 21 january 1965 in new delhi. the third edition was the first competitive film festival ever held in india inaugurated by the then president of india sarvepalli radhakrishnan. the festival chaired by satyajit ray for the first time was graded ‘a’ category by the paris - based federation international de producers de films. with this recognition the festival in india came on par with cannes, berlin, venice, karlovy vary and moscow international film festivals.