Indian Panorama promises to showcase riveting films from different parts of the country at IFFI 2015 in Goa

Indian Panorama promises to showcase riveting films from different parts of the country at IFFI 2015 in Goa

~ Indian Panorama Section to screen 26 Feature and 21 Non-Feature films ~

~The list of films includes internationally acclaimed films like Court, Masaan, Radiopetti, Katyar Kaljat Ghusali and Cinemawala ~

While the above mentioned films are no doubt commendable, the selection of a purely commercial artless film like ~Salman Khan-starrer Bajrangi Bhaijaan raises questions as to the competence of the jury. Nevertheless, there's hope that at least some of the films on offer will be worthy of International praise.

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The Indian Panorama section of 46^th International Film Festival of India (IFFI 2015) will have a stellar lineup of the best of Indian cinema from various parts of the country. The film festival will showcase 26 Feature and 21 Non-Feature films that raise a toast to the work of many talented Indian filmmakers.

The Feature Films Jury, led by ace Filmmaker Aribam Syam Sharma, comprising of 13 Jury members have selected 26 Feature Films out of 230 eligible entries. The total number of films received was 238 films. The jury took 28 days to select this line up. The Jury of the Non-Feature Films, headed by the renowned Filmmaker Rajendra Janglay has selected 21 films out of 146 Entries, taking 13 days to finalise the list.

The final list of selected films under the Feature category of Indian Panorama contains 7 Bengali, 1 Bodo (Assam), 5 Hindi, 1 Kannada, 1 Konkani, 4 Malayalam, 4 Marathi, 1 Sanskrit, 1 Tamil, 1 Wancho (Arunachal Pradesh) films.

Directed by Vinod Mankara, ‘Priyamanasam’ is the only third movie to be made in Sanskrit and is based on one of the greatest poets who lived in Kerala during the late-17th century, Unnayi Warrier. The film talks about the poet and his masterpiece, Nalacharitham Attakadha.

Directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa is the story of a detective called Anwar who suddenly decides to follow himself and not anyone else.  

Radiopetti, the first Tamil film to win at the Busan Film Festival. It is the a story of an old man, Arunachalam, who finds solace in his past, especially when listening to musical melodies of his younger days on a vintage radio set that his father gave him.

'The Head Hunter' directed by Mumbai-based filmmaker from Assam Nilanjan Datta is the first film in the Wancho language of Arunachal Pradesh. The film revolves around an old man from a forgotten tribe of India, dreaded for its practice of head hunting.

 

Given below is the complete list of 26 Feature and 21 Non-Feature that would be shown at the 46^th International Film Festival of India 2015.

FEATURE FILMS

S.No.	Title of Film	Language	Director	Producer
1.	Radiopetti	Tamil	Hari Viswanath	Harry Toonz Studio
2.	Nanu Avanalla…….Avalu	Kannada	B.S. Lingadevaru	R.G. Pictures
3.	Ramsingh Charile	Hindi	Nitin Kakkar	The Goodfellas Co.
4.	The Head Hunter	Wancho (Arunachali)	Nilanjan Datta	Splash Films Pvt. Ltd.
5.	Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa	Hindi	Buddhadeb Dasgupta	Leo VIII Films Pvt. Ltd
6.	Rajkahini	Bengali	Srijit Mukherji	Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt. Ltd.
7.	Pakaram	Bengali	Sankar Debnath	Utpal Pal
8.	Nachom-ia Kumpasar	Konkani	Bardroy Barretto	Goa Folklore Productions LLP
9.	Lukka Chuppi	Malayalam	Bash Mohammed	Feel Reel Cinema
10.	The Silence	Marathi	Gajendra Ahire	SMR Films
11.	Nanak Shah Fakir	Hindi	A.K. Bir	i. Gurbani Media Pvt. Ltd. ii. Canaries  Postsound
12.	Priyamanasam	Sanskrit	Vinod Mankara	Soma Creations
13.	Sohra Bridge	Bengali	Bappaditya Bandopadhyay	Homemade Films
14.	Ottaal	Malayalam	Jayaraj	Directors Cutz Film Company
15.	Katyar Kaljat Ghusali	Marathi	Subodh Bhave	Shri Ganesh Marketing & Films
16.	Cinemawala	Bengali	Kaushik Ganguly	Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt. Ltd.
17.	Natoker Moto	Bengali	Debesh Chatterjee	Friends Communication
18.	Ain	Malayalam	Sidhartha Siva	1:1.3 Entertainments
19.	Koti	Marathi	Suhaas Surykant Bhosale	OMS Arts
20.	Masaan	Hindi	Neeraj Ghaywan	i.  Drishyam Films Pvt. Ltd. ii. Phantom Films Pvt. Ltd. iii.  Sikhya Entertainment
21.	Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal	Malayalam	Dr. Biju	Maya Movies
22.	Kadambari	Bengali	Suman Ghosh	Vignesh Films
23.	Onyo Opalaa	Bengali	Satarupa Sanyal	Scud
24.	Dau Huduni Methai	Bodo	Manju Borah	Shiven Arts
25.	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	Hindi	Kabir Khan	Salman Khan Films
26.	Court	Marathi	Chaitanya Tamhane	Zoo Entertainment

                                                                    

NON–FEATURE FILMS

S.No.	Title of Film	Language	Director	Producer
1.	Goonga Pehelwan	Hindi	i.  Mit Jani ii.  Prateek Gupta iii. Vivek Chaudhary	Drishti Media
2.	Even Red Can be Sad	English	Amit Dutta	Films Division
3.	Sadabahar Brass Band	Marathi	Tushar More	Film And Television Institute of India
4.	Daughters of Mother India	English, Hindi	Vibha Bakshi	V2 Film & Design Pvt. Ltd.
5.	Every Time You Tell A Story	English, Ao, Nagamese	i. Ruchika Negi ii. Amit Mahanti	Ruchika Negi
6.	Breaking Free	English	Sridhar Rangayan	Solaris Pictures
7.	Aamaar Katha : A Story of Binodini	Bengali	Tuhinabha Majumdar	Films Division
8.	I Cannot Give You My Forest	Kui	i.  Nandan Saxena ii.   Kavita Bahl	Top Quark Films Pvt. Ltd.
9.	What The Fields Remembers	English, Bengali	Subasri Krishnan	Public Service Broadcasting Trust
10.	Seek And Hide	Hindi	Manoj K Nitharwal	Film And Television Institute of India
11.	Ujantali	Bengali	Som Chakraborty	Silhouette Production
12.	Ore Udal	Malayalam	Asha Achy Joseph	Jayakrishnan Menon
13.	Chinese Whispers	English, Hindi	Charu Shree Roy	Edumedia India Pvt. Ltd.
14.	Spaces Between	English	i.  Roohi Dixit ii. Ziba Bhagwagar	Films Division
15.	Benegal’s New Cinema	English, Hindi	Iram Ghufran	Public Service Broadcasting Trust
16.	Jai Ho – A Film on A.R. Rahman	English	Umesh Aggarwal	Public Service Broadcasting Trust
17.	Phum Shang	Manipuri	Haobam Paban Kumar	Films Division
18.	Gunjaa	Bhojpuri	Mrinal Dev	Pratima Pictures
19.	Daddy Grandpa & My Lady	English	Kim Jung Hyun	Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute
20.	Kamakshi	Marathi, Hindi, English	Satindar Singh Bedi	Film And Television Institute of India
21.	Tender is the Sight	Bengali	Torsha Banerjee	Films Division

About IFFI:

To be held from November 20th to 30 2015 at the quaint beach town of Goa, the ‘46^th International Film Festival of India’ is all set to become more global this year. The biggest film festival of Asia, IFFI will showcase movies across sections including World Cinema, Indian Panorama, Country Focus, International Competition, Retrospectives, Tributes, First Cut, Workshops, Master Classes and The Film Bazaar etc.

Organized by the Directorate of Film Festivals, I&B Ministry, Government of India in association with the State Government of Goa, the International Film Festival of India is an endeavor to understand the various social and cultural ethos through the eyes of cinema. Moving from the artistic centers of Asia to the cinematic arena of the world, the festival’s founding principles focus on discovery, promotion and support of filmmaking of all genres, thus bringing together the diversity of the forms, aesthetics and contents.