Saturday 21 November 2015

Indian Panaroma opens with Sanskrit film ‘Priyamanasam’ in Feature section and “Goonga Pahlwaan” in Non- Feature Film category

Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore inaugurates the Indian Panorama section of IFFI, 2015

26 feature films and 21 non-feature films to be screened at the Indian Panorama
The Indian panorama Section at 46th International Film festival of India opened with the screening of ‘Goonga Pehelwan’ (non feature film) and feature film ‘Priyamanasam’ (Sanskrit) here today. At the inaugural event, the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, did the honours to the Jury members of the Indian Panorama. The Minister also presented honours to cast and crew of ‘Priyamanasam’ and directors of ‘Goonga Pehelwan’. Indian Panorama opens with a Sanskrit film after three decades.

The Jury for Feature Films, headed by ace filmmaker Shri Aribam Syam Sharma has selected 26 films out of 230 eligible entries. The other members of the Jury include Shri Tapan Biswas, Producer, Shri Mahesh Aney, Cinematographer, Ms. Bhagirathi, Actress/Director, Shri Dilip Patnaik, Director, Shri Phonsok Ladakhi, Actor/Director, Shri Praveen Sattaru, Director, Major Ravi, Director/Actor, Bharathi Pradhan, Writer/Critic, Fowzia Fathima, Cinematographer/Director, Bijaya Jena, Actress/ Director, Shri Panchakshari, Director and Shri M.K. Bhaskara Rao, Writer/Critic.

The Film ‘Priyamanasam’ (Sanskrit) directed by Vinod Mankara has been chosen as the Opening Film by the Feature Film Jury of Indian Panorama 2015. The Non-Feature films Jury chaired by well-known filmmaker Shri Rajendra Janglay has picked 21 films out of 146 eligible entries. The other members of the jury include Shri Vinoo Choliparambil, Editor/ Director, Shri Bachaspatimayum Sunzu, Producer & Director, Shri Makarand Brahme, Director, Shri V. Rama Rao, Academician, Shri Pramod Purswane, Director and Ms. Meenakshi Vinay Rai, Director. The Non-feature film GOONGA PEHELWAN directed by Mit Jani, Prateek Gupta and Vivek Chaudhary has been chosen as the Opening Film by the Non-Feature Film Jury.

The Best Feature Film of 62nd National Film Awards 2014, titled “COURT” directed by Chaitanya Tamhane and the Best Non Feature Film “TENDER IS THE SIGHT” directed by Torsha Banerjee have been automatically included in the Indian Panorama 2015, by virtue of direct entry.

The Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Shri Sunil Arora and other officials were also present on the occasion. 

Courtesy: pib.nic.in

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