Cinema has no Boundaries: Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore
Government’s world over recognize Soft power of Cinema: Col.
Rathore
Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State
for Information & Broadcasting said that Cinema is a powerful medium of
communication and entertainment and the Government’s world over had recognized
the cinema’s Soft Power. The Minister said this at the inaugural ceremony of
the Indian Panaroma section at IFFI-2015. Shri Sunil Arora, Secretary I&B was also
present on the occasion.
During
his inaugural address Shri Rathore also said that Film Festivals provided an
excellent platform for bringing people of cinema and people who liked cinema
together and then communicated this vast knowledge to the world. He also said
that the festival builds a bond of friendship and provided a platform for all
to learn from each other.
Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State
for Information & Broadcasting along with Shri Sunil Arora, Secretary
I&B also felicitated the jury members of Feature and Non Feature Film
category. They also felicitated the Directors and other cast & crew of the
opening films in the Feature and Non-Feature category at the Indian Panorama
section at IFFI-2015.
Indian Panorama was
Government’s initiative to select films of cinematic, thematic and aesthetic
excellence and to showcase to the world. This year out of record number of
entries of 238 feature films and 146 non-feature films, 26 feature films and 21
non-feature films had been selected by the Indian Panorama Jury. The
Indian Panorama jury for Feature and Non-feature categories included a team of
highly acclaimed filmmakers and cinema stalwarts from different regions of
India. The 13-member Feature jury and 7- member Non-feature jury was headed by
Shri Aribam Syam Sharma and Shri Rajendra Janglay respectively.
The selection in the feature film category included 7
Bengali, 5 Hindi, 4 Malyalam, 4 Marathi and 1 each in Kannada, Konkani,
Sanskrit, Tamil and Wancho (Arunachal Pradesh) languages. Priyamanasam
and Goonga Pehelwan were the opening films in the Feature and Non Feature Films
category respectively.
Courtesy: pib.nic.in
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