Indian Panorama Announces Official Selection for 53rd IFFI 2022


The Indian Panorama, flagship component of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), has today announced the selection of 25 feature films and 20 non feature films. The selected films will be showcased at the 53rd IFFI to be held from 20th – 28th November, 2022 in Goa.


The aim of the Indian Panorama, organized by National Film Development Corporation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, is to select feature and non feature films of cinematic, thematic and aesthetic excellence in accordance with the conditions and procedure in the said regulations of Indian Panorama.


The selection of the Indian Panorama is made by eminent personalities from the world of cinema from across India comprising of a total of twelve jury members for feature films and six jury members for non-feature films led by the respective chairpersons. Exercising their individual expertise, the eminent jury panels contribute evenly to the consensus that leads to the selection of Indian Panorama films of respective categories.


Feature Films


The Feature Film Jury, comprising twelve members, was headed by acclaimed Director and Editor, Chairperson Shri Vinod Ganatra. The Feature Jury constituted of the following Members who individually represent various acclaimed films, and film-related professions, whereas collectively representing the diverse Indian fraternity:


  1. Shri. A. Karthik Raja; Cinematographer
  2. Shri. Ananda Jyothi; Musician, Writer and Filmmaker
  3. Smt. Dr. Anuradha Singh; Filmmaker and Editor
  4. Shri. Ashok Kashyap; Producer, Director and Cinematographer 
  5. Shri Enumula Premraj; Director and Screenwriter
  6. Smt Geeta M Gurappa; Sound Engineer
  7. Shri Imo Singh; Producer, Director and Writer
  8. Shri. Jugal Debata; Producer, Director and Cinematographer
  9. Shri. Sailesh Dave; Producer
  10. Shri. Shibu G Sushelan; Producer
  11. Shri V. N. Aditya; Producer, Director and Screenwriter
  12. Shri. Vishnu Sharma; Author and Film Critic


A package of 25 Feature films have been selected to be screened in the Indian Panorama section at 53rd IFFI from a broad spectrum of 354 qualifying contemporary Indian feature films. The following package of feature films reflects the vibrancy and diversity of the Indian film industry.


List of 25 feature films selected in the Indian Panorama 2022 is as follows:



























S.No.

Title of the Film

Language

Director

 

Mahananda

Bengali

Arindam Sil

 

Three of Us

Hindi

Avinash Arun Dhaware

 

The Storyteller

Hindi

Ananth Narayan Mahadevan

 

Major

Hindi

Sashi Kiran Tikka

 

Siya

Hindi

Manish Mundra

 

Dhabari Quruvi

Irula

Priyanandanan

 

Hadinelentu

Kannada

Prithvi Konanur

 

Naanu Kusuma

Kannada

Krishne  Gowda

 

Lotus Blooms

Maithili

Pratik Sharma

 

Ariyippu

Malayalam

Mahesh Narayanan

 

Saudi Vellakka CC.225/2009

Malayalam

Tharun Moorthy

 

Frame

Marathi

Vikram Patwardhan

 

Sher Shivraj

Marathi

Digpal Lanjekar

 

Ekda Kaay Zala

Marathi

Dr. Saleel Shrinivas Kulkarni

 

Pratikshya

Oriya

Anupam Patnaik

 

Kurangu Pedal

Tamil

Kamalakannan S

 

Kida

Tamil

RA.Venkat

 

Jai Bhim

Tamil

Tha. Se. Gnanavel

 

Cinema Bandi

Telugu

Kandregula Praveen

 

Kudhiram Bose

Telugu

Vidya Sagar Raju




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The Kashmir Files

Hindi

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri

 

RRR (Roudram Ranam Rudhiram)

Telugu

S S Rajamouli

 

Tonic

Bengali

Avijit Sen

 

Akhanda

Telugu

Boyapati Srinivasa Rao

 

Dharmveer….Mukkam Post Thane

Marathi

Pravin Vitthal Tarde




Feature Film Jury’s choice for the opening feature film of Indian Panorama 2022 is the film ‘Hadinelentu’ (Kannada) directed by Mr Prithvi Konanur.


Non-Feature Films


The Non – Feature Film Jury, comprising six members, was headed by acclaimed Filmmaker, Producer, Writer and National Film Award winner, the chairperson Shri Oinam Doren. The Non-Feature Jury constituted of the following Members who individually represent various acclaimed films, and film-related professions, professions, whereas collectively representing the diverse Indian fraternity:


  1. Shri Chandrasekhar A; Film critic, Journalist and Media Academician
  2. Shri Harish Bhimani, Filmmaker, Scriptwriter, Anchor and, Actor
  3. Shri Manish Saini; Filmmaker, Writer and Editor
  4. Shri P. Umesh Naik; Filmmaker and Journalist
  5. Shri Rakesh Mittal; Film critic, Journalist and Author
  6. Shri Sanskar Desai; Filmmaker, Scriptwriter, Academician


A package of 20 Non-Feature films have been selected to be screened in the Indian Panorama section at 53rd IFFI from a broad spectrum of qualifying 242 contemporary Indian non-feature films in about. The package of non-feature films exemplifies the capacity of the emerging and established filmmakers to document, investigate, entertain and also reflect contemporary Indian values.


List of 20 Non-Feature Films selected in the Indian Panorama 2022 is as follows:



























S.No.

Title of the Film

Language

Director

 

Pataal-Tee

Bhotiya

Mukund Narayan   &


Santosh Singh

 

Taangh

English

Bani Singh

 

Ayushman

English

Jacob Varghese

 

Other Ray: Art of Satyajit Ray

English

Jaydip Mukherjee

 

Gurujana

English

Sudipto Sen

 

Hatibondhu

English

Kripal Kalita

 

Clinton

English

Prithviraj Das Gupta

 

The Show Must Go On

English

Divya Cowasji

 

Khajuraho, Anand Aur Mukti

Hindi

Ramji Om & Deepika Kothari

 

Vibhajan Ki Vibhishka Unkahi Kahaniyan

Hindi

Hitesh Shankar

 

Fatima

Hindi

Sourabh Kanti Dutta

 

Chhu Med Na Yul Med

Hindi

Munmun Dhalaria

 

Before I Die

Hindi

Nakul Dev

 

Madhyantara

Kannada

Basti Dinesh Shenoy

 

Wagro

Konkani

Sainath S Uskaikar

 

Veetilekku

Malayalam

Akhil Dev M

 

Beyond Blast

Manipuri

Saikhom Ratan

 

Rekha

Marathi

Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe

 

Yaanam

Sanskrit

Vinod Mankara

 

Little Wings

Tamil

Naveenkumar Muthaiah




Jury’s choice for the opening non-feature film of Indian Panorama, 2022 is ‘The Show Must Go On’ (English) directed by Ms Divya Cowasji.


The Indian Panorama was introduced in 1978 as part of the IFFI umbrella to promote Indian Films along with India’s rich culture and heritage with the help of cinematic art. Since its inception, the Indian Panorama has been completely devoted to showcasing the best Indian films of the year. The selected films for Indian Panorama section, with an aim for the promotion of film art through, will also be screened for non-profit screening in international film festivals in India and abroad, Indian Film Weeks held under Bilateral Cultural Exchange Programmes and Specialized Indian Film Festivals outside cultural exchange protocols, and special Indian Panorama festivals in India.


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IFFI52 Indian Panorama film ‘Sijou’ unveils the brutality of the feudal land tenure system prevalent across Indo-Bhutan border until 1958


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IFFI52 Indian Panorama film ‘Sijou’ unveils the brutality of the feudal land tenure system prevalent across Indo-Bhutan border until 1958






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Panaji, 27 November 2021




Hitherto unknown and unexplored, Sijou, the Bodo language film unveils the inhumane brutality of the feudal land tenure system prevalent across the Indo-Bhutan border until 1958.


The film screened at 52nd IFFI under the Indian Panorama Feature film section, revolves around a young boy Sijou of Saikhong Guri village, near Indo-Bhutan border in Assam. His life takes an unfortunate turn when he becomes a victim of the Feudal Land Tenure System. The subsequent turn of events turns the boy into a monk.


Addressing a Press Conference today, the Director of the film Vishal P. Chaliha said, “When I think of slavery, the picture of Africa used to come to my mind. I never knew that slavery was also prevalent next to my home.



He said that when the Producer came to him with the concept, it touched him at once and he made up his mind to make the movie.


Talking about the preparations, the Director said that he went to Bhutan and all the bordering villages, interacted with the people.  “There was no written record available on it. It all existed only in the minds of the descendants of the victims of this brutal feudal system”, he said.



He further said that it took around six months to complete the film. The team stayed in Bhutan and the bordering villages to do the research. “The descendants narrated the story very beautifully, because of which I could form a good script”, he added.


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SIJOU


(Indian Panorama Feature Films Category- Bodo language)



About the Director: Vishal P. Chaliha is filmmaker and screenplay writer from Assam. His previous films include ‘40 Years in the Wild’ (2020) and a documentary film ‘Sabdhan’ (2017).


About the Film: The film revolves around a young boy Sijou of Saikhong Guri village, near Indo-Bhutan border in Assam. He is a jovial kid and loves to play with his friends. His life takes an unfortunate turn when he becomes a victim of the Feudal Land Tenure System. The FLTS was in practice in Bhutan, and also affected people living near the Indo-Bhutan border areas until it was abolished in 1958. The subsequent turn of events turns the boy into a monk.


Producers: Vishal Films was started in 2001 by Preeyam Kherkatary in Guwahati, Assam. Its production ‘The Tai Phakeys’ received a National Film Award for Best Anthropological Film in 2009. Shivam Productions was established in Assam in 2017 by Omprakash Kherkatary. ‘Sijou’ is its first feature film, made with Vishal Films


Cast & Crew


Screenplay: Vishal P. Chaliha


DOP: Ashutosh Kashyap


Editor: Bishal Sarmah


Cast: Bijit Basumatary


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Indian Panorama Announces Official Selection for 52nd IFFI, 2021

International Film Festival of India announces the selection of films for the Indian Panorama section to be screened during its 52nd edition in Goa.

The festival is being organized by the Directorate of Film Festivals of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India in collaboration with the State Government of Goa, from November 20- 28, 2021. The selected films will be showcased to all the registered delegates and representatives from the selected films during the 9 days long film festival in Goa.

The primary aim of the Indian Panorama is to select the feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic, and aesthetic excellence for the promotion of film art through the non-profit screening of these films under different categories. Since its inception, the Indian Panorama has been completely devoted to showcasing the best Indian films of the year.

The selection Jury comprised of eminent filmmakers and film personalities from across the Indian cine-world. The eminent Jury Panels, both feature, and non-feature exercise their individual expertise and contribute evenly to the consensus that leads to a selection of Indian Panorama films.

Feature Films

A total of 24 Feature films have been selected to be screened during IFFI. Selected from a wide pool of 221 contemporary Indian Films, the package of Feature Films reflects the vibrancy and diversity of the Indian film Industry.

The Feature Film Jury, comprising twelve members, was headed by acclaimed Filmmaker and actor, Shri S V Rajendra Singh Babu. The Feature Jury constituted of the following Members who individually represent various acclaimed films, film bodies and professions, whereas collectively representing the diverse Indian film making fraternity:

  1. Shri Rajendra Hegde, Audiographer
  2. Shri Makhonmani Mongsaba, Filmmaker
  3. Shri Vinod Anupama, Film Critic
  4. Ms. Jayashree Bhattcharya, Filmmaker
  5. Shri Gyan Sahay, Cinematographer
  6. Shri Prasantanu Mohapatra, Cinematographer
  7. Shri Hemendra Bhatia, Actor/ Writer/ Filmmaker
  8. Shri Asim Bose, Cinematographer
  9. Shri Pramod Pawar, Actor & Filmmaker
  10. Shri Manjunath T S, Cinematographer
  11. Shri Malay Ray, Filmmaker
  12. Shri Parag Chhapekar, Filmmaker/Journalist

List of 24 Feature Films selected in the Indian Panorama 2021 is as follows:

S.No.

Title of the Film

Language

Director

  1.  

KALKOKKHO

Bengali

Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti

  1.  

NITANTOI SAHAJ SARAL

Bengali

Satrabit Paul

  1.  

ABHIJAAN

Bengali

Parambrata Chattopadhyay

  1.  

MANIKBABUR MEGH

Bengali

Abhinandan Banerjee

  1.  

SIJOU

Bodo

Vishal P Chaliha

  1.  

SEMKHOR

Dimasa

Aimee Baruah

  1.  

21st  TIFFIN

Gujarati

Vijaygiri Bava

  1.  

EIGHT DOWN TOOFAAN MAIL

Hindi

Akriti Singh

  1.  

ALPHA BETA GAMMA

Hindi

Shankar Srikumar

  1.  

DOLLU

Kannada

Sagar Puranik

  1.  

TALEDANDA

Kannada

Praveen Krupakar

  1.  

ACT-1978

Kannada

Manjunatha S. (Mansore)

  1.  

NEELI HAKKI

Kannada

Ganesh Hegde

  1.  

NIRAYE THATHAKALULLA MARAM

Malayalam

Jayaraj

  1.  

SUNNY

Malayalam

Ranjith Sankar

  1.  

ME VASANTRAO

Marathi

Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari

  1.  

BITTERSWEET       

Marathi

Ananth Narayan Mahadevan

  1.  

GODAVARI

Marathi

Nikhil Mahajan

  1.  

FUNERAL

Marathi

Vivek Rajendra Dubey

  1.  

NIWAAS

Marathi

Mehul Agaja

  1.  

BOOMBA RIDE

Mishing

Biswajeet Bora

  1.  

BHAGAVADAJJUKAM

Sanskrit

Yadu Vijayakrishnan

  1.  

KOOZHANGAL

Tamil

Vinothraj P S

  1.  

NATYAM

Telugu

Revanth Kumar Korukonda

Jury’s choice for the Opening feature film of Indian Panorama 2021 is the film Semkhor (Dimasa) directed by Ms. Aimee Baruah.

Non-Feature Films

Indian Panorama of International Film Festival of India comprises a contemporary package of socially and aesthetically vibrant non-feature films selected by eminent Jury members who are associated with non-feature segments of Indian Film Industry.

The Non – Feature Jury of seven members was headed by acclaimed documentary Filmmaker Shri S. Nallamuthu. The Jury constituted of the following Members:

  1. Shri Akashaditya Lama, Filmmaker
  2. Shri Sibanu Borah, Documentary Filmmaker
  3. Shri Suresh Sharma, Film producer
  4. Shri Subrat Jyoti Neog, Film Critic
  5. Ms. Manisha Kulshreshtha, Writer
  6. Shri Atul Gangwar, Writer

Selected from a diverse pool of 203 contemporary Indian non-feature films, the package of films exemplifies the capacity of our emerging and established filmmakers to document, investigate, entertain and also reflect contemporary Indian values.

A total of 20 Non-Feature films have been selected to be screened during IFFI.

List of 20 Non-Feature Films selected in the Indian Panorama 2021 is as follows:

S.No.

Title of the Film

Language

Director

  1.  

Veerangana

Assamese

Kishore Kalita

  1.  

Naad – The Sound

Bengali

Abhijit A. Paul

  1.  

Sainbari To Sandeshkhali

Bengali

Sanghamitra Chaudhuri

  1.  

Badal Sircar & the Alternative Theatre

English

Ashok Viswanathan

  1.  

Ved…The Visionary

English

Rajiv Parkash

  1.  

Surmounting Challenges

English

Satish Pande

  1.  

Sunpat

Garhwali

Rahul Rawat

  1.  

The Spell of Purple

Gujarati

Prachee Bajania

  1.  

Bharat, Prakriti Ka Balak

Hindi

Dr. Deepika Kothari & Ramji Om

  1.  

Teen Adhyay

Hindi

Subash Sahoo

  1.  

Bablu Babylon Se

Hindi

Abhijeet Sarthi

  1.  

The Knocker

Hindi

Ananth Narayan Mahadevan

  1.  

Ganga-Putra

Hindi

Jai Prakash

  1.  

Gajra

Hindi

Vineet Sharma

  1.  

Jugalbandi

Hindi

Chetan Bhakuni

  1.  

Pabung Syam

Manipuri

Haobam Paban Kumar

  1.  

Murmurs of the Jungle

Marathi

Sohil Vaidya

  1.  

Backstage

Oriya

Lipka Singh Darai

  1.  

Witch

Santali

Jackie R. Bala

  1.  

Sweet Biriyani

Tamil

Jeyachandra Hashmi

Jury’s choice for the opening Non-Feature film of Indian Panorama, 2021 is Ved…The Visionary (English) directed by Shri Rajiv Parkash.

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