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Selection of feature and non – feature films were announced by the Juries for the Indian Panorama 2005 today. The feature films Jury has recommended 20 films for the Indian Panorama while the non-feature Jury recommended 15 films for inclusion in the Indian Panorama. Jury chairmen presented their Reports to the Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri S. Jaipal Reddy. The Juries assessed 82 feature films and 147 non-feature films over a period of 17 days. The Indian Panorama section is an integral part of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
The feature films Jury was headed by noted filmmaker Shri M.S. Sathyu and had its members Biplab Roychaudhury, Dr. R K Verma, Shalini Shah, Roja Ramani and C P Padmakumar. The non-feature films Jury was headed by veteran film director Shri Aribam Shyam Sharma and had its members Arun Chaddha, Sanjivan Lal, MC Raja Narayanan, and M A Rahman.
The aim of the Indian Panorama is to select feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic and aesthetic excellence for the promotion of film art through non profit screenings of these films in International Film Festivals in India and abroad, in Indian Film Weeks held under various exchange programmes and Cultural Exchange Programmes, specialized Indian films festivals abroad and special Panorama Festivals in.
The Indian Panorama section of the IFFI-2005, to be held at Goa this year from Nov24 to Dec04, 2005 will open with Daivanamathil (Malayalam) directed by Jayaraj, while the opening film of the non-feature section would be The Jaws of Death directed by Gautam Saikia. The juries have also decided that Perumazhakkalam (Malayalam) directed by Kamal and Iqbal (Hindi) directed by Nagesh Kukunoor will represent India in the Competition section of the 36th International Film Festival of India.
List of Selected Feature Films
S.No.
TITLE
DIRECTOR LANGUAGE
DAIVANAMATHIL - Opening Film
JAYARAJ
MALAYALAM
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MADHUR BHANDARKAR
HINDI
BERU
P SESHADRI
KANNADA
PERUMAZHAKKALAM
KAMAL
MALAYALAM
KAZCHA
IPY BLESSY THOMAS
MALAYALAM
GRAHANAM
MOHAN KRISHNA INDRAGANTHI
TELUGU
UTTARAYAN
BIPIN NADKARNI
MARATHI
HASINA
GIRISH KASRAVALLI
KANNADA
LAAZ
MANJU BORA
ASSAMESE
ANTARMAHAL
RITUPARNO GHOSH
BENGALI
KANNE MADANGUKA
ALBERT
MALAYALAM
ACHUVINTE AMMA
SATHYAN ANTHIKKAD
MALAYALAM
KATHAVASHESHAN
T V CHANDRAN
MALAYALAM
DITIYO BASANTO
ABHIJIT DASGUPTA
BENGALI
PAHELI
AMOL PALEKAR
HINDI
KRANTIKAL
SHEKHAR DAS
BENGALI
SWAPNER DIN
BUDDHADEB DASGUPTA
BENGALI
RAAM
AMEER
TAMIL
IQBAL
NAGESH KUKUNOOR
HINDI
KAALPURUSH
BUDDHADEB DSAGUPTA
BENGALI
ORIDAM
PRADEEP NAIR
MALAYALAM
Two films selected for the Competition Section for Asian, African and Latin American countries of the 36th International Film festival of India:
1. PERUMAZHAKKALAM directed by KAMAL
2. IQBAL directed by NAGESH KUKUNOOR
List of Selected Non Feature Films
S.No.
TITLE
DIRECTOR LANGUAGE
1
THE JAWS OF DEATH Opening Film
GAUTAM SAIKIA
ENGLISH
2
GIRNI
UMESH VINYAK KULKARNI
HINDI
3
EKHANE AMAR NOCTURNE
ANIRBAN DATTA
BENGALI / HINDI
4
INDIA MATTERS- CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
SUTAPA DEB
ENGLISH
5
PRAVAHI
ARUN KHOPKAR
HINDI
6
BHAL KHABAR
ALTAF MAJID
ASSAMESE
7
TRACING THE ARC
PANKAJ BUTALIA
ENGLISH
8
ONE DAY FROM A HANGMAN’S LIFE
JOSHY JOSEPH
HINDI
9
KALAMANDALM RAMNKUTTY NAIR
ADOOR GOPALAKRISHNAN
MALAYALAM
10
EK SAGAR KINAREE
LAXMIKANT SHETGAONKAR
MARATHI/ENGLISH
11
STORY OF VIRGIN IRON
BAPPA RAY
ENGLISH
12
LOTUS POND
K BIKRAM SINGH
ENGLISH
13
THAKKAYIN MEETHU NANGU KANGAL
VASANTH
TAMIL
14
SANSHODHAN
SHILPI DASGUPTA
HINDI
15
CHIRTASMRUTHI
V R GOPINATH
MALAYALAM
16
PORTRAIT OF A CINEMATOGRAPHER - SUMENDU ROY
PAPEEHA ROY
ENGLISH
RS.
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