Indian Panorama 2019 Press Release

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DIRECTORATE OF FILM FESTIVALS (Ministry of I&B)

The 50th International Film Festival of India, 2019 announces the selection of Indian Panorama. Indian Panorama is a flagship section of IFFI, which showcases the best of contemporary Indian Feature and Non-Feature Films of the years.

This year, the Feature Film Jury, comprising of thirteen members was headed by acclaimed filmmaker and screenwriter Shri Priyadarshan. The Feature Jury constituted of the following Members:

1. Smt Sreelekha Mukherji, Actress & Director 2. Shri Ahathian, Filmmaker, Writer, Director & Actor 3. Shri Sabyasachi Mohapatra, Filmmaker 4. Shri Vinod Ganatra, Filmmaker 5. Shri Rajendra Prasad Choudhary, Cinematographer, Filmmaker and Film Producer 6. Shri Kuukuu Kohli, Filmmaker and Film Producer 7. Shri Jadu Moni Dutta, Film actor and Director 8. Shri Harish Bhimani, Narrator, Screenwriter and Filmmaker 9. Shri Akashaditya Lama, Filmmaker 10. Shri K Puttaswamy, Film critic, Film historian and writer 11. Shri Phunsukh Laddakhi, Film actor and educationist 12. Shri Girish Mohite, Filmmaker

The Feature Film Jury has selected 21 Feature films from the received entries . The package includes Best Feature Film of 66th National Film Awards 2018 titled “Hellaro” (Gujarati) by virtue of direct entry as per Indian Panorama 2019 clause no. 8.6.

Five (5) Mainstream films are also selected under Indian Panorama Section of 50th International Film Festival of India, 2019 by an Internal Committee of DFF based on the recommendations of FFI and PRODUCER’S GUILD.

List of 26 Feature Films selected in the Indian Panorama 2019 is as follows:

S. No. Name of the film Language Director

1. Kenjira Paniya Manoj Kana 2. Tujhya Aaila Marathi Sujay Sunil Dahake 3. Anandi Gopal Marathi Sameer Sanjay Vidwans 2

4. Bhonga Marathi Shivaji Lotan Patil 5. Mai Ghat:Crime No 103/2005 Marathi Ananth Narayan Mahadevan 6. Pareeksha Hindi Prakash Jha 7. Oththa Seruppu Size 7 Tamil Radhakrishnan Parthiban 8. Nirban Bengali Gautam Halder 9. Kolaambi Malayalam T K Rajeev Kumar 10. Jyeshthoputro Bengali Kaushik Ganguly 11. Ek Je Chhilo Raja Bengali Srijit Mukherji 12. Ranganayaki Kannada Dayal Padmanabhan 13. Netaji Irula Vijeesh Mani 14. Uyare Malayalam Manu Ashokan 15. Jallikettu Malayalam Lijo Jose Pellissery 16. Iewduh Khasi/Garo Pradip Kurbah 17. Photo-Prem Marathi Aditya Rathi & Gayatri Patil 18. House Owner Tamil Lakshmy Ramakrishnan 19. Bahattar Hoorain Hindi Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan 20. In The Land Of Poison Women Pangchenpa Manju Borah 21. Hellaro Gujarati Abhishek Shah

Mainstream Cinema

22. Uri : The Surgical Strike Hindi Aditya Dhar

23. F2 Telugu Anil Ravipudi

24. Gully Boy Hindi Zoya Akhtar

25. Super 30 Hindi Vikash Bahl

26. Badhaai Ho Hindi Amit Ravindernath Sharma

The Jury has chosen the film HELLARO (Gujarati) directed by Abhishek Shah as the Opening Feature Film of Indian Panorama 2019

The Non – Feature Jury of seven members was headed by well-known documentary Filmmaker Shri Rajendra Janglay The Jury constituted of the following Members:

1. Shri Aarti Shrivastava, Filmmaker 2. Shri Ronel Haobam, Filmmaker 3. Smt Parvati Menon, Director & Film educationist 4. Shri Yadu Vijaykrishnan, Filmmaker and writer 5. Pramod Kalita, Film Critic & Screenwriter 6. Shri Ashok Sharan, Actor & Producer

The Non- Feature Film Jury has selected 15 Feature films from the received entries . The package includes Best Non- Feature Films (shared) of 66th National Film Awards 2018 titled “Son Rise” and “The Secret Life of Frogs” by virtue of direct entry as per Indian Panorama 2019 clause no. 8.6.

The complete list of 15 Non-Feature Films selected for Indian Panorama section for 50th International Film Festival of India 2019 is given below.

List of Non - Feature Films

.No Title of the Film Language Director

1. Bohubritta Assamese Utpal Dutta

2. Bouma Bengali Debatma Mandal

3. Mamatva Brij Kirti

4. Letters English Nitin Shingal

5. A Thankless Job English Vicky Barmecha

6. Elephants Do Remember English Swati Pandey, Manohar Singh Bisht & Viplove Rai Bhatia 7. Bridge Hindi Bikramjit Gupta

8. Maya Hindi Vikas Chandra

9. Sathyarthi Hindi Pankaj Johar

10. Nooreh Kashmiri Ashish Pandey

11. Shabdhikunna Kalpa Malayalam Jayaraj

12. Iravilum Pakalilum Odiyan Malayalam Novin Vasudev

13. Gadhul Marathi Ganesg Shivaji Shelar

14. Son Rise Hindi Vibha Bakshi

15. The Secret Life of Frogs English Ajay Bedi & Vijay Bedi

The Non-Feature film Jury selected the film “Nooreh” directed by Ashish Pandey as the Opening non-feature film of Indian Panorama 2019.