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Press Release NFDC Website 1 Celebrate Independence Day 2020 with NFDC’s Cinemas of India August 6, 2020: As part of Independence Day Celebrations 2020, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) is organising various programmes through its Media Units to create a festive and patriotic mood amongst the Indians across the globe. With regards to the 73rd Independence Day celebrations, National Film Development Corporation’s (NFDC) Cinemas of India will be bringing you a heartfelt selection of films showcasing the Indian history that remarks the bravery of our freedom fighters. Let’s celebrate this Independence Day watching critically acclaimed films from various Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati and Malayalam. The selection showcases a consolidated collection of films from National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Children's Film Society India (CFSI) and Films Division. Moreover, for the first time ever, the film Gandhi (1982) by Sir Richard Attenborough will be made accessible and can be enjoyed by people with vision and hearing impairment. All the high-quality Independence Day themed films will be available to watch on www.cinemasofindia.com from August 7th to August 21st 2020 for free. The abovementioned link will be hosted on the website of MIB (mib.gov.in), and the social media handle of Government of India (www.MyGov.in). Additionally, the same link will be shared with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) (mea.gov.in) for sharing it further with the Indian missions abroad. Please find the list of the films attached below. Independence Day Film Festival 2020 - Film List Sl.No Name of the Film Language Year Director . 1 Gandhi (Accessible) Hindi 1982 Sir Richard Attenborough 2 Gandhi Hindi 1982 Sir Richard Attenborough 3 Chittagong Hindi 2012 Bedabrata Pain 4 The Legend Of Bhagat Singh Hindi 2002 Rajkumar Santoshi 5 Tango Charlie Hindi 2005 Mani Shankar 6 Haqeeqat Hindi 1964 Chetan Anand 7 Khakhee Hindi 2004 Rajkumar Santoshi 8 Gandhi Se Mahatma Tak Hindi 1996 Shyam Benegal 9 Qayamat – City Under Threat Hindi 2003 Harry Baweja 10 Batallion 609 Hindi 2019 Brijesh Batuknath Tripathi 11 Pehla Aadmi Hindi 1950 Bimal Roy 12 Life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Hindi 2004 Live Footage/NFAI 13 Bapu Ne Kaha Tha (Gandhiji’s Saying) Hindi 1962 Vijay Bhatt 14 Abhi Kal Hi Ki Baat Hai (Not So Long Hindi 1970 Clement Baptista Ago) 15 Heda Hoda (The Blind Camel) Hindi 2003 Vinod Ganatra 16 Chota Sipahi (The Little Soldier) Hindi/Englis 2004 Jayshree Kanal & h A S Kanal 17 The Making of the Mahatma English 1996 Shyam Benegal 18 Veera Pandiya Kattabomman Tamil 1959 B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu 19 Roja Tamil 1992 Mani Ratnam 20 Andhra Kesari Tamil 1983 Vijaychander 21 1971- Beyond Borders Malayalam 2017 Major Ravi 22 Vandae Maatharam Malayalam 2010 T. Aravind 23 Uttarayanam Malayalam 1974 G.Aravindan 24 Udayer Pathey (Towards the Light) Bengali 1944 Bimal Roy 25 42/Forty-two/Biyallish Bengali 1949 Hemen Gupta 26 Subhash Chandra Bengali 1966 Piyush Bose 27 Hagalu Vesha Kannada 2000 Baraguru Ramachandrappa 28 Harun Arun Gujarati 2009 Vinod Ganatra 29 Senani Sane Guruji Marathi 1995 Ramesh Deo 30 Spread The Light of Freedom (Har Dil Musical 1996 Films Division Main Jagayen Rashtra Jyot) 31 The Flag (My India, Our India) Musical 1999 Films Division 32 Ae Vatan Tere Liye Hindi 1999 Films Division 33 Shahadat Hindi 2001 Films Division 34 NM0552 : Vande Mataram Hindi 2007 Films Division 35 Sat Sat Pranam Hindi 2008 Films Division 36 Satyameva Jayate Hindi 1972 Films Division 37 13 04 1919 (L.V.) Hindi 2019 Films Division 38 India Independent English 1949 Films Division 39 India Wins Freedom English 1985 Films Division 40 We The People of India English 1986 Films Division 41 1857 - A Salute English 2008 Films Division 42 The Flag Flies High English 2011 Films Division 43 Sardar Patel : A Nation Stands United English 2016 Films Division 44 A Song Eternal English 1976 Films Division .
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