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The International Film Festival
of India in its Indian Panorama
section will feature Bollywood treats
like Anurag Kashyap`s `Dev D` and
Vishal Bharadwaj`s `Kaminey`.
Apart from Bollywood treats, regional
language movies also will be showcased.
There will be six movies from West
Bengal, three each from Karnataka
and Maharashtra and two each from
Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the special
Panorama section. The two Tamil
films are Pasanga directed by Pandi
Raj and Achamundu Achamundu directed
by Arun Vaidyanathan. Also five
Hindi films, two English films,
one Rajasthani, Konkani and Tulu
movies will be screened. On the
whole, there will be 26 films of
which five were nominated by the
Film and Television Producers Guild
and the Film Federation of India.
The film festival will commence
from November 23rd at Panjim, Goa.
Mainstream films have taken a place
in the Indian Panorama which was
earlier only meant for the finest
of Indian art cinema.
Some of the noteworthy commercial
films in this section comprise of
Dibakar Banerjee`s `Oye Lucky-Lucky
Oye` and Pandi Raj`s `Pasanga`.
Other non-commercial films that
find their place in the film festival
are Nandita Das`s maiden venture,
`Firaaq`, Buddhadeb Dasgupta`s `Janala`,
Shaji Karun`s `Kutty Srank`, MS
Sathyu`s `Ijjodu` and Rituparno
Ghosh`s `Shob Charitro Kalponik`
and `Haat: The Weekly Bazaar` by
Seema Kapoor, is a rare entry from
Rajasthan.
The films will be judged by a seven
member jury consisting of Muzaffar
Ali, film critic and writer Gautaman
Bhaskaran, and movie directors/producers
Raja Mitra, Bobby Bedi, Joseph Pulinthanath,
Leslie Carvalho and J Mahendra.
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