The much-awaited announcement of the Indian Panorama bouquet for IFFI-2013 has been declared. The jury for Feature films, headed by renowned filmmaker and editor Shri B. Lenin, selected 25 films out of a total of 210 eligible entries. Hindi film PAN SINGH TOMAR (Director : Shri Tigmanshu Dhulia) which won Best Feature Film award at the recent 60th National Film Awards is the 26th film of Indian Panorama, by virtue of direct entry. The Nine member jury took 21 days to finalize the selections. The Non-Feature films Jury chaired by well-known director Shri Raja Sen, picked 15 films out of 130 eligible entries. Kashmiri film SHEPHERDS OF PARADISE (Director : Shri Raja Shabir Khan) which won Best Non – Feature Film award at the recent 60th National Film Awards is the 16th film of Indian Panorama, by virtue of direct entry. The 5 member jury took 9 days to finalize the selections.
The Feature Film Jury choose KANYAKA TALKIES (Malayalam, Director: K. R. Manoj) as the Opening Film of Indian Panorama 2013. Given below is the complete list of 26 Feature Films that would be shown at the 44th International Film Festival of India 2013.
S. No. TITLE OF THE FILM LANGUAGE DIRECTOR
1. 101 CHODYANGAL MALAYALAM SIDHARTHA SIVA
2. AJANA BATAS BENGALI ANJAN DAS
3. APUR PANCHALI BENGALI KAUSHIK GANGULI
4. ARTIST MALAYALAM SHAYAM PRASAD
5. ASTU
MARATHI
SUMITRA BHAVE/
SUNIL SUKHTANKAR
6. BAGA BEACH KONKANI LAXMIKANT SHETGAONKAR
7. BHARATH STORES KANNADA P. SHESHADRI
8. CELLULOID MALAYALAM KAMAL
9. PHORING- DRAGONFLY BENGALI INDRANIL ROYCHOWHURY
10. FANDRY MARATHI NAGRAJ MANJULE
11. JAL HINDI GIRISH MALIK
12. KANYAKA TALKIES MALAYALAM K. R. MANOJ
13. KO:YAD MISING MANJU BORAH
14. KUNJANANTHANTE KADA MALAYALAM SALIM AHAMED
15. LISTEN AMAYA HINDI AVINASH KUMAR SINGH
16. MEGHE DHAKA TARA BENGALI KAMLESHWAR MUKHERJEE
17. SALA BUDHA ORIYA SABYASACHI MOHAPATRA
18. SATYANWESHI BENGALI RITUPARNO GOSH
19. SHIP OF THESEUS ENGLISH/HINDI ANAND GANDHI
20. SHUTTER MALAYALAM JOY MATHEW
21. TAPAAL MARATHI LAXMAN UTEKAR
22. THE COFFIN MAKER ENGLISH/KONKANI VEENA BAKSHI
23. THANGAMEENGAL TAMIL RAM
24. BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG HINDI RAKESH OMPRAKASH MEHRA
25. OMG OH MY GOD HINDI UMESH SHUKLA
PAN SINGH TOMAR HINDI TIGMANSHU DHULIA
In the Non-Feature Film category, RANGABHOOMI (Hindi, Director : Kamal Swaroop) is the Opening film. Given below is the complete list of 16 Non-Feature Films that would be screened at the 44th International Film Festival of India 2013.
S. No. TITLE OF THE FILM LANGUAGE DIRECTOR
1. 23 WINTERS KASHMIRI/HINDI RAJESH S. JALA
2. A DREAM CALLED AMERICA HINDI ANOOP SATHYAN
3. BEHIND THE MIST MALAYALAM BABU KAMBRATH
4. BY LANE 2 ENGLISH/ASSAMESE UTPAL DATTA
5. KANCHE AUR POSTCARD HINDI RIDHAM JANVE
6. LIGHTS ON ADOOR GOPALKRISHNAN MALAYALAM/ ENGLISH PRASANNA RAMASWAMY
7. MAKARA MARATHI PRANTIK NARAYAN BASU
8. MANIPURI PONY ENGLISH ARIBAM SYAM SHARMA
9. PHADA KUDUKH (REGION –
JHARKHAND,
CHATTISGARH)
NIRANJAN KUMAR KUJUR
10. RANGABHOOMI HINDI KAMAL SWAROOP
11. RESONANCE OF MOTHER’S MELODY ENGLISH DIP BHUYAN
12. SAMA-MUSLIM MYSTIC MUSIC OF INDIA HINDI/ENGLISH SHAZIA KHAN
13. THE DONKEYFAIR HINDI/GUJRATI RAKESH SHUKLA
14. V. BABASAHEB LIFE IN FULL OPEN MARATHI/HINDI/
ENGLISH
AVINASH DESHPANDE
15. VISHAPARVAM MALAYALAM VIPIN VIJAY
16.
SHEPHERDS OF PARADISE KASHMIRI (Gojri & Urdu) RAJA SHABIR KHAN
In the feature films category, the maximum number of films selected, 6 are in Malayalam, 5 in Bengali, 5 in Hindi, 3 in Marathi and 2 in English. One film each have been selected in Konkani, Kannada, Mising, Oriya and Tamil.
In the non-feature films category, the maximum number of films selected, 5 are in Hindi, 3 in Malayalam, 3 in English, 2 in Marathi, 2 in Kashmiri and 1 in Kudukh.