Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday announced that 20 non-feature and 23 feature films will be screened as part of the Indian Panaroma section at the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI), the nine-day film gala which is to be held from January 16 to January 24 initially scheduled to take place in Goa from November 20-28, got postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"Happy to announce the selection of 23 feature and 20 non-feature films in Indian Panorama of 51st IFFI. @MIB_India" Javadekar tweeted. The opening movie for the Panorama section at the festival is "Saand Ki Aankh", directed by Tushar Hiranandani and featuring Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar, the festival will also see Sushant Singh Rajput''s "Chhichhore", Vetri Maaran''s Tamil "Asuran", Nila Madhab Panda''s Oriya language movie "Kalira Atita" and Govind Nihalani''s "Up, Up & Up". The jury headed by filmmaker-writer John Mathew Matthan selected films including "Bridge" (Assamese), "Avijatrik" (Bengali), "Pinki Elli?" (Kannada), "Trance" (Malayalam) and "Prawaas" (Marathi).
Nitesh Tiwari''s "Chhichhore", starring Rajput, who died in June this year, has been included as part of three mainstream films, which also consists of Tamil movie "Asuran" and Malayalam movie "Kappela". The internal committee of Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) based on the recommendations of Film Federation of India (FFI) and Producer’s Guild has selected the movies for screening. The non-feature jury headed by acclaimed feature and documentary filmmaker Haobam Paban Kumar selected Ankit Kothari''s "Paanchika", a Gujarati language movie, as the opening non-feature film of Indian Panorama 2020. A total 20 titles, including "100 Years Of Chrysotom - A Biographical Film", "Ahimsa- Gandhi: The Power Of The Powerless", "Justice Delayed But Delivered", "Still Alive" and "Investing Life", will be showcased under the section.
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