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26 features and 16 non-features in Indian Panorama of 44th IFFI

A total of 26 features and 16 non-features figure in the list of the Indian Panorama section of the next International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held in Panaji in Goa from 20 November.

The Panorama films also form the basis for the government to make its selections when sending films for participation in film festivals overseas.

The Jury for feature films, headed by renowned filmmaker and editor B Lenin, selected 25 films out of a total of 210 eligible entries.

Hindi film Pan Singh Tomar (Director Tigmanshu Dhulia) which won the 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 finalise the selections.

The Non-Feature films jury chaired by well known director Raja Sen, picked 15 films out of 130 eligible entries. Kashmiri film Shepherds of Paradise (Director Raja Shabir Khan) which won the Best Non feature film award at the recent 60th National Film Awards is the 16th film of Indian Panorama by direct entry. The five member jury took nine days to finalise the selections.

The juries chose Kanyaka Talkies (Malayalam, Director K R Manoj) and Rangabhoomi (Hindi, Director Kamla Swaroop) as the opening feature and non-feature films respectively for the Indian Panorama 2013 at the 44th IFFI.

The features have six films in Malayalam, five in Hindi apart from another in Hindi and English, five in Bangla, three in Marathi, and one each in Mising, Kannada, Tamil, Oriya, and Konkani apart from one in Konkani and English.

In the non features films category, the maximum number of films selected, five are in Hindi, three in Malayalam, three in English, two in Marathi, two in Kashmiri and one in Kudukh.

The complete list of 26 Feature films that would be shown at the 44th International Film Festival of India 2013:
Sr. 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 MAHAPATRA
18


SATYANWESHI


BENGALI


RITUPARNO GHOSH
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
26


PAN SINGH TOMAR


HINDI


TIGMANSHU DHULIA

The complete list of 16 Non-Feature films that would be screened at the 44th International Film Festival of India 2013:
Sr. 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 A DOOR GOPALKRISHNAN


Malayalam/English


Prasanna Ramaswamy
7


MAKARA


Marathi


Prantik Narayan Basu
8


MANIPURI PONY


English


Aribam Syam Sharma
9


PHADA


Kudukh (Region-Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh)


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/Gujarati


Rakesh Shukla
14


V. BABASAHEB LIFE IN FULL OPEN


Marathi/Hindi/English


Avinash Deshpande
15


VISHAPARVAM


Malayalam


Vipin Vijay
16

SHEPHERDS OF PARADISE


Kashmiri


Raja Shabhir Khan

October 15, 2013
Off-beat films win top awards in 60th National Film Awards

NEW DELHI: The Hindi film ‘Paan Singh Tomar’ by Tigmanshu Dhulia has been selected as the best feature film of 2012 with its protagonist Irrfan Khan sharing the best actor award with the veteran Vikram Gokhale for the film Anumati in Marathi, while Usha Jadhav gets the actress award for her performance in Dhag (Marathi).

Marathi films have bagged another prominent award with Dhag director Shivaji Lolan Patil getting the best director award.

In the Feature Film category, a total of 38 films from 14 languages have been selected for the 60th National Awards. Clearly demonstrating the emergence of quality cinema in 2012 in different languages, many awards have been shared by two different films or artistes.

In the non-feature film category, the award for the Best Film has been conferred on Shepherds of Paradise (Gojri & Urdu) produced and directed by Raja Shabir Khan. In the category of Best Writing on Cinema section, the book Silent Cinema in India – A Pictorial Journey (English) written by the veteran B D Garga and published by Harper Collins Publisher India has bagged the top honour while P S Radhakrishnan has been conferred the award for the Best film Critic with Piyush Roy getting a special mention in this category.

Chittagong (Hindi) and 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam) have shared the Indira Gandhi award for the Best Debut Film of a Director for Bedaprata Pain and Siddhartha Siva respectively. The award for the Best Popular Film for providing wholesome entertainment has been shared by Vicky Donor (Hindi) by Shoojit Sircar and Ustad Hotel (Malayalam) by Anwar Rashid.

Thespian Anu Kapoor gets the best Supporting Actor award for Vicky Donor, and Dolly Ahluwalia for the film Vicky Donor and Kalpana for the film ThanichallaNjan (Malyalam) get the best supporting Actress awards. The Best Child Artist award has been shared by Master Virendra Pratap for Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) and Master Minon for 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam).

The well-known Shankar Mahadevan gets the best Male playback singer award for Bolo Na from the film Chittagong which also gets Prasoon Joshi the best lyricist award. The award for the Best Female Playback singer has gone to the Marathi Samhita for the song Palakein Naa Moon Don by Aarti Anklekartikekar, and Shailender Barve gets the best music direction award for same film. Biji Bal gets the best background score award for Kaliyachan (Malayalam).

ThanichallaNjan (Malayalam) by Babu Thiruvalla gets the Nargis Dutt award for best feature film on national integration, while the Malayalam film Spirit by Renjith gets the best social issues award. The Best film on environment conservation/Preservation also goes to a Malayalam film, Black Forest by Joshy Mathew.

Dekh Indian Circus by Mangesh Hadawale is the best children’s film and Delhi Safari by Nikhil Advani is the best animation film.

Cameraman Sudheer Palsane gets the cinematography award for the Mising film Ko:Yad. The award for the best screenplay writer (original) has been conferred on Sujoy Ghosh for the film Kahaani which also gets the best editing award for Namrata Rao. The award for best Screen play writer (adapted) has been conferred on Bhavesh Mandalia and Umesh Shukla for the film OMG -Oh My God. The award for the best Dialogue has been conferred on Anjali Menon for the film Ustad Hotel (Malayalam).

The audiography awards go for Location Sound Recordist to Radhakrishnan S for the Malayalam Annayum Rasoolum, for Sound Designer to AnirbanSengupta and Dipankar Chaki for the Bengali Shabdo and for Re-recordist of the final mixed track to Alok De, Sinoy Joseph and Shreejesh Nair for ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’. Boontawee ‘Thor’ Taweepasas and Lalgudi N. Ilayaraja get the production design award for Kamal Haasan’s Tamil Viswaroopam. Two Tamil films Paradesi and Vazakkuenn 18/9 get the awards for best costume design by Poornima Ramaswamy and best make up by Raja respectively. Makuta VFX get the special effects award for Eega in Telugu.

A special jury award has been conferred on Rituparno Ghosh for the Bengali film Chitrangadha, and on Nawazuddin Siddiqui for the films Kahaani, Gangs of Wasseypur, Dekh Indian circus and Talaash (Hindi). The award for the best choreography has been conferred on the legendary Pt. Birju Maharaj for the film Vishwaroopam (Tamil).

In the Non-Feature Film category, Vikrant Pawar has got the Best Director award for the film Kaatal (Marathi). The Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director has been conferred to Lipika Singh Darai for the film Eka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka Samudra (Odia). Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia for the film I Am Micro (English) and Vasudah Joshi for Cancer Katha (English) have been selected for Special Jury Award. Timbaktu (English) has been awarded as the Best film in the Environmental category and Dreaming Taj Mahal ( Hindi & Urdu) has been conferred the award for the Best Promotional film.

March 19, 2013
Off-beat films win top awards in 60th National Film Awards

NEW DELHI: The Hindi film ‘Paan Singh Tomar‘ by Tigmanshu Dhulia has been selected as the best feature film of 2012 with its protagonist Irrfan Khan sharing the best actor award with the veteran Vikram Gokhale for the film Anumati in Marathi, while Usha Jadhav gets the actress award for her performance in Dhag (Marathi).

Marathi films have bagged another prominent award with Dhag director Shivaji Lolan Patil getting the best director award.

In the Feature Film category, a total of 38 films from 14 languages have been selected for the 60th National Awards. Clearly demonstrating the emergence of quality cinema in 2012 in different languages, many awards have been shared by two different films or artistes.

In the non-feature film category, the award for the Best Film has been conferred on Shepherds of Paradise (Gojri & Urdu) produced and directed by Raja Shabir Khan. In the category of Best Writing on Cinema section, the book Silent Cinema in India – A Pictorial Journey (English) written by the veteran B D Garga and published by Harper Collins Publisher India has bagged the top honour while P S Radhakrishnan has been conferred the award for the Best film Critic with Piyush Roy getting a special mention in this category.

Chittagong (Hindi) and 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam) have shared the Indira Gandhi award for the Best Debut Film of a Director for Bedaprata Pain and Siddhartha Siva respectively. The award for the Best Popular Film for providing wholesome entertainment has been shared by Vicky Donor (Hindi) by Shoojit Sircar and Ustad Hotel (Malayalam) by Anwar Rashid.

Thespian Anu Kapoor gets the best Supporting Actor award for Vicky Donor, and Ms Dolly Ahluwalia for the film Vicky Donor and Ms Kalpana for the film ThanichallaNjan (Malyalam) get the best supporting Actress awards. The Best Child Artist award has been shared by Master Virendra Pratap for Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) and Master Minon for 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam).

The well-known Shankar Mahadevan gets the best Male playback singer award for Bolo Na from the film Chittagong which also gets Prasoon Joshi the best lyricist award. The award for the Best Female Playback singer has gone to the Marathi Samhita for the song Palakein Naa Moon Don by Aarti Anklekartikekar, and Shailender Barve gets the best music direction award for same film. Biji Bal gets the best background score award for Kaliyachan (Malayalam).

ThanichallaNjan (Malayalam) by Babu Thiruvalla gets the Nargis Dutt award for best feature film on national integration, while the Malayalam film Spirit by Renjith gets the best social issues award. The Best film on environment conservation/Preservation also goes to a Malayalam film, Black Forest by Joshy Mathew.

Dekh Indian Circus by Mangesh Hadawale is the best children‘s film and Delhi Safari by Nikhil Advani is the best animation film.

Cameraman Sudheer Palsane gets the cinematography award for the Mising film Ko:Yad. The award for the best screenplay writer (original) has been conferred on Sujoy Ghosh for the film Kahaani which also gets the best editing award for Namrata Rao. The award for best Screen play writer (adapted) has been conferred on Bhavesh Mandalia and Umesh Shukla for the film OMG -Oh My God. The award for the best Dialogue has been conferred on Ms Anjali Menon for the film Ustad Hotel (Malayalam).

The audiography awards go for Location Sound Recordist to Radhakrishnan S for the Malayalam Annayum Rasoolum, for Sound Designer to AnirbanSengupta and Dipankar Chaki for the Bengali Shabdo and for Re-recordist of the final mixed track to Alok De, Sinoy Joseph and Shreejesh Nair for ‘Gangs of Wasseypur‘. Boontawee ‘Thor‘ Taweepasas and Lalgudi N. Ilayaraja get the production design award for Kamal Haasan‘s Tamil Viswaroopam. Two Tamil films Paradesi and Vazakkuenn 18/9 get the awards for best costume design by Poornima Ramaswamy and best make up by Raja respectively. Makuta VFX get the special effects award for Eega in Telugu.

A special jury award has been conferred on Rituparno Ghosh for the Bengali film Chitrangadha, and on Nawazuddin Siddiqui for the films Kahaani, Gangs of Wasseypur, Dekh Indian circus and Talaash (Hindi). The award for the best choreography has been conferred on the legendary Pt. Birju Maharaj for the film Vishwaroopam (Tamil).

In the Non-Feature Film category, Vikrant Pawar has got the Best Director award for the film Kaatal (Marathi). The Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director has been conferred to Lipika Singh Darai for the film Eka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka Samudra (Odia). Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia for the film I Am Micro (English) and Vasudah Joshi for Cancer Katha (English) have been selected for Special Jury Award. Timbaktu (English) has been awarded as the Best film in the Environmental category and Dreaming Taj Mahal ( Hindi & Urdu) has been conferred the award for the Best Promotional film.

March 18, 2013