NEW DELHI: 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.
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Sr. NO.
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TITLE OF THE FILM
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LANGUAGE
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DIRECTOR
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1
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101 CHODYANGAL
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MALAYALAM
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SIDHARTHA SIVA
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2
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AJANA BATAS
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BENGALI
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ANJAN DAS
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3
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APUR PANCHALI
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BENGALI
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KAUSHIK GANGULI
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4
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ARTIST
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MALAYALAM
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SHAYAM PRASAD
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5
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ASTU
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MARATHI
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SUMITRA BHAVE/SUNIL SUKHTANKAR
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6
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BAGA BEACH
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KONKANI
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LAXMIKANT SHETGAONKAR
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7
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BHARATH STORES | KANNADA | P.SHESHADRI | ||
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8
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CELLULOID
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MALAYALAM
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KAMAL
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9
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PHORING-DRAGONFLY
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BENGALI
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INDRANIL ROYCHOWHURY
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10
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FANDRY
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MARATHI
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NAGRAJ MANJULE
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11
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JAL
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HINDI
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GIRISH MALIK
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12
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KANYAKA TALKIES
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MALAYALAM
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K.R. MANOJ
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13
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KO:YAD
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MISING
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MANJU BORAH
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14
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KUNJANANTHANTE KADA
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MALAYALAM
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SALIM AHAMED
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15
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LISTEN AMAYA
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HINDI
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AVINASH KUMAR SINGH
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16
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MEGHE DHAKA TARA
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BENGALI
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KAMLESHWAR MUKHERJEE
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17
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SALA BUDHA
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ORIYA
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SABYASACHI MAHAPATRA
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18
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SATYANWESHI
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BENGALI
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RITUPARNO GHOSH
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19
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SHIP OF THESEUS
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ANAND GANDHI
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20
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SHUTTER
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MALAYALAM
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JOY MATHEW
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21
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TAPAAL
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MARATHI
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LAXMAN UTEKAR
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22
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THE COFFIN MAKER
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ENGLISH/KONKANI
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VEENA BAKSHI
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23
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THANGAMEENGAL
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TAMIL
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RAM
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24
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BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG
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HINDI
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RAKESH OMPRAKASH MEHRA
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25
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OMG OH MY GOD
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HINDI
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UMESH SHUKLA
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26
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PAN SINGH TOMAR
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HINDI
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TIGMANSHU DHULIA
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TITLE OF THE FILM
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LANGUAGE
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DIRECTOR
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1
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23 WINTERS
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Kashmiri/Hindi
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Rajesh S. Jala
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2
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A DREAM CALLED AMERICA
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Hindi
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Anoop Sathyan
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3
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BEHIND THE MIST
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Malayalam
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Babu Kambrath
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4
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BY LANE 2
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English/Assamese
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Utpal Datta
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5
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KANCHE AUR POSTCARD
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Hindi
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Ridham Janve
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6
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LIGHTS ON A DOOR GOPALKRISHNAN
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Malayalam/English
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Prasanna Ramaswamy
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7
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MAKARA
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Marathi
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Prantik Narayan Basu
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8
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MANIPURI PONY
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English
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Aribam Syam Sharma
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9
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PHADA
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Kudukh (Region-Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh)
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Niranjan Kumar Kujur
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10
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RANGABHOOMI
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Hindi
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Kamal Swaroop
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11
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RESONANCE OF MOTHER’S MELODY
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English
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Dip Bhuyan
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12
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SAMA-MUSLIM MYSTIC MUSIC OF INDIA
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Hindi/English
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Shazia Khan
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13
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THE DONKEYFAIR
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Hindi/Gujarati
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Rakesh Shukla
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14
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V. BABASAHEB LIFE IN FULL OPEN
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Marathi/Hindi/English
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Avinash Deshpande
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15
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VISHAPARVAM
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Malayalam
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Vipin Vijay
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16
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SHEPHERDS OF PARADISE
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Kashmiri
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Raja Shabhir Khan
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