MUMBAI: The juries for the Indian Panorama section of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) – 2007 today recommended 21 feature and 15 non-feature films for screening at International Film Festival at Goa in November 2007.
Lenin Rajendran’s Ratri Mazha (Night Rain – Malayalam) and Samir Chanda’s Ek Nadir Galpo (Bengali) will represent the country at the Asian African and Latin American Competition of the 38th International Film Festival of India in Goa next month.
Of the 21 feature films to be screened, only two are Hindi, namely Bhavna Talwar’s Dharm and Sameer Hanchate’s Gafla.
The two juries for feature and non feature films headed by film makers K S Sethumadhavan and Arun Khopkar respectively submitted their reports to the secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Asha Swarup.
Ore Kadal (Malayalam), directed by Shyamaprasad will open the Indian Panorama feature film section, while Bagher Bacha (Bengali) directed by Bishnu Dev Halder will open the non-feature section.
The selections were made out of 119 feature and 149 non-feature films. The members of the feature film jury were Manju Borah, film maker from Guwahati, Leslie Carvalho, film maker from Bangalore, Abhijeet Dasgupta, film maker from Kolkata, Dr. Mrunalinni Patil Dayal, film maker from Mumbai and Shubhra Gupta, film critic from Delhi.
The non-feature film jury comprised Pankaj Butalia, film maker from Delhi, Kavita Chaudhary, film maker from Mumbai and Gautam Saikia, film maker from Guwahati. < Page Break >
The best feature films selected by the Indian Panorama Juries are as follows:
Film: Naalu Pennungal
Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Language: Malayalam
Film: Ore Kadal
Director: Shyama Prasad
Language: Malayalam
Film: Ratri Mazha
Director: Lenin Rajendran
Language: Malayalam
Film: Ekti Nadir Galpo
Director: Samir Chanda
Language: Bengali
Film: Dharm
Director: Bhavna Talwar
Language: Hindi
Film: Kayyoppu
Director: Renjith
Language: Malayalam
Film: Jaatingaa Ityaadi
Director: Sanjib Sabhapandit
Language: Assamese
Film: Tingya
Director: Mangesh Hadawale
Language: Marathi
Film: Periyar
Director: Gnana Rajasekaran
Language: Tamil
Film: Jaara Brishtite Bhijichilo
Director: Anjan Das
Language: Bengali
Film: Kada Beladingalu
Director: B.S. Lingadevaru
Language: Kannada
Film: Thaniye
Director: Babu Thiruvalla
Language: Malayalam
Film: Mai Baap
Director: Gajendra Ahire
Language: Marathi
Film: Moggina Jade
Director: P.R. Ramdas Naidu
Language: Kannada
Film: Daatu
Director: K. Shivarudraiah
Language: Kannada
Film: Gafla
Director: Sameer Hanchate
Language: Hindi
Film: Ammuvagiya Naan
Director: Padma Magan
Language: Tamil
Film: Aevdhe Se Aabhaal
Director: Bipin Nadkarni
Language: Marathi
Film: Yenning Amadi Likia
Director: Makhonmani Mongsaba
Language: Manipuri
Film: Ami, Iyasin Ar Amar Madhubala
Director: Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Language: Bengali
Film: Kaalchakra
Director: Vishal Bhandari
Language: Marathi< Page Break >
The best non-feature films selected by the Indian Panorama Juries are as follows:
List of selected Non-feature Films
Opening Film – Bagher Bachcha (Bengali)
Rajashree Bhagya Chardoa of Manipur
Aribam Syam Sharma
English
Naushad Ali – The Melody Continues
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Hindi
Pandit Ramnarayan
V. Packriswamy
Hindi
Bagher Bachcha
Bisnu Deb Halder
Bengali
Hope Dies Last In War
Supriyo Sen
English
Whose Land Is It Anyway?
Ladly Mukhopadhyay
Hindi
Masti Bhara Hai Sama
Ashok Rane
Hindi
M-Tyude Kumaraneloorke Kulangal
M.A. Rehman
Malayalam
Poomaram
Vipin Vijay
Malayalam
Joy Ride
Manisha Issrani Misra
Hindi
The Dance Of The Enchantress
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Malayalam
Harvilele Indradhansh
Dhiraj Meshram
Malayalam
Ngaihak Lambida
Haobam Paban Kumar
Manipuri
Nokpokliba
Meren Imchen
English
Mubarak Begum
Bipin Choubal
Hindi
