The 50th International Film Festival of India, 2019 has begun in Goa with a
big bang
. After the opening ceremony yesterday, the Indian Panorama section was inaugurated today at INOX in Panjim, Goa.
Indian Panorama opens with National Award winning Gujarati film 'Hellaro' directed by Abhishek Shah in the feature film category and with a Kashmiri film ‘Nooreh’ in the non-feature film category.
Ashish Pandey, director of 'Nooreh' who was present at the opening described the film as " a story of small girl who still hopes for a better life '
Amit Khare and Director Ashish Pandey at Indian Panorama
Abhishek Pandey added that he wanted to make a film which is relevant in today's time. He thanked the IFFI Jury for selecting his film for Indian Panorama.
The Indian Panorama section showcases the best of contemporary Indian cinema. Altogether 26 feature films
and 15 non-feature films will be screened under the section this year. Apart from Hindi ,the Indian Panorama feature film section this year will also showcase films of four lesser spoken languages, like Khasi/Garo, Paniya, Irula and Pangchenpa.
The other selections in the feature film category include five Marathi films — 'Tujhya Aaila', 'Anandi Gopal', 'Bhonga', 'Mai Ghat' and 'Photo-Prem' — three each in Malayalam and Bengali, two Tamil and one Kannada film.
The feature film category will also have a sub-section on mainstream cinema, under which popular films like 'Gully Boy', 'Uri: The Surgical Strike', 'Super 30' and 'Badhaai Ho' will be screened. Telugu film 'F2' will also be screened under this category.
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