Indian Panorama 2022: GOA!
Oct 24 2022
International Film Festival of India is considered as the most important film event in India.
The Indian Panorama was introduced in 1978 as part of the IFFI umbrella to promote Indian films along with the country’s rich culture and heritage with the help of cinematic art, an official statement said.
“Since its inception, the Indian Panorama has been completely devoted to showcasing the best Indian films of the year. The selected films for Indian Panorama section, with an aim for the promotion of film art through, will also be screened for non-profit screening in international film festivals in India and abroad, Indian Film Weeks held under bilateral cultural exchange programmes and specialised Indian Film Festivals outside cultural exchange protocols, and special Indian Panorama festivals in India.
International Film Festival of India (IFFI), has today announced the selection of 25 feature films and 20 non feature films. The selected films will be showcased at the 53rd IFFI to be held from 20th – 28th November, 2022 in Goa.
The Feature Jury constituted of the following Members who individually represent various acclaimed films, and film-related professions, whereas collectively representing the diverse Indian fraternity:
- Shri. A. Karthik Raja; Cinematographer/ President SICA
- Shri. Ananda Jyothi; Musician, Writer and Filmmaker
- Smt. Dr. Anuradha Singh; Filmmaker and Editor
- Shri. Ashok Kashyap; Producer, Director and Cinematographer
- Shri Enumula Premraj; Director and Screenwriter
- Smt Geeta M Gurappa; Sound Engineer
- Shri Imo Singh; Producer, Director and Writer
- Shri. Jugal Debata; Producer, Director and Cinematographer
- Shri. Sailesh Dave; Producer
- Shri. Shibu G Sushelan; Producer
- Shri V. N. Aditya; Producer, Director and Screenwriter
- Shri. Vishnu Sharma; Author and Film Critic
From nearly 350 films 25 have been named as official selection at Indian Panorama
Main category : Indian Panorama
| S.No. | Title of the Film | Language | Director |
| Mahananda | Bengali | Arindam Sil | |
| Three of Us | Hindi | Avinash Arun Dhaware | |
| The Storyteller | Hindi | Ananth Narayan Mahadevan | |
| Major | Hindi | Sashi Kiran Tikka | |
| Siya | Hindi | Manish Mundra | |
| Dhabari Quruvi | Irula | Priyanandanan | |
| Hadinelentu | Kannada | Prithvi Konanur | |
| Naanu Kusuma | Kannada | Krishne Gowda | |
| Lotus Blooms | Maithili | Pratik Sharma | |
| Ariyippu | Malayalam | Mahesh Narayanan | |
| Saudi Vellakka CC.225/2009 | Malayalam | Tharun Moorthy | |
| Frame | Marathi | Vikram Patwardhan | |
| Sher Shivraj | Marathi | Digpal Lanjekar | |
| Ekda Kaay Zala | Marathi | Dr. Saleel Shrinivas Kulkarni | |
| Pratikshya | Oriya | Anupam Patnaik | |
| Kurangu Pedal | Tamil | Kamalakannan S | |
| Kida | Tamil | RA.Venkat | |
| Jai Bhim | Tamil | Tha. Se. Gnanavel | |
| Cinema Bandi | Telugu | Kandregula Praveen | |
| Kudhiram Bose | Telugu | Vidya Sagar Raju |
Mainstream Cinema Section
| The Kashmir Files | Hindi | Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri | |
| RRR (Roudram Ranam Rudhiram) | Telugu | S S Rajamouli | |
| Tonic | Bengali | Avijit Sen | |
| Akhanda | Telugu | Boyapati Srinivasa Rao | |
| Dharmveer….Mukkam Post Thane | Marathi | Pravin Vitthal
|
Non Feature film category.
| S.No. | Title of the Film | Language | Director |
| Pataal-Tee | Bhotiya | Mukund Narayan &
Santosh Singh |
|
| Taangh | English | Bani Singh | |
| Ayushman | English | Jacob Varghese | |
| Other Ray: Art of Satyajit Ray | English | Jaydip Mukherjee | |
| Gurujana | English | Sudipto Sen | |
| Hatibondhu | English | Kripal Kalita | |
| Clinton | English | Prithviraj Das Gupta | |
| The Show Must Go On | English | Divya Cowasji | |
| Khajuraho, Anand Aur Mukti | Hindi | Ramji Om & Deepika Kothari | |
| Vibhajan Ki Vibhishka Unkahi Kahaniyan | Hindi | Hitesh Shankar | |
| Fatima | Hindi | Sourabh Kanti Dutta | |
| Chhu Med Na Yul Med | Hindi | Munmun Dhalaria | |
| Before I Die | Hindi | Nakul Dev | |
| Madhyantara | Kannada | Basti Dinesh Shenoy | |
| Wagro | Konkani | Sainath S Uskaikar | |
| Veetilekku | Malayalam | Akhil Dev M | |
| Beyond Blast | Manipuri | Saikhom Ratan | |
| Rekha | Marathi | Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe | |
| Yaanam | Sanskrit | Vinod Mankara | |
| Little Wings | Tamil | Naveenkumar Muthaiah
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Prithvi Konanur’s Kannada film ‘Hadinelentu‘, a movie that travels through the lives of stakeholders after a selfie sex video of two teenagers gets leaked, will be the opening feature film in the Indian Panorama section in this year’s International Film Festival of India (IFFI) starting November 20.
Baskar cinematographer of yet to be released Tamil film Kurangu Pedal who is a SICA member expressed his happiness of his film being in official Indian Panorama… He says this will bring more attention and encouragement for Independent film makers.
Article drafted by
CJ Rajkumar
Author/ cinematographer.