Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals
Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals
Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals
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PrefaceIndian Panorama 2007If there is a place to get the panoramic view <strong>of</strong> Indian cinema,its the Indian Panorama at the International <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>of</strong>India. The Indian Panorama presents a 360 degree view <strong>of</strong> theIndian cinema which in its vast sweep encompasses many subcultures and lifestyles. The cinema that emanates out <strong>of</strong> thisvaried cultural landscape, therefore, is also equally diverse andunique. Indian Panorama over the years has successfully attemptedto capture this lingual and stylistic variety in its bouquet <strong>of</strong> films.As always, this special collection <strong>of</strong> feature and non-feature filmscalled Indian Panorama commands an exalted status in theInternational <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>of</strong> India.This year’s Panorama presents a wide spectrum <strong>of</strong> contemporarythemes and treatments. The debut directors like Sameer Hanchate,Bhavna Talwar and Samir Chanda, bring with them a refreshingand incisive style <strong>of</strong> cinema, while the stalwarts like AdoorGopalakrishnan and Budhadeb Dasgupta challenge ideas andestablished norms again with their films, Naalu Penungal andAmi Iyasin Aar Amaar Madhubala. After many years a Manipurifilm, Yenning Amadi Likla finds place in Indian Panorama whichgoes on to prove that Manipuri cinema is finding its own nichewith filmmakers like Makhanmani Mongasaba.The non-feature section though small this year with only fifteenfilms, <strong>of</strong>fers a large variety. The biographicals like Naushad Ali,Pandit Ramnarayan, Mubarak Beghum and RajarshiBhagyachandra <strong>of</strong> Manipur chronicle the lives <strong>of</strong> importantIndian personalities. <strong>Film</strong>s like Bagher Bacha, Hope Dies Last inWar, Joy Ride and Whose Land Is It Anyway shake us out <strong>of</strong>our smug attitude and sensitivities. A happy development thisyear is the inclusion <strong>of</strong> Nokpkliba, the first ever film by a Naga