Bengaluru International Film Festival 2012 announces competition line up

Bengaluru International Film Festival has announced the line-up of its Chitra Bharathi – Indian Cinema Competition, Kannada Cinema competition section and the 100 Years of Indian Cinema section.

A total of eleven films in the Chitra Bharathi – Indian Cinema Competition will vie for the “Suchitra Samman” with a cash prize of Rs 4 lakhs, equally divided between the director and the producer of the film. While the eight Kannada films in the Kannada Cinema competition section will contend for  Rs 2 lakh award, to be equally divided between the producer and the director of the winning film.

The festival will also celebrate the centenary year of Indian cinema with the screening of twelve selected films.

The 5^th edition of the festival (20^th to 27^th December, 2012) had recently announced the line- up of other sections.

Competition Line up:

Chitra Bharathi – Indian Cinema Competition

Chayiliam

Dir:Manoj Kana / Malayalam

Lessons in Forgetting

Dir: Unni Vijayan / Tamil

Sarasammana Samaadhi

Dir: K N T Shastry / Kannada

Samhitha

Dir: Sumitra Bhave& Sunil Sukthankar / Marathi

Ithramaathram

Dir: K.Gopinathan / Malayalam

B.A Pass

Dir: Ajay Bahl / Hindi

Investment

Dir: Ratnakar Matkari / Marathi

Anhey Ghorey Da Daan 

Dir: Gurvinder Singh / Punjabi

Baandhon

Dir: Jahnu Barua / Assamese

Elar Char Adhyay

Dir: Bappaditya Bandopadhay / Bengali

Mumbai Cha Raja

Dir: Manjeet Singh / Hindi

 

Kannada Cinema Competition

Koormavatara Dir

Dir: Girish Kasaravalli

Narassajjana Nursery

Dir: C V Nandeeshwar

Prasaad

Dir: Manoj Sati

Kamsaale Kaisaale

Dir: T S Nagabharana

Shinar

Dir: Abhaya Simha

Ball Pen

Dir: ShashiKanth

 Bhageerathi

Dir: Dr.Baraguru Ramchandrappa

Olavina Ole

Dir: Teshee Venkatesh

 

100 Years of Indian Cinema

Shiraz

Dir: Franz Osten – Silent – 1929

Achut Kanya

Dir: Franz Osten – Hindi – 1936

Mukti

Dir: P.C. Barua – Hindi – 1937

Devadaas

Dir: Vedantam Raghavaiah – Telugu – 1953

Chemmeen

Dir: Ramu Kariat – Malayalam – 1966

Garam Hawa

Dir: M. S. Sathyu – Hindi – 1973

Umbarthaa

Dir: Jabbar Patel – Marathi – 1981

Nayakan

Dir: Mani Ratnam – Tamil – 1987

Laptop

Dir: Kaushik Ganguli – Bengali – 2011

Naandi

Dir: N. Lakshminarayan – Kannada – 1964

Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu

Dir: Siddalingaiah- Kannada -1974

America America

Dir: Nagathihalli Chandrasekhar – Kannada -1995

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