Indian Panorama Selection Announced news
Selection list for this year's Indian Panorama was announced today. 25 films selected for annual showcase of Indian films at the International Film Festival of India, Goa, features latest films by Adoor Gopalakrishnan (ORU PENNUM RANDAANUM) and Girish Kasaravalli (Gulabi Talkies). A lesser talked about Hindi film that has made it to the official selection is Summer 2007 by Suhail Tatari. The list of first 20 films is tailed by critically acclaimed mainstream Hindi films like Jodha Akbar, Taare Zameen Par and A Wednesday, a Marathi film "Vaalu" and a Tamil Film "Billa" . Though there is no mainstream window section this year, however, the final five films of the official list is considered to be serving the purpose.
It is noteworthy that the opening film of the section is in "Kokborok" language of Tripura, in which films are rarely made as the tribal who speak the language virtually have no access to cinema or even television. it is sheer passion that drives such filmmakers to make films
The seven member jury was headed by noted filmmaker K. N. T Sastry.
Here is the complete list of fiction and non fiction films:
| S. No. | TITLE | LANGUAGE |
DIRECTORÂ |
| 1. | YARWING | KOKBOROK | JOSEPH PULINTHANATH |
| 2. | SUMMER 2007 | HINDI | SUHAIL TATARI |
| 3. | VILAPANGALKKAPPURAM | MALAYALAM | T.V. CHANDRAN |
| 4. | GULMOHAR | MALAYALAM | JAYARAJ |
| 5. | KALLOORI | TAMIL | BALAJI SAKTHIVEL |
| 6. | KANACHIVARAM | TAMIL | S. PRIYADARSHAN |
| 7. | DOHAA | MARATHI | PUSHKARAJ PARANJAPE |
| 8. | GULABI TALKIES | KANNADA | GIRISH KASARVALLI |
| 9. | ATAYALANGAL | MALAYALAM | M G SASI |
| 10. | BANADA NERALU | KANNADA | UMASHANKARA SWAMY |
| 11. | LITTLE ZIZOU | ENGLISH/GUJRATIHINDI | SOONI TARAPOREVALA |
| 12. | CHATURANGA | BENGALI | SUMAN MUKHOPADHYAY |
| 13. | MAHASATTA | MARATHI | RAMESH LAXMAN MORE |
| 14. | ORU PENNUM RANDAANUM | MALAYALAM | ADOOR GOPALAKRI SHNAN |
| 15. | MUDHAL MUDHAL MUDHAL VARAI | TAMIL | KRISHNA SESHADRI GOMATAM |
| 16. | AAKASHAGOPURAM | MALAYALAM | MANU S. KUMARAN |
| 17. | GUBBACHIGALU | KANNADA | ABHAYA SIMHA |
| 18. | MON JAI | ASSAMESE | M.MANIRAM |
| 19. | MEE SREYOBHILASHI | TELUGU | V.ESHWAR REDDY |
| 20. | KATHA PARAYUMPOL | MALAYALAM | MOHANAN |
| 21. | A WEDNESDAY | HINDI | NEERAJ PANDEY |
| 22. | JODHA AKBAR | HINDI | ASHUTOSH GOWARIKER |
| 23. | TAARE ZAMEEN PAR | HINDI | AAMIR KHAN |
| 24. | VALU | MARATHI | UMESH VINAYAK KULKARNI |
| 25. | BILLA | TAMIL | VISHNU VARDHAN |
'Pulijanmam' (Malayalam), the winner of Best Feature Film awards during 54th National Film Awards gets automatic entry into Indian Panorama in addition to the above films. The Jury has recommended 'Yarwing' a film in Kokborok language of Tripura as the inaugural film for Indian Panorama. 'Kanachivaram' (Tamil) and 'Mahasatta' (Marathi) have been recommended for the Competition Section of International Film Festival of India-2008.
The Jury for Non-Feature Films has recommended 20 films out of 82 entries. The selected films in the Non-Feature Film category of Indian Panorama are:
| . No | Title | Language | Director |
| 1. | THE SHOP THAT SOLD EVERYTHING | Bengali | ABHYUDAY KHAITAN |
| 2. | DHIN TAK DHA | Hindi | SHRADDHA PASI |
| 3. | THREE OF US | Music only | UMESH KULKARNI |
| 4. | VELLAPPOKKATHIL | Malayalam | JAYARAJ |
| 5. | PUTTI | Kannada | JACOB VARGHESE |
| 6. | PARWAAZ | Urdu | BIJU VISHWANATH |
| 7. | YEARN TO LEARN | Bengali | S.K. ABOUL RAJJAK |
| 8. | A FRIEND TURNED FOE | English | GAUTAM SAIKIA |
| 9. | DISTANT RUMBLINGS | English | BANI PRAKASH DAS |
| 10. | DIVIDED COLOURS OF A NATION | English | UMESH AGGARWAL |
| 11. | FOUR WOMEN AND A ROOM | English | AMBARIEN AL QADAR |
| 12. | THE JOURNALIST AND THE JIHADI | English | RAMESH SHARMA |
| Â THE LAND OF RUPSHUPAS | English | A.K. SIDHPURI | |
| 14. | APNA ALOO BAZAAR BECHA | Hindi | PANKAJ H. GUPTA |
| 15. | CHILDREN OF THE PYRE | Hindi | RAJESH S.JALA |
| ANTARDHWANI | Hindi | Â JABBAR PATEL | |
| 17. | REMEMBERING BIMAL ROY | Hndi, Bengali, English | JOY BIMAL ROY |
| 18. | MEMORIES,MOVEMENT AND A MACHINE | Malyalam | K.R. MANOJ |
| 19. | RATAN THIYAM THE MAN OF THEATRE | Manipuri | NIRMALA CHANU &Â OKEN AMAKCHAM |
| 20. | REHANA: A QUEST FOR FREEDOM | English | GARGI SEN &Â PRIYANKA MUKHERJEE |
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'Bishar Blues' (Bengali), also enters the Non-Feature Film segment of Indian Panorama by virtue of being the Best Non-Feature film of 54th National Film Awards. The five member Non-Feature Film Jury was headed by Shri Anjan Bose.
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