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Film29 members from the Malayalam film industry have written a petition in support of Kamal Km, who was reportedly insulted by the vice-chairman of Esg, Goa.CrisKamal KMKamal Km would not have imagined being snubbed one day for hailing from Kerala and told to go back home. One hears of various celebrities being asked to go to Pakistan if somebody decided that a comment they said was anti-national. But Kamal, a filmmaker from Kerala who is attending the International Film Festival of India in Goa, was not making any “comment”; he was asking a valid question about long queues and delayed entry. Vice-chairperson of the Entertainment Society of Goa (Esg), Rajendra Talak, was reportedly unhappy with this question, and told him, “I know you are from Kerala. You should go back home.” Kamal gave a complaint to the CEO of Iffi, Ameya Abhyankar. A day later, 29 members from the Malayalam film industry,...

Elizabeth Ekadashi, directed by Paresh Mokashi, will screen as the opening Feature Film of the Indian Panorama section at the 45th International Film Festival of India 2014. The other highlights in the feature-film section include Kaushik Ganguly’s Chotoder Chobi, Rajat Kapoor’s Ankhon Dekhi, Rajeev Ravi’s Njan Steve Lopez, Shaji N. Karun’s Swapaanam and Avinash Arun’s Killa.

The Last Adieu by Shabnam Sukhdev has been chosen as the Opening Film of the Non-Feature Film section of Indian Panorama 2014.

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Urumi directed by Santosh Sivan will screen as the opening film of Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India, Goa 2011.

The jury for Feature films, headed by filmmaker Sai Paranjpye selected 23 films out of a total of 118 eligible entries for the Iffi 2011, Indian Panorama Section. Malayalam film Adaminte Makan Abu, directed by Salim Ahamed which won Best Feature Film award at the recent 58th National Film Awards is the 24th film of Indian Panorama, by virtue of direct entry.

In the Non-Feature Film category, Adwaita Sangeet directed by Makarand Brahme will be the opening film. The Non-Feature films Jury chaired by writer-director Ashok Rane picked 21 films out of 135 eligible entries. The winner of Best Non-Feature film in the recent 58th National Film Awards for 2010 Germ by Snehal R. Nair has not been included in the Non-Feature film category, as it was already included in Indian Panorama 2010 last year.

Goan filmmaker Rajendra Talak’s first Konkani feature film O’Maria was screened at Iffi 2010, Goa. Canada and other countries have also shown interest in screening the film and Talak said he would be bringing the film to the upcoming International Film Festival at Mumbai. O’ Maria is a film about Maria who lives on land that she inherited while the land adjacent to hers is that of her late brother Johns’ who sold his property to a hotel company before he died. However the contract stated ...

Panaji, Oct 25 – A Konkani film with a background score by Remo Fernandes will be screened in the Indian Premiere section at the forthcoming International Film Festival of India (Iffi) along with two other movies of directors Amol Palekar and Rituparno Ghosh.

An Iffi official told reporters Monday that Palekar’s Marathi film ‘Dhoosar’ and Ghosh’s Bengali movie ‘Nauka Dubi’, along with Rajendra Talak’s ‘O Maria’ have been selected by the jury headed by Kerala filmmaker Shama Prasad from eight films that were shortlisted for the premiere.

Amitabh Bachchan has reportedly been snubbed by one of the organisers of the International Film Festival of India. The Entertainment Society of Goa (Esg) apparently wanted to invite the actor to the event but the Directorate of Film Festivals (Dff) objected. "We always feel that he should come but what can we do? It is only up to the Dff," the Esg's Rajendra Talak told Express India. However, the Dff has denied ever having a conversation (more)...

Panaji, Nov 17 (Ians) The entertainment society of Goa (Esg), co-host of the 40th edition of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi), has held its central government partner Directorate of film festivals (Dff) responsible for not inviting legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan to grace the festival.

Bachchan has not been invited ever since Iffi shifted to Goa in 2003.

‘We always feel that we need Amitabh Bachchan. It would be great to have him at the Iffi,’ Rajendra Talak member of the red carpet committee, which oversees the logistical arrangement for the glamorous event at the Iffi told Ians Monday.

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