The 51st IFFI apologised for an incorrect information on its website, where synopsis of superstar Salman Khan's "Dabangg" was mistakenly put in the description of legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray's classic "Sonar Kella".
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant attended the International Film Festival of India opening ceremony on January 16. Actor Kiccha Sudeep was the Chief Guest at IFFI opening ceremony. Actor Tisca Chopra hosted the IFFI-51 Opening Ceremony. Actor, Director and Producer Biswajit Chatterjee crowned as Indian Personality of the Year. More than 200 films screened during the film festival. IFFI is one of the oldest and most significant film festivals in Asia.
The glitz, glamour and star euphoria of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was replaced by masks, sanitisers and limited attendance at the inaugural ceremony of the 51st edition of the movie gala in Panaji.
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar announced veteran actor, director and singer Biswajit Chatterjee as the recipient of the 'Indian Personality of the Year' award.
IFFI on Thursday announced that the upcoming movie gala will showcase films of 19 artists from India and nine international names who passed away in the year gone by. IFFI will pay homage to Kapoor, Khan, Rajput, Soumitra Chatterjee, and Boseman by screening their movies "Bobby", "Paan Singh Tomar", "Kedarnath", "Charulata" and "42", respectively.
As part of the tribute, IFFI 2021 will showcase Ray's acclaimed "Pather Panchali", the first film of his The Apu Trilogy, 1964 romantic drama "Charulata", "Sonar Kella", his 1977 Hindi directorial debut "Shatranj Ke Khilari" and "Ghare Baire" (1984).
Bollywood representation in the list of feature films includes the Sushant Singh Rajput-starrer "Chhichhore" directed by Nitesh Tiwari, and Tushar Hiranandani's Taapsee Pannu-Bhumi Pednekar starrer "Saand Ki Aankh".
Prakash Javadekar announced that 20 non-feature and 23 feature films, including "Saand Ki Aankh" and "Chhichhore", will be screened as part of the Indian Panaroma section at the 51st IFFI.
The state will be hosting IFFI 2020 as per schedule in last week of November, Sawant told reporters on Wednesday. The opposition Congress, however, said it is not advisable to host IFFI in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Uncertainty triggered by the COVID-19 situation looms over hosting of this year's edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, a senior functionary said on Wednesday.
The spectacular, star-studded closing ceremony brought the eight-day festivities to a fitting climax.
Speaking on women directors in films, Farah Khan said, "I genuinely don't think that a director needs to have a gender. It's not a gender-specific job. That's something I sort of have always rejected at the beginning."
In an interview at the International Film Festival of India, Faran Khan spoke about her journey in films, first as a choreographer and later as a filmmaker.
Taapsee Pannu gave a befitting reply to the person who asked her to speak in Hindi at IFFI Goa.
Director-writer Imtiaz Ali says he enjoys watching films in foreign languages as they are well made, artistic and realistic.
The protests were organised after Javadekar last week turned down the Goa government's request for withdrawal of the MoEF letter, issued last month giving the Karnataka government go-ahead for the Rs 841 crore Kalasa-Banduri project.
Vetri Maaran, who made his feature directorial debut in 2007 with "Polladhavan", has established himself as one of the most relevant and riveting filmmakers from the south.
The event, which is being h Goa, will see the attendance of 9,000 delegates and is being hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar.
Rajinikanth and Amitabh Bachchan have worked together in films such as Hum, Andhaa Kanoon and Geraftaar.
The 77-year-old actor, who was the guest of honour at the golden jubilee edition of the movie gala, was greeted with loud cheers as he took the stage at the event.
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