By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: ‘Kalira Atita’ by Odisha’s Nila Madhab Panda among 23 Feature Films selected in the Indian Panorama- 2020. Odia film Kalira Atita (Yesterday’s past) is all about a disillusioned young man, his travelling to a village in Odisha, who has already survived a cyclone, and is yet to experience another one. It is about human weaknesses, fears, the unnerving uncertainty of life, and human triumph over everything.
Nila Madhab Panda is an Indian filmmaker who has managed to create a new narrative of dense and critical insight into contemporary India and the psyche of its people.Born in Dasarajpur, a small and inaccessible village in Odisha located on the banks of the river Mahanadi, he carries with him, the nostalgia and vibration of rural life, of the world that he calls “little India”.
The 51st International Film Festival of India announces the selection of Indian Panorama films for the year 2020. The selected films will be showcased on the big screen for all the registered delegates and representatives from the selected films, during the 8 days film festival in Goa, from 16th-24th January 2021.
Selected from a wide pool of 183 contemporary Indian Films, the collection of films reflects the vibrancy and diversity of Indian film Industry. The eminent Jury Panels, both feature and non-feature exercise their individual expertise and contribute evenly to the consensus that leads to selection of Indian Panorama films.
The Feature Film Jury, comprising of twelve members, was headed by acclaimed Filmmaker, Screenwriter, and Producer, John Mathew Matthan. The Indian panorama Feature Film Jury selected 20 Feature films. Jury’s choice for the Opening feature film of Indian Panorama 2020 is the film is SAAND KI AANKH (Hindi) directed by Tushar Hiranandani. Three Mainstream films are also selected under Indian Panorama Section of 51st International Film Festival of India, 2020 by an Internal Committee of DFF based on the recommendations of Film Federation of India (FFI) and PRODUCER’S GUILD.
