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Sivakarthikeyan’s ‘Amaran’ to kick off Indian panorama section at IFFI

Goa, Nov 10 (UNI) The 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has announced its lineup, with Rajkumar Periyasamy’s Tamil-language war drama Amaran, starring Sivakarthikeyan, selected as the opening film for this year’s Indian Panorama section, Variety reported.
The festival will be held in Goa from November 20 to 28, showcasing a total of 25 feature films, 20 non-feature films, and five streaming series competing for the Best Web-Series Award.
Leading the lineup, Amaran headlines a diverse selection of Indian cinema, chosen from 516 contemporary feature film submissions. The feature film jury, chaired by actor-filmmaker Raja Bundela and comprising 12 members, curated films representing a wide range of Indian languages and regional traditions.
The 20-feature film slate in the main section includes titles such as Thamar KV’s Malayalam-language Sarkeet, Jitank Singh Gurjar’s Braj-language Vimukt, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s The Bengal Files, Anupam Kher’s Tanvi The Great, Badiger Devendra’s Kannada-language Vanya, Praveen Morchhale’s Urdu-language White Snow, Sasanka Samir’s Assamese-language Bhaimon Da, Santosh Davakhar’s Marathi-language Gondhal, and J.P. Tuminad’s Kannada-language Su From So.
Other notable selections are Soukarya Ghosal’s Pokkhirajer Dim, Shivadhwaj Shetty’s Tulu-language Imbu, Purushottam Lele’s Marathi-language Drushya Asdrushya, Naorem Dinesh Singh’s Manipuri-language Oitharei, Reshmi Mitra’s Bengali-language Barobabu, Raju Chandra’s Tamil-language Piranthanaal Vazhthukal, Vishal Patnaik’s Oriya-language Maliput Melodies, Paresh Mokashi’s Marathi-language Mukkam Post Bombilwadi, Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar’s Ground Zero, and Jigar Nagda’s Rajasthani-language Whispers of the Mountains.
The mainstream cinema segment will feature Laxman Utekar’s Hindi-language Chhaava, Shivraj Waichal’s Marathi film Aata Thambaycha Naay, Tharun Moorthy’s Malayalam Thudarum, Debangkar Borgohain’s Assamese Sikaar, and Anil Ravipudi’s Telugu-language Sankranthiki Vastunnam.
In addition, the jury nominated five films for the Best Debut Director of an Indian Feature Film Award: Tribeny Rai’s Nepali-language Shape of Momo, Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s Binodiini Ekti Natir Upakhyan, Karan Singh Tyagi’s Kesari Chapter 2, Jithin Laal’s A.R.M., and Yadhu Vamsee’s Telugu-language Committee Kurrollu.
For non-feature films, a separate jury led by cinematographer-filmmaker Dharam Gulati selected 20 titles from 550 entries. Kamlesh K. Mishra’s Hindi-language documentary Kakori will open the non-feature film section.
Other notable non-feature selections include Prakash Kariappa K’s Kodava-language Ummathat – The Rhythm of Kodava, Jayram Bhaskar Waghmode’s Marathi The Untold Agony, EV Ganeshbabu’s Tamil Aanirai, Sunny Hinduja and Shinjini Raval’s Hindi That’s A Wrap, Kapil Tanwar’s RU BA RU, Suraj Kumar’s Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism, Anhad Mishra’s Chambal, Himansu Sekhar Khatua’s Oriya Mahima Alekha, and Sandesh Kadur’s English-language Nilgiris – A Shared Wilderness.
The lineup also features Rohit More’s multilingual Ta Dhom, Samten Bhutia’s Sikkimese Shangrila, Surya Balakrishnan’s Deepa Didi, Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi’s Hamsafar, Savita Sharma Nagar and Rajesh Amrohi’s Chowk University ka Vice Chancellor – Padmabhushan Amrit Lal Nagar, Isha Pungaliya’s Oslo – A Tail of Promise, Borun Thokchom’s Battlefield, Namrata Datta’s Patralekha, Rajdeep Choudhury’s Chalo Indian with Eric Ji, and Ulka Mayur’s Where the Heart Is.
For the newly introduced Best Web-Series Award, the jury chaired by filmmaker-producer Bharatbala Ganapathy shortlisted five streaming titles. Prime Video led with three nominations — Anand Tiwari’s Bandish Bandits Season 2, Avinash Arun Dhaware’s Paatal Lok Season 2, and Bramma’s Suzhal: The Vortex Season 2.
Netflix earned a nod for Vikramaditya Motwane’s Black Warrant, while MX Player’s Mitti – Ek Nayi Pehchaan, directed by Gaganjeet Singh and Alok Kumar Dwivedi, rounded out the list.
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