52nd IFFI to celebrate India@75 by showcasing the glory of Indian Cinema

52nd IFFI to celebrate India@75 by showcasing the glory of Indian Cinema

Posted On: 19 NOV 2021, Mumbai

Goa, 19 November 2021

To reminisce and celebrate the glory of Indian cinema, the 52nd International Film Festival of India will showcase 18 selected films across the nation under the banner India@75. This is being organized as a part of the ongoing celebrations to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence, ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.

The screening includes epic films like Satyajit Ray’s Agantuk, S.S Vasan’s Chandralekha, Vijay Anand’s Guide, Tapan Sinha’s Kabuliwala, Dr Rajkumar’s Sandhya Raga, Raj Kapoor’s Shree 420, K Balachander’s Thaneer Thaneer and Bimal Ray’s Sujata among others. The list of films to be showcased reflects India’s rich cinematic heritage and diversity.

The following is the selection of films under India @ 75:

S. No.FILMSDIRECTORYEARLANGUAGE
1AgantukSatyajit Ray1991Bengali
2AndhadhunSriram Raghavan2019Hindi
3Baboo Band BaajaRajesh Pinjani2011Marathi
4Bettada HoovuN. Lakshminarayan1985Kannada
5ChandralekhaS S Vasan1948Tamil
6ChidambaramG. Aravindan1985Malayalam
7Eigi KonaBobby Wahengbam and Maipaksana Haorongbam2019Manipuri
8GuideVijay Anand1955Hindi
9JoymotiManju Bora2006Assamese
10Kaaka MuttaiM. Manikandan2014Tamil
11KabuliwalaTapan Sinha1957Bengali
12KaasavSumitra Bhave2015Marathi
13Airlift     Raja Krishna Menon2016Hindi
14Sandhya RagaDr. Rajkumar1966Kannada
15Sagara SangamamK. Viswanath1983Telugu
16Shree 420Raj Kapoor1955Hindi
17SujataBimal Roy1959Hindi
18Thaneer ThaneerK Balachander1981Tamil