S.S. Rajamouli’s epic historical action drama RRR, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s sleeper hit The Kashmir Files, TJ Gnanavel’s legal drama Jai Bhim and Arindam Sil’s Mahananda, a biographical film based on the eminent writer and socio-political activist Mahasweta Devi are selected for Indian Panorama at 53rd IFFI 2022.
The Indian Panorama, the flagship component of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), has announced the selection of 25 feature films and 20 nonfeature films. The selected films will be showcased at the 53rd IFFI, to be held from 20th – 28th November 2022 in Goa.
The aim of the Indian Panorama, organized by the National Film Development Corporation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, is to select the feature and nonfeature films of cinematic, thematic, and aesthetic excellence in accordance with the conditions and procedure in the said regulations of Indian Panorama.
The twelve jury members for feature films and six jury members for nonfeature movies selected the entries for the Indian Panorama.
Feature Films
The Feature Film Jury, comprising twelve members, was headed by acclaimed Director and Editor, Chairperson Shri Vinod Ganatra. The list of 25 feature films selected in the Indian Panorama 2022 (53rd IFFI) is as follows:
| S.No. | Title of the Film | Language | Director |
| 1 | Mahananda | Bengali | Arindam Sil |
| 2 | Three of Us | Hindi | Avinash Arun Dhaware |
| 3 | The Storyteller | Hindi | Ananth Narayan Mahadevan |
| 4 | Major | Hindi | Sashi Kiran Tikka |
| 5 | Siya | Hindi | Manish Mundra |
| 6 | Dhabari Quruvi | Irula | Priyanandanan |
| 7 | Hadinelentu | Kannada | Prithvi Konanur |
| 8 | Naanu Kusuma | Kannada | Krishne Gowda |
| 9 | Lotus Blooms | Maithili | Pratik Sharma |
| 10 | Ariyippu | Malayalam | Mahesh Narayanan |
| 11 | Saudi Vellakka CC.225/2009 | Malayalam | Tharun Moorthy |
| 12 | Frame | Marathi | Vikram Patwardhan |
| 13 | Sher Shivraj | Marathi | Digpal Lanjekar |
| 14 | Ekda Kaay Zala | Marathi | Dr. Saleel Shrinivas Kulkarni |
| 15 | Pratikshya | Oriya | Anupam Patnaik |
| 16 | Kurangu Pedal | Tamil | Kamalakannan S |
| 17 | Kida | Tamil | RA.Venkat |
| 18 | Jai Bhim | Tamil | Tha. Se. Gnanavel |
| 19 | Cinema Bandi | Telugu | Kandregula Praveen |
| 20 | Kudhiram Bose | Telugu | Vidya Sagar Raju |
Mainstream Cinema Section
| The Kashmir Files | Hindi | Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri | |
| RRR (Roudram Ranam Rudhiram) | Telugu | S S Rajamouli | |
| Tonic | Bengali | Avijit Sen | |
| Akhanda | Telugu | Boyapati Srinivasa Rao | |
| Dharmveer….Mukkam Post Thane | Marathi | Pravin Vitthal Tarde |
The Feature Film Jury’s choice for the opening feature film of Indian Panorama at the 53rd IFFI 2022 is the film ‘Hadinelentu’ (Kannada), directed by Mr. Prithvi Konanur.
Nonfeature Films
The Non-Feature Film Jury, comprising six members, was headed by acclaimed Filmmaker, Producer, Writer, and National Film Award winner, the chairperson Shri Oinam Doren.
The list of 20 Nonfeature Films selected in the Indian Panorama 2022 is as follows:
| S.No. | Title of the Film | Language | Director |
| 1 | Pataal-Tee | Bhotiya | Mukund Narayan &
Santosh Singh |
| 2 | Taangh | English | Bani Singh |
| 3 | Ayushman | English | Jacob Varghese |
| 4 | Other Ray: Art of Satyajit Ray | English | Jaydip Mukherjee |
| 5 | Gurujana | English | Sudipto Sen |
| 6 | Hatibondhu | English | Kripal Kalita |
| 7 | Clinton | English | Prithviraj Das Gupta |
| 8 | The Show Must Go On | English | Divya Cowasji |
| 9 | Khajuraho, Anand Aur Mukti | Hindi | Ramji Om & Deepika Kothari |
| 10 | Vibhajan Ki Vibhishka Unkahi Kahaniyan | Hindi | Hitesh Shankar |
| 11 | Fatima | Hindi | Sourabh Kanti Dutta |
| 12 | Chhu Med Na Yul Med | Hindi | Munmun Dhalaria |
| 13 | Before I Die | Hindi | Nakul Dev |
| 14 | Madhyantara | Kannada | Basti Dinesh Shenoy |
| 15 | Wagro | Konkani | Sainath S Uskaikar |
| 16 | Veetilekku | Malayalam | Akhil Dev M |
| 17 | Beyond Blast | Manipuri | Saikhom Ratan |
| 18 | Rekha | Marathi | Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe |
| 19 | Yaanam | Sanskrit | Vinod Mankara |
| 20 | Little Wings | Tamil | Naveenkumar Muthaiah |
The jury’s choice for the opening nonfeature film of Indian Panorama, 2022, is ‘The Show Must Go On’ (English), directed by Ms. Divya Cowasji.
The Indian Panorama was introduced in 1978 as part of the IFFI umbrella to promote Indian Films along with India’s rich culture and heritage with the help of cinematic art. Since its inception, the Indian Panorama has been completely devoted to showcasing the best Indian films of the year. The selected films for the Indian Panorama section, with an aim for the promotion of film art through, will also be screened for non-profit screening in international film festivals in India and abroad, Indian Film Weeks held under Bilateral Cultural Exchange Programmes and Specialized Indian Film Festivals outside cultural exchange protocols, and special Indian Panorama festivals in India.
The article was published on the PIB site.
