The Indian Panorama, a flagship section of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), announces selection of 25 Feature Films and 20 Non-Feature Films to be showcased in the 55th edition of IFFI. The package of 25 Feature Films including 5 films from mainstream cinema have been chosen from a broad spectrum of 384 contemporary Indian feature films. The Jury’s choice for the opening Film of Indian Panorama 2024 is “Swatantrya Veer Savarkar (Hindi)”, directed by Shri Randeep Hooda.

Further, a package of 20 non-feature films will be screened in the Indian Panorama selected from a spectrum of 262 films. The package of Non-Feature Films exemplifies the capacity of emerging and established filmmakers to document, investigate, entertain and also reflect contemporary Indian values. The Jury’s choice for the opening film in the non-feature category is ‘Ghar Jaisa Kuch (Ladakhi)’, directed by Shri Harsh Sangani.

The Feature Film Jury was headed by acclaimed Film Director, Actor and Screenwriter Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi. The Feature Jury constituted of twelve Members, who individually represent various acclaimed films and are well-known film professionals, while collectively representing the diverse Indian film fraternity.

The Indian Panorama Feature Films Jury Members:

Shri. Manoj Joshi, Actor
Ms. Susmita Mukherjee, Actor
Shri. Himansu Sekhar Khatua, Film Director
Shri. Oinam Gautam Singh, Film Director
Shri. Ashuu Trikha, Film Director
Shri. S.M. Patil, Film Director and Writer
Shri. Neelaabh Kaul, Cinematographer and Film Director
Shri. Susant Misra, Film Director
Shri. Arun Kumar Bose, Ex HOD of Prasad Institute and Sound Engineer
Ms. Ratnottama Sengupta, Writer and Editor
Shri. Sameer Hanchate, Film Director
Ms. Priya Krishnaswamy, Film Director
The 25 Feature Films selected in Indian Panorama 2024:

Sr. No.

Title of the Film

Language

Director

1
SWATANTRYA VEER SAVARKAR

Hindi

Randeep Hooda
KEREBETE

Kannada

Gururaj B
VENKYA

Kannada

Sagar Puranik
JUIPHOOL

Assamese

Jadumoni Dutta
MAHAVATAR NARSIMHA

Hindi

Ashwin Kumar
JIGARTHANDA DOUBLE X

Tamil

Karthik Subbaraj
AADUJEEVITHAM

(VIAȚA CAPREI, THE GOATLIFE)

Malayalam

Blessy
ARTICLE 370

Hindi

Aditya Suhas Jambhale
GYPSY

Marathi

Shashi Chandrakant Khandare
SRIKANTH

Hindi

Tushar Hiranandani
AAMAR BOSS

Bengali

Nandita Roy,

Shiboprosad Mukherjee
BRAMAYUGAM

Malayalam

Rahul Sadasivan
35 CHINNA KATHA KAADU

Telugu

Nanda Kishore Emani
RADOR PAKHI

Assamese

Dr. Bobby Sarma Baruah
GHARAT GANPATI

Marathi

Navjyot Narendra Bandiwadekar
RAAVSAAHEB

Marathi

Nikhil Mahajan
LEVEL CROSS

Malayalam

Arfaz Ayub
KARKEN

Galo

Nending Loder
BHOOTPORI

Bengali

Soukarya Ghosal
ONKO KI KOTHIN

Bengali

Saurav Palodhi

Mainstream Cinema Section:

Sr. No.

Title Of The Film

Language

Director

1
KARKHANU

Gujarati

Rushabh Thanki
12TH FAIL

Hindi

Vidhu Vinod Chopra
MANJUMMEL BOYS

Malayalam

Chidamabram
SWARGARATH

Assamese

Rajesh Bhuyan
KALKI 2898 AD (3D)

Telugu

Singireddy Nagaaswin

The Non-Feature Film Jury, comprising six members, was headed by acclaimed Documentary and Wildlife Film Director and V. Shantram Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Shri. Subbiah Nallamuthu.

The Indian Panorama Non Feature Films Jury Members:

Shri. Rajnikant Acharya, Producer and Film Director
Shri. Ronel Haobam, Film Director
Ms. Usha Deshpande, Film Director and Producer
Ms. Vandana Kohli, Film Director and Writer
Shri. Mithunchandra Chaudhari, Film Director
Ms. Shalini Shah, Film Director
The 20 Non Feature Films selected in Indian Panorama 2024:

S. No.

Title of the film

Language

Director(s) Name
6-A AKASH GANGA

Hindi

Nirmal Chander
AMAR AAJ MAREGA

Hindi

Rajat Kariya
AMMA’S PRIDE

Tamil

Shiva Krish
BAHI – TRACING MY ANCESTORS

Hindi

Rachita Gorowala
BALLAD OF THE MOUNTAIN

Hindi

Tarun Jain
BATTO KA BULBULA

Haryanvi

Akshay Bhardwaj
CHANCHISOA

Garo

Elvachisa Ch Sangma,

Dipankar Das
FLANDERS DI ZAMEEN VICH

Punjabi

Sachin
GHAR JAISA KUCH

Ladakhi

Harsh Sangani
GHODE KI SAWARI

Hindi

Debjani Mukherjee
GOOGLE MATRIMONY

English

Abhinav Athrey
MAIN NIDA

Hindi

Atul Pandey
MO BOU, MO GAAN

Oriya

Subash Sahoo
MONIHARA

Bengali

Subhadeep Biswas
P FOR PAPARAZZI

Hindi

Divya Kharnare
PILLARS OF PROGRESS: THE EPIC STORY OF DELHI METRO

English

Satish Pande
PRAAN PRATISHTHA

Marathi

Pankaj Sonawane
ROTI KOON BANASI?

Rajasthani

Chandan Singh
SAAVAT

Konkani

Shivam Harmalkar,

Santosh Shetkar
SIVANTHA MANN

Tamil

Infant

About Indian Panorama

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 Indian Panorama section, with an aim for the promotion of film art, 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 selection Jury comprised of eminent cine personalities from across India. A total of twelve Jury members for Feature films and six Jury members for Non-Feature films led by the respective Jury Chairpersons have selected the Indian Panaroma films for 55th IFFI. The eminent Jury panels, both Feature and Non-Feature, exercising their individual expertise, have contributed evenly to the consensus that led to the selection of Indian Panorama films of both the categories.

The primary aim of the Indian Panorama is to select feature and non-feature films of cinematic, thematic and aesthetic excellence for the promotion of film art in accordance with the conditions and procedures in the laid down regulations of Indian Panorama.

About IFFI

IFFI is being organized by the National Film Development Corporation, Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in collaboration with the State Government of Goa from November 20th – 28th, 2024, in Panaji, Goa.