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Panaji (Goa):

The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is again with its 54th version in Goa. The 9-day gala will kickstart with a star-studded ceremony on the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium on November twentieth.

The opening ceremony might be a deal with for Bollywood lovers as Dhak Dhak lady Madhuri Dixit Nene and nation’s heartthrob Shahid Kapoor are going to carry out in entrance of the dwell viewers.

Celebrities Shriya Saran, Shreya Ghoshal, Nushrratt Bharuccha and Sukhwinder Singh may even add chaar chaand to the primary day of the pageant with their performances.

The visitor listing for the occasion additionally consists of Vijay Sethupathi, Sara Ali Khan, Pankaj Tripathi, Sunny Deol, Karan Johar, Shantanu Moitra, Shreya Ghoshal and Sukhwinder Singh, amongst others.

According to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting press observe, Catching Dust, thriller by award-winning British filmmaker Stuart Gatt, has been chosen because the opening movie of the gala. About Dry Grasses directed by French Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan would be the Mid fest movie and The Featherweight directed by Robert Kolodny is the closing movie for 54th IFFI.

Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani will function the pinnacle of the five-member jury for one of the best internet collection (OTT) award on the pageant. Divya Dutta, Prosenjit Chatterjee, and filmmakers Krishna DK and Utpal Borpujari are a part of the jury panel for the inaugural class.

A complete of 32 entries throughout 10 languages from 15 OTT platforms have been chosen for the inaugural greatest internet collection award.

Speaking concerning the newly launched OTT awards, Anurag Thakur stated that for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic, the OTT trade has seen a increase in India and unique content material created in India is using 1000’s of individuals. In response to the dynamic panorama of this sector, development of which stands at 28 p.c yearly, the Ministry has launched this award celebrating the excellent content material creators on OTT platforms.

Renowned Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas might be honoured with the celebrated Satyajit Ray Excellence in Film Lifetime Award. He may even tackle the IFFI Master Class on November 28.

The Indian Panorama is chosen by a jury of notable movie personalities from throughout India, with a complete of 12 jury members for characteristic movies and 6 jury members for non-feature movies, led by the respective chairpersons.

The Feature Film Jury, which consists of 12 members, might be chaired by well-known director, actor, and producer TS Nagabharana.

The Feature Film Jury selected Anand Ekarshi’s movie Aattam (Malayalam) because the opening characteristic movie of the Indian Panorama Section. Noted documentary movie director Arvind Sinha presides over the six-member Non-Feature Film Jury.

Indian Panorama part will showcase 25 characteristic movies and 20 non-feature movies from India. In the non-feature part is ‘Andro Dreams’ from Manipur.

From a pool of 239 fashionable Indian non-feature movies, a bundle of 20 has been chosen for screening within the Indian Panorama section. The assortment of brief movies exhibits younger and veteran filmmakers’ capability to seize, look at, entertain, and replicate fashionable Indian values.

54th IFFI will conclude on November 28.