Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurates Indian Panorama Section at IFFI 52
Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurates Indian Panorama Section at IFFI 52
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New Delhi: With a promise to unfold stories collected from nook and corners of India on the big screen, the Indian Panorama Section opened today at the 52nd International Film Festival of India held in Goa.
Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting inaugurated the opening ceremony of 52nd IFFI. Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Himachal Pradesh were also present on the occasion.
The inaugural ceremony introduced the audiences to IFFI's official selection of 24 Feature & 20 Non-Feature films under the Indian Panorama 2021 category for this year.
Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Himachal Pradesh along with the Union Minister felicitated the filmmakers and the cast & crew of the opening films, Semkhor (Feature) and Ved- The Visionary (Non-feature) and presented to them Certificates of participation.
Congratulating the filmmakers, the Union Minister, said, “You all have attempted and struggled to bring stories from the remote corners of the country. Now, content is king and if you create the right content, it will go to not only National but to the International level. We have the talent among us and with all your help, we will take IFFI to new heights”. He also remembered Late Manohar Parrikar, who was instrumental in bringing IFFI to Goa’s shores.
He also said that “Earlier we saw that only actors, directors and producers were being awarded in Film festivals but now we are also honoring the technicians, the background people whose work make to a film complete.” He also urged the International filmmakers to come and shoot in India.
