IFFI 2019 Audio-Visual Anthem released
In the run up to the 50th International Film
Festival of India (IFFI) to be held at Goa from 20th to 28th November, 2019,
Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Shri Amit Khare released
an enthralling IFFI2019 Audio-Visual Anthem at a Curtain Raiser in New Delhi.
A radio jingle to mark the Golden Jubilee Edition
of the Festival was also released.
Speaking at the Press Conference, the Secretary
stressed on how the Anthem highlighted the origin of entertainment, “The
objective is to show that the origin of entertainment comes from India which
can be traced to the Natya Shastra of India,written more than 2200 years ago”,
said Shri. Khare.
The Audio-Visual Anthem of 50th IFFI
features Padma Shri. Geeta Chandran, noted Bharatanatyam dancer as one of the
creative artists. She said that the conceptualization of the Anthem included
using the 9 Rasas (emotions) Barata Muni’s Natya Shastra and represents the
‘spirit of what India stands for’. The Anthem depicts the emotions through the
clippings from IFFI movies that have either been commended or have been
screened during IFFI in the last 50 years.
The Anthem music has been composed by Ricky Kej, an
Indian Composer who has won many accolades for his music including the Grammy
Awards. The entire Anthem has been directed and produced by National Film
Development Corporation of India for the Directorate of Film Festivals.
Amongst those present at the Press Conference were
members of the Steering Committee of IFFI, Rahul Rawail and other senior
officials from the Ministry.
Special screening at IFFI 2019 – I’m Gonna Tell
God Everything
The 50th IFFI is filled with films that tell stories of human
suffering and power of endurance and deals with stories of the modern world
with conflicts on a global scale and how they affect the individuals across the
world. One of the most important and persistent crises that we face today is
the crisis of immigration. The Syrian immigrant crisis has found cinematic
voice through master filmmakers over the last few years as an acknowledgement
to this ongoing crisis.
The film I’m Gonna Tell God Everything borrows its title from
the last words of a 3 year old Syrian boy in a hospital at Damascus. The film
directed by Dev Pinn deals with true events that happened in Syria between 2011
and 2018 and how human lives are at stake in one of the most bloodiest times of
the middle east. The film is set to have an India Premiere at the 50th edition
of IFFI.
Catch the movie as it makes you empathise with those is agony
and unleashes a sense of resentment.
IFFI 2019 announces the Golden lining Indian
films completing 50 years
The 50th
International Film Festival of India, 2019 will witness over 200 films from 76
countries. With the screening of 26 feature films and 15 non feature films in
Indian panorama section, around 10,000 people and film lovers are expected to
attend and participate in the golden jubilee edition.
IFFI,
in its 50th year dedicates a section for Films, released in 1969, who turn 50
this year. These include National Award winning Films from all parts of India
and bring in its fold, all the Indian Film Industry. The package includes Films
in Odiya, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Assamese and Malayalam.
One
of the movies featured on this section is Tambdi Mati by Bhalji
Pendharkar, which is the story of a young widow who is troubled by a village
miscreant and her struggles to survive. This film won the National Film
Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi, 1969.
Another
movie Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai Directed by Ram Maheshwary features
music composed by S. Mohinder, who is noted for the song “Re mann Aiso Karr”
which earned him a National Film Award for Best Music Directior in 1970
The
complete list of films featured in this category
- Varakatnam
by N. T.
Rama Rao - Dr.
Bezbarua by Brajen
Barua - Goopy
Gyne Bagha Byne by Satyajit
Ray - Iru
Kodugal by K.
Balachander - Nanak
Nam Jahaz Hai by Ram
Maheshwary - Satyakam
by Hrishikesh
Mukherjee - Stree
by Siddharth - Tambdi
Mati by Bhalji
Pendharkar - Uyyale
by N.
Lakshminarayan - Aradhana
by Shakti
Samanta - Adimakal
by K. S.
Sethumadhavan
