ESG to discuss IFFI expenditure today
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, FEB 20
Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) will discuss the expenditure incurred on the recently held International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2010, on Monday.
ESG sources said that the executive committee chaired by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat will discuss the expenditure incurred in hosting the IFFI 2010 threadbare.
Some of the ESG members have already expressed their dissatisfaction over the delay.
“We are supposed to give suggestions on corrective measures as far as IFFI 2010 is concerned. If the meeting had been held immediately (after the last edition of IFFI), we would have given better suggestions. Two months is a big time gap,” a senior member said.
Goa government has scaled down the expenditure on IFFI 2010 whose bill is expected to be at Rs 6 crore.
The state will also pool in finances through various sponsors like Kingfisher, who had used the event as their brand building exercise.
The meeting on Monday is also expected to discuss, Young Jury Award, which was instituted during IFFI 2010 and never given to the winning director.
Delhi-based Neel Madhab Panda has won the award for his film ‘I Am Kalaam’. It was constituted with the help of newspaper group, Lokmat.
Lokmat’s resident Editor Raju Nayak, who is also ESG member, has said that the date for giving award could not be finalised as there was no meeting held after IFFI. The executive committee is likely to decide on the date and finances for this award.
