The Indian Panorama of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), organised by the National Film Development Corporation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, on Friday, announced the selection of 25 feature films and 20 non-feature films to be showcased in the 55th edition of IFFI.
The 25 feature films, including five films from mainstream cinema, have been chosen from a broad spectrum of 384 contemporary Indian feature films.
Two Telugu films–35: Chinna Katha Kaadu (feature films section) and Kalki 2898AD (mainstream cinema section) – have been selected for the festival. The 55th IFFI will run from November 20 to 28 in Panaji, Goa.
35CKK, which marked the directorial debut of Nanda Kishore Emani, revolves around a young mother facing challenges when her son fails to secure pass marks, igniting events that test the family's resilience and unity. It received critical acclaim and fared well at the box office too, with majority of the praise going to Nivetha Thomas for her turn as the mother.
On the other hand, Kalki 2898 AD, written and directed by Nag Ashwin, was a box office behemoth, making more than Rs 1,000 cr at the Indian box office. Set in a post-apocalyptic world in the year 2898 AD, the film follows a select group who are on a mission to save lab subject SUM-80's unborn child, Kalki. Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Prabhas and Deepika Padukone fronted it.
Randeep Hooda's Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, however, will be the opening film of the Indian Panorama while Ladakhi-language film Ghar Jaisa Kuch will be the opening non-feature film.
Besides Kalki, the four mainstream titles are – Karkhanu (Gujarati), 12th Fail (Hindi), Manjummel Boys (Malayalam) and Swargarath (Assamese).
#Kalki2898AD & #35CKK are the two Telugu films selected among 25 films in Indian Panorama Official selection 2024.
