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Indian Panorama 2004 announced By: A Mid Day Correspondent http://web.mid-day.com/entertainment/news/2004/september/93356.htm The national jury has announced its selection of the 21 best Indian feature films for the Indian Panorama 2004. These films will be showcased at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, from November 29-December 9, 2004. Anup Kurian’s Manasarovar (English) was selected as the opening film of the Indian Panorama. The Indian Panorama 2004 films are: (in alphabetical order): Akale Shyamaprasad/Malayalam An Ode to Lost Love Madhu Ambat/English Bow Barracks Forever Anjan Dutt/English Chameli Sudhir Mishra/Hindi Chayam Bisu C Kannan/Malayalam Chokher Bali Rituparno Ghosh/Bengali Hazaaron Khwahishen Aisi Sudhir Mishra/Hindi Heda Hoda Vinod Ganatra/Hindi Iti Srikanta Anjan Das/Bengali Juye Poora Xoon Sanjib Sabhapandit/Assamese Kaya Taran Sashi Kumar/Hindi Maargam Rajiv Vijay Raghava /Malayalam Mahul Banir Sereng Sekhar Das/Bengali Manasarovar Anup Kurian/English Maqbool Vishal Bhardwaj/Hindi Mathia Joseph Pulinthanath/Kokborok Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities M F Husain/Hindi Not Only Mrs Raut Gajendra Ahire/Marathi Pravaaha P.R.Ramadas Naidu/Kannada Sancharam Ligy J.Pullappally/Malayalam Shwaas Sandeep Sawant/Marathi The jury has also recommended two films from the Indian Panorama for the Asian Competition section in IFFI — Shwaas and Bow Barracks Forever. Panoramic view Anup Kurian’s Manasarovar, a winner of the Aravindan Puraskaram and Gollapudi Srinivas Award, will have its world premiere at the London Film Festival 2004. This English language film that boasts of a crew of debutantes will also be the opening film film of the Indian Panorama. Featuring Atul Kulkarni, Neha Dubey and Zafar Karachiwala, Manasarovar is “about coincidences that hurt people. It is a love story that ends before it begins.” Shot extensively in Maharashtra, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh, the 90-minute film does not feature lake Manasorvar in the Himalayas at all. “The title is a metaphor,” says Kurian whose film has four songs and features Irish band Random. Forwarded by Eddie Verdes www.goa-world.com/kantaram
