Indian Panorama

Source: Hueiyen News Service
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Among the 25 feature films selected for the Indian Panorama 2008, Joseph Pulinthanath's Kokborok filmYarwng and M Maniram's Assamese filmMon Jai are the films from North Eastern States.

The list of first 20 films is tailed by critically acclaimed mainstream Hindi films like Jodha Akbar, Taare Zameen Par and A Wednesday, a Marathi film "Vaalu" and a Tamil Film "Billa" .

Though there is no mainstream window section this year, however, the final five films of the official list is considered to be serving the purpose.

It is noteworthy that Yarwng (The Roots)made in "Kokborok" language of Tripura will be the opening film of the Indian Panorama Feature Film Section in the International Film Festival of India, Goa.

The newly released Kokborok film from Tripura, Yarwng was awarded the Jury Special Mention award along with the Israeli film 'Foul Gesture' by Tzahi Grad at the 7th Asian Film Festival, which concluded here in Mumbai recently.

Yarwng (Roots), revolved around the theme of developmentsanctioned displacement, got the award for its 'moving and sensible portrayal' of people's journey in search of their roots.

The screening of the newly released Kokborok feature film Yarwng (Roots), at the 7th Asian Film Festival in Mumbai, gave the film buffs of India's cinema capital an opportunity to see life as it happens in rural Tripura.

The Mumbai audience was thrilled to see a film steeped in the cultural ethos of a community in Northeast India an area they have heard so much about, yet had got to see very little of.

The film Director Joseph Pulinthanath is a Malayali Catholic priest, belonging to the Society of Don Bosco called the Salesians.

This is his second work and also, the second full length worked in the language.The first one, 'Mathia' (The Bangle), was screened at IFFI in 2004.

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