Panorama showcases India’s diversity: Anand Sharma

Nov 24th, 2008 | By editor | Category: Viewers Talk
Panaji (PTI): The Indian Panorama section of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) opened with the screening of ‘Yarwng’, a feature film in Kokborok, a tribal
dialect in Tripura.
“Indian Panorama is an important aspect of IFFI which brings together filmmakers from different parts of the country. India is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual nation with
rich and diverse culture. The Panorama highlights this uniqueness and conveys it to the world,” said Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and External Affairs,
Anand Sharma inaugrating the Indian Panorama section.
He added that having traveled the length and breadth of the country for the last several years, he was unaware that the Kokborok language existed.
Sharma said that filmmakers express themselves through their work and the richness of Indian culture which is preserved for the future generations to inherit.
Advanced technology has resulted in people losing their connection with the language, folklore, classical music, he rued, adding, “It is important for us to remain rooted and
connected.”
The film’s director Joseph Plinthanath said ‘Yarwng’ spoke about the displacement of people in the late 70s in Tripura when a hydel project was set up.
“It is an issue based film and my plea and protest on behalf of the people who aredispossessed and floating in the sea of lies with nothing of their own,” he said.
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