Press Release l 52nd IFFI to celebrate India@75 by showcasing the glory of Indian Cinema

To reminisce and celebrate the glory of Indian cinema, the 52nd International Film Festival of India will showcase 18 selected films across the nation under the banner India@75. This is being organized as a part of the ongoing celebrations to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence, ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.


The screening includes epic films like Satyajit Ray’s Agantuk, S.S Vasan’s Chandralekha, Vijay Anand’s Guide, Tapan Sinha’s Kabuliwala, Dr Rajkumar’s Sandhya Raga, Raj Kapoor’s Shree 420, K Balachander’s Thaneer Thaneer and Bimal Ray’s Sujata among others. The list of films to be showcased reflects India’s rich cinematic heritage and diversity.

The following is the selection of films under India @ 75:

S. No.

FILMS

DIRECTOR

YEAR

LANGUAGE

1

Agantuk

Satyajit Ray

1991

Bengali

2

Andhadhun

Sriram Raghavan

2019

Hindi

3

Baboo Band Baaja

Rajesh Pinjani

2011

Marathi

4

Bettada Hoovu

N. Lakshminarayan

1985

Kannada

5

Chandralekha

S S Vasan

1948

Tamil

6

Chidambaram

G. Aravindan

1985

Malayalam

7

Eigi Kona

Bobby Wahengbam and Maipaksana Haorongbam

2019

Manipuri

8

Guide

Vijay Anand

1955

Hindi

9

Joymoti

Manju Bora

2006

Assamese

10

Kaaka Muttai

M. Manikandan

2014

Tamil

11

Kabuliwala

Tapan Sinha

1957

Bengali

12

Kaasav

Sumitra Bhave

2015

Marathi

13

Airlift

     Raja Krishna Menon

2016

Hindi

14

Sandhya Raga

Dr. Rajkumar

1966

Kannada

15

Sagara Sangamam

K. Viswanath

1983

Telugu

16

Shree 420

Raj Kapoor

1955

Hindi

17

Sujata

Bimal Roy

1959

Hindi

18

Thaneer Thaneer

K Balachander

1981

Tamil