In a commercially competitive world of cinema, the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is doing a great job of promoting good films, film actor Manoj Bajpai said on Friday.
Mr. Bajpai was speaking at the inaugural function of the ‘Indian Panorama’ section of the 45th IFFI here on Friday. “I understand how difficult it is to make a film and release it in the fast commercialising world of cinema today. IFFI is doing a great job promoting films of Indian producers and directors,” said Mr. Bajpai.
Earlier, festival director Shankar Mohan said the Indian Panorama section held a key to discovering, encouraging and nurturing Indian filmmakers. The category showcases 26 feature films and 15 non-feature films. The section opened with the film The Last Adieu , a non-feature film by Shabnam Sukhdev, daughter of S. Sukhdev on the cinematic journey of her late father.
“It was really a difficult journey for me to make this film of a father whom I did not know. But the journey of films, especially of the documentaries of 60s — 70s was dynamic,” she remarked.
The film is a crucial record of a phase in documentary history that inspired the new wave in non-fiction narratives
