The film festival, ‘Indian Panorama Film Festival’ concluded on Wednesday at Bharat Bhavan. On the grand closure of the fest, movies including Winters, listen Amaya, The last Adieu, Aankhon Dekhi and Ship of Theseus were screened before the cine lovers of the city. The event was all about various movies of different genres and languages. Notably, Hindi, Marathi, English and other lingual movies were screened.
Organised by ministry of information and broadcasting, Government of India and Directorate Culture, Madhya Pradesh, the fest evoked a satisfactory response from the cine lovers of the city. listen Amaya is a 2013 movie starring Deepti Naval, Farooq Sheikh and Swara Bhaskar and is directed by Avinash Kumar Singh. In this poignant Bollywood-styled indie interpretation about family ties and growing up, fiery 22-year-old writer Amaya struggles to balance working life with family life after finding out that her mom is dating her current collaborator at work. The last Adieu is a 90-minute documentary by Shabnam Sukhdev.
She made this documentary in the memory of her father Sukhdev Singh. It was also screened at various film festivals. It showcases the work and life of Sukhdev Singh. Ankhon Dekhi is a 2014 Hindi film written and directed by Rajat Kapoor and Produced by Manish Mundra. The film stars Sanjay Mishra and Rajat Kapoor in lead roles. It is Rajat Kapoor's fifth feature film, and was dedicated to his idols and teachers, filmmakers Mani Kaul and Kumar Shahani.
Ankhon Dekhi centers Raje Bauji, who, after a dramatic incident, decides that he will only believe what he sees with his eyes. The whole story revolves around him and other situations. The film fest concluded with Ship of Theseus.
Written and directed by Anand Gandhi, the film explores the questions of identity, justice, beauty, meaning and death through the stories of an experimental photographer, an ailing monk and an enterprising stockbroker, played by Aida El-Kashef, Neeraj Kabi and Sohum Shah. The film festival was all about creative movies that won the hearts of the Bhopal cine lovers.