Odia film Tulasi Apa earned high praise at the ongoing Golden Triangle International Film Festival (GTIFF) here on Friday.
Based on real life of eminent social activist Padma Shri Tulasi Munda, the Amiya Patnaik-directed film was screened on the second day of the festival. Actress Barsha Nayak played the role of the social activist. The support cast includes Madhusmita, lochhani Bagh, Premanjana Parida, Mamata Panda and Sujit Paikray.
life and struggle of Tulasi Munda along with different attractive locations of Keonjhar district where Munda was born was appreciated by the viewers.
Besides, as many as 24 Assamese, Kannada, Bengali, Bangladeshi, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Marathi films would be screened during the three-day film festival.
The aim of the film festival is to promote the unique national and international films and facilitating the running of programmes related to films,” said film festival general secretary and actor Pupinder Singh.
“We would also create a platform for discussions, networking as well as organising film events and workshops,” he added.
The film festival would also give an opportunity to the film lovers to be exposed to the best of world cinema, Pupinder said.
The films would be judged by a three-member panel of jury and winning films in different categories like feature, short film, and documentary would be awarded, he informed.
The best director, best artist and best jury award would also be given in the valedictory ceremony, he said.
Defining the name of the film festival, Pupinder said, “We have planned to organise the festival at three places in the State like, Bhubaneswar, Puri and Konark.
The three-day film festival, inaugurated by School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra, would conclude on Saturday.