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MUMBAI: The National Film Development Corporation
Ltd (NFDC), in collaboration with PVR Cinemas,
is all set to release and showcase 14 theatrically
unreleased feature films in seven regional languages
from 1 February at PVR Cinemas in Mumbai, New
Delhi and Bangalore under the film festival
'Cinemas of India.'
This
is to promote the award-winning and critically
acclaimed films of Indian cinema with the objective
of providing quality films to a cross-section
of discerning viewers across the country, says
a press release.
The
films will be from all over the country and
made in various Indian languages, including
Hindi, English, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu
and Kashmiri.
NFDC
is also in the process of scrutinising, evaluating
and selecting various other films in many other
additional languages for theatrical release
in India through PVR Cinemas. All the current
films will run in PVR theatres simultaneously.
These
films, which generally stand a very low chance
of a widespread theatrical release, are often
missed by cinema-lovers in India.
IFB
& D manager Ramakrishnan said, "Our
primary goal always has been to plan, promote
and organise an integrated and efficient development
of the Indian film industry and foster excellence
in cinema. We would like to make this an annual
affair by partnering with various exhibition
chains in the near future and provide discerning
cinema across various languages to the Indian
audience."
Some
of the films selected for the screening are:
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Swar
Mandal, Hindi: director and screenplay
by Rajan Khosa
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Bas
Yaari Rakho, Hindi: directed by Gopi
Desai
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Kali
Salwaar, Hindi: direction and script
by Fareeda
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Bub,
Kashmiri: direction by Jyoti Sarup
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Mammo,
Hindi: directed by Shyam Benegal
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An
Ode to Lost Love,
English: direction and screenplay by Madhu
Ambat
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Kuchh
Dil Ne Kaha,
Hindi: direction and screenplay by Dr Purnima
Prabhu
All
these films range across different genres and
have won various national and international
accolades at festival circuits globally.
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