Monday,
November
27,
2006
Panaji
(UNI):
In
yet
another
blunder
at
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI),
the
photograph
of
a
live
actor
has
appeared
in
place
of
veteran
Kannada
superstar
Rajkumar
in
the
homage
section
of
the
IFFI
brochure.
The
brochure
circulated
to
mediapersons
on
the
fourth
day
of
the
mega-event
here
today
carried
the
photograph
of
reputed
actor
Girish
Kasaravalli
in
place
of
the
picture
of
Dr
Rajkumar.
Entertainment
Society
of
Goa
CEO
Nandini
Paliwal,
in
a
late
night
statement,
regretted
the
error
which,
she
said,
was
an
''inadvertent
mistake''
and
offered
her
apoligies.
Entertainment
Society
of
Goa
is
the
nodal
agency
responsible
for
running
the
event.
Meanwhile,
the
Goa
Civic
and
Consumer
Action
Network
(GOACAN)
demanded
review
of
the
government
decision
to
make
Goa
a
permanent
venue
for
the
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI).
The
NGO
had
called
upon
the
citizens
to
push
for
a
stand
in
the
forthcoming
Panchayat
and
Assembly
elections.
It
had
taken
a
serious
view
of
the
insult
and
disrespect
of
the
national
flag
and
other
happenings
on
the
second
day
of
the
festival
at
the
INOX
Multiplex
and
the
Dinanath
Mangeshkar
Kala
Mandir
in
the
Capital
of
the
Urban
Territory.
The
current
mismanagement
of
the
festival
by
the
Entertainment
Society
of
Goa
are
symptomatic
of
the
malaise
of
declaring
Goa
as
the
permanent
venue
of
the
IFFI
in
the
third
year.
''It
is
very
evident
that
the
government
of
Goa
and
certain
vested
interests
have
shrewdly
marketed
the
festival
aspect
of
this
event
rather
than
the
serious
business
of
watching,
appreciating
and
critiquing
the
films,''
the
NGO's
coordinator
Roland
Martins
said.
The
criticism
within
the
film
fraternity
on
the
mismanagement
and
hiccups
by
the
organisers
of
IFFI
are
manifestations
of
the
struggle
to
keep
up
the
farce
that
Goa
is
the
right
location
as
the
permanent
venue
for
IFFI,
he
stated.
There
is
a
larger
agenda
behind
the
decision
of
making
Goa
the
permanent
venue
for
the
film
festival,
Mr
Martins
added.
A
handful
of
people
stand
to
benefit
from
contracts,
tenders,
agreements,
MoUs
being
generated
in
the
name
of
IFFI
and
at
the
cost
of
the
taxpayer
and
the
common
citizen,
he
said.
The
GOACAN
coordinator
also
said
that
the
common
citizen
has
had
to
pay
a
heavy
price
for
every
effort
of
the
national
and
international
business
interests
who
are
trying
to
change
the
character
of
Goa
and
remodeling
it
to
suit
the
tourism
master
plan.
''We
are
convinced
that
Goa
does
not
need
IFFI
as
a
tamasha
for
11
days
which
is
being
projected
as
adding
a
new
dimension
to
tourism
in
Goa.''
While
the
municipalities
and
the
panchayats
lacked
the
basic
infrastructure
like
proper
markets,
public
transport
system,
good
drainage,
waste
management,
adequate
public
toilets,
basic
and
effective
health
care
system,
electricity
and
water,
lakhs
of
rupees
of
taxpayers'
money
is
being
spent
to
prop
up
Goa
as
a
permanent
venue
for
IFFI,
he
alleged.
Those
trying
to
grab
land
in
the
name
of
SEZs,
IT
parks,
food
parks
and
shipyards
are
intricately
connected
to
the
economic
interests
of
those
backing
Goa
as
a
permanent
venue
for
IFFI.