IFFI 2019: Restored Indian Classics To Screen Ritwik Ghatak And Uday Shankar Films
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oi-Lekhaka
By Lekhaka
Celebrated
filmmaker
Ritwik
Ghatak's
Titas
Ekti
Nadir
Naam
(A
River
Called
Titas)
and
acclaimed
dancer-filmmaker
Uday
Shankar's
Kalpana
will
be
screened
at
the
50th
edition
of
the
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI)
2019
in
Goa,
under
the
Restored
Indian
Classics
section.
While
the
list
of
films
this
year
at
IFFI
looks
amazingly
interesting
with
award-winning,
classics
and
few
much-loved
films
from
across
the
globe,
it
has
been
learnt
that
Ritwik
Ghatak's
1973
film
Titas
Ekti
Nadir
Naam
(A
River
Called
Titas)
along
with
Uday
Shankar's
1948
musical
Kalpana
will
be
screened
on
November
23rd
and
24th
at
the
golden
jubilee
year
of
International
Film
Festival
of
India
under
restored
Indian
Classics
section.
These
films
have
been
restored
by
Film
Foundation
of
Martin
Scorsese.
Besides
this,
this
year
the
focus
is
also
on
Women
Directors,
and
there
are
50
women
director's
films
that
will
be
screened
at
IFFI!
Interestingly,
out
of
more
than
200
films,
24
films
are
in
the
race
for
the
Oscar
Awards
2020,
out
of
which
four
films
are
in
the
race
for
international
competition
at
The
Academy
Awards.
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READ:
IFFI
2019:
Festival
Kaleidoscope
To
Premiere
Cannes
2019
Winner
'Parasite'.
The
IFFI
Goa
official
website
says
on
its
blog,
"IFFI
is
a
platform
which
serves
as
an
amalgamation
pot
of
new
and
old
filmmakers
and
cinematic
trends
along
with
cinema
audiences
from
all
parts
of
the
world.
Part
of
the
festival's
experience
is
cherishing
our
rich
cinematic
heritage
and
sharing
it
with
new
set
of
audience
and
introduce
to
them
the
glories
of
past.
In
respect
to
this
endeavour
the
Restored
Classics
Section
aims
to
showcase
great
films
made
by
Indian
filmmakers.
This
year
with
immense
gratitude
to
the
Martin
Scorsese
Film
Foundation,
we
have
with
us
two
pioneering
films
which
they
have
restored.
One
is
by
world
renowned
dancer
Uday
Shankar's
Kalpana
a
film
about
dance,while
the
other
is
by
one
of
the
most
underrated
Bengali
and
Indian
director
who
was
also
part
of
the
Ray-Ghatak-Sen
Trifecta
who
propelled
the
Indian
New
Wave
in
post-independent
India
-
Ritwik
Ghatak's
Titas
Ekti
Nadir
Naam."
IFFI
Goa
is
all
set
to
take
place
from
November
20-28,
2019
and
this
year
being
the
50th
edition,
the
plans
are
to
make
it
bigger
and
better
with
Information
&
Broadcasting
Minister
Prakash
Javadekar
and
Chief
Minister
of
Goa
Pramod
Sawant
keenly
following
each
and
every
development
related
to
the
festival.
ALSO
READ:
IFFI
2019:
Oscar
Retrospective
To
Screen
Casablanca,
Ben
Hur,
Gone
With
The
Wind,
The
Sound
Of
Music.