COURTESY The Indian Express
Manto will not only be screened at an international film festival but as their grand opener.
The fictional biopic will open the Jaipur Film Festival, along with Deepika Padukone-Irrfan Khan starrer Piku on 2 January 2016.
Set to be inaugurated by filmmaker Prakash Jha, JFF’s eighth edition will have UAE’s Iraqi Odyssey and Rajasthan’s Saankal as closing films, reported The Indian Express.
Showcasing a total of 152 films at Golecha Cinema, the festival will be presenting 35 feature films, 17 documentary feature films, 58 short films, 17 documentary short films and 15 short animation films. The films have been selected from a total of 2176 ones received from more than a 100 countries.
“There has been increased representation of films from Asian countries this time. There are representation of films from Pakistan, Afghanistan, UAE and Iran besides European countries and India. There are more than a dozen films on subjects concerning women to get screening in the Festival,” said Hanu Roj, the festival director.
“Iraqi Odyssey (from UAE) and Saankal (from Rajasthan) would be the closing films of the festival which is scheduled to be inaugurated by Prakash Jha on January 2,” said the festival Director, Hanu Roj.
“The films, to be screened in competitive and other sections, have been selected from the entries of 2176 films received from 100 countries,” said Roj
“There has been an increased representation of films from Asian countries this time. Films from Pakistan, Afghanistan, UAE and Iran besides European countries and India will also be screened. There are more than a dozen films on subjects concerning women which will be screened at the festival,” he added.
Previously Manto saw a full house at Washington DC South Asian Film Festival and was also screened at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, University of California, Berkeley, Georgetown University and University of Texas, Austin.
