Hyderabad: Indian Panorama Film Festival Kicks Off

Hyderabad: The award winning film 'Hamid' was screened as the opening film of the Indian Panorama Film Festival today at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) in the Preview theatre of IMC in the presence of its director Aijaz khan.

The film festival is being organised by Instructional Media Centre's Cinema Club Cinematheque and Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), Ministry of Information & Broad Casting, GoI.

The national awardee Aijaz Khan inaugurated the film festival and expressed happiness to be at MANUU, a special place for Urdu. He described it as an honor. Film Producer, Fouzia was also present on the occasion.

Ayub Khan, the Vice-Chancellor, said that Indian Panaroma film Festival relates to Indian Culture. While differentiating cinema and film, he highlighted that cinema projects the issues in more effective manner and isa powerful medium to convey any message in public. Indian film industry is huge with worldwide following and reached Oscars, he remarked. Students should follow the message received from the films which are being screened in the film festival, he advised.

S M Rahmatullah, the Registrar, said that film media effects personalities. Good script and direction is very important. Earlier, Rizwan Ahamd, Director, Media Centre, in his welcome address said that active cinema triggers one to react. "Thirteen films that are being screened in the film festivals are active ones which question as well as talk with the audience," he said. To link studies with intellectual interaction,film festival is a big and unique initiative taken by IMC under MANUU Cinema Club Cinematheque.