52nd IFFI to celebrate India@75 by showcasing the glory of Indian Cinema

19 November 2021

To reminisce and celebrate the glory of Indian cinema, the 52nd International Film Festival of India will showcase 18 selected films across the nation under the banner India@75. This is being organized as a part of the ongoing celebrations to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence, ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.

The screening includes epic films like Satyajit Ray’s Agantuk, S.S Vasan’s Chandralekha, Vijay Anand’s Guide, Tapan Sinha’s Kabuliwala, Dr Rajkumar’s Sandhya Raga, Raj Kapoor’s Shree 420, K Balachander’s Thaneer Thaneer and Bimal Ray’s Sujata among others. The list of films to be showcased reflects India’s rich cinematic heritage and diversity.

The following is the selection of films under India @ 75:

S. No.	FILMS	DIRECTOR	YEAR	LANGUAGE
1	Agantuk	Satyajit Ray	1991	Bengali
2	Andhadhun	Sriram Raghavan	2019	Hindi
3	Baboo Band Baaja	Rajesh Pinjani	2011	Marathi
4	Bettada Hoovu	N. Lakshminarayan	1985	Kannada
5	Chandralekha	S S Vasan	1948	Tamil
6	Chidambaram	G. Aravindan	1985	Malayalam
7	Eigi Kona	Bobby Wahengbam and Maipaksana Haorongbam	2019	Manipuri
8	Guide	Vijay Anand	1955	Hindi
9	Joymoti	Manju Bora	2006	Assamese
10	Kaaka Muttai	M. Manikandan	2014	Tamil
11	Kabuliwala	Tapan Sinha	1957	Bengali
12	Kaasav	Sumitra Bhave	2015	Marathi
13	Airlift	Raja Krishna Menon	2016	Hindi
14	Sandhya Raga	Dr. Rajkumar	1966	Kannada
15	Sagara Sangamam	K. Viswanath	1983	Telugu
16	Shree 420	Raj Kapoor	1955	Hindi
17	Sujata	Bimal Roy	1959	Hindi
18	Thaneer Thaneer	K Balachander	1981	Tamil