Indian Panorama section opens with Assamese film

PANAJI: The feature section of the Indian panorama category at the International film festival of India (Iffi) 2012 opened on Wednesday with the screening of the Assamese feature film Baandhon, directed by Jahnu Barua, who was also felicitated for his efforts in making the film.
Baandhon, which means 'Waves of Silence' in Assamese, is directed by Barua. It stars actors Jatin Bora, Jerifa Wahid, Bishnu Kharghoria and Bina Patangia, among others.
The producer of the film said the film was an effort to promote Assamese films as well as good cinema.
In this edition of Iffi, twenty feature films and nineteen films in the non-feature wil be screened. The non-feature film section opened with the screening of the film 'Celluloid Man', directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur.