Will Achchamundu... screened in Goa?

For any Indian film director, the most prestigious honour is for his film to be selected for the Indian Panorama section of the avant-garde International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which is held every winter in Goa.
The festival is conducted by the Government of India���������������������������s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and normally, the best of Indian cinema is showcased as filmmakers and critics from all over the world attend this high profile event.The 40th IFFI starts in Goa from November 23, 2009 and as a part of it, 26 out of the 100 odd films from various Indian languages were selected for the Indian Panorama.
However, on Thursday (Oct 22) evening, the Kerala High Court stayed the publication of results of films selected for the Indian Panorama. The order was issued after Malayalam writer, director and producer Ranjith, whose two films were rejected by the panorama selection committee, filed a writ petition in the High Court. According to Ranjith, neither the jury, nor the director of the festival had announced the results of the selection. But on Wednesday, one of the jury members, a Chennai-based journalist, had allegedly posted the results on a website. Now, with the Kerala High Court staying the publication of results of the Panorama selection, it is unlikely that Arun Vaidyanathan���������������������������s Achchamundu Achchamundu and Pandiraj���������������������������s Pasanga, which were previously selected, will make it to the festival.
Talking to Chennai Times from Kochi, Ranjith said, ���������������������������It is shocking that one of the jury members has published the list of films selected on his website even before the film festival directorate announced it officially. It clearly indicates that all is not well with the selection process.��������������������������� The jury was chaired by noted filmmaker Muzaffar Ali and includes Raja Mitra, Bobby Bedi, J Mahendran, Joseph Pulinthanananth, Leslie Carvalho and Gautaman Bhaskaran. Ranjith also pointed out that a national news agency had put out a report a few days earlier highly critical of the way the selection process was conducted.
Claims Ranjith, ���������������������������The report said that the jury chairman was missing for most of the screenings, while another member was out of the country during the selection screening. The Panorama section of the festival is supposed to showcase the best of Indian cinema produced over the last year but it suffers due to callous handling.��������������������������� Ranjith is upset that two of his films, the critically acclaimed Thirakatha (based on the Kamal Haasan-Srividya romance of the late 70s) and the yet-to-be-released Kerala Cafe have been rejected. Says a peeved Ranjith, ���������������������������What is shocking is that some of the best Malayalam films of the year ��������������������������� Pazhassiraja, Brahmaram, Rithu, Sufi Paranja Katha, and Thalapavu have been sidelined. As many as six Bengali films, however, have been selected. The verdict seems biased and arbitrary.��������������������������� Only two films from Kerala made it ��������������������������� Shaji N Karun���������������������������s Kutty Sranku and veteran cameraman Sivan���������������������������s (Santosh Sivan���������������������������s dad) Keshu. Meanwhile, Ranjith wants the government to conduct an inquiry into the process of selection of films and take action, including making a fresh selection.