: Mumbai, 8^th November 2025

Indian Panorama, the flagship component of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), announces the selection of 25 feature films (including 5 films from Mainstream Cinema), 5 films nominated for Best Debut Director of Indian Feature Film Award films and 20 non-feature films for the year 2025. The selected films will be showcased at the 56^th IFFI to be held from 20^th - 28^th November 2025 in Panaji, Goa.

The aim of the Indian Panorama, organized by the National Film Development Corporation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, is to select the Feature and Non-Feature Films of cinematic, thematic and aesthetic excellence in accordance with the regulations of Indian Panorama.

The selection of the Indian Panorama is made by eminent personalities from the world of cinema from across India comprising a total of twelve Jury members for Feature films and six Jury members for Non-Feature films led by the respective Jury Chairpersons. Exercising their individual expertise, the eminent Jury panels contribute evenly to the consensus that leads to the selection of Indian Panorama films of respective categories.

The Feature Film Jury, comprising twelve members, was headed by acclaimed Actor, Filmmaker and Producer; Chairperson Shri. Raja Bundela. The Feature Jury comprises of the following Members, who individually represent various acclaimed films, are well-known film professionals, while collectively representing the diverse Indian fraternity:

1. Shri. Krishna Hebbale, Actor
2. Shri. Asim K Sinha, Editor and Filmmaker
3. Shri. Kamlesh K. Mishra, Filmmaker and Writer
4. Shri. Aroon Bakshi, Actor and Singer
5. Shri. Jadumoni Dutta, Filmmaker, Producer and Actor
6. Shri. Ashok Sharan, Producer and Filmmaker
7. Shri. Subhash Sehgal, Editor, Producer, Filmmaker and Writer
8. Shri. Malay Ray, Cinematographer and Filmmaker
9. Prof. Amaresh Chakrabarti, Film Educator and Filmmaker
10. Shri. B S Basavaraju, Cinematographer and Filmmaker
11. Shri. Sukumar Jatania, Cinematographer
12. Shri. Napoleon RZ Thanga, Filmmaker

A package of 25 Feature Films (including 5 films from Mainstream Cinema) and nomination of   5 films for the Best Debut Director of Indian Feature Film Award has been selected to be screened in the Indian Panorama section of the 56^th IFFI from a broad spectrum of 516 contemporary Indian feature films received as entry to Indian Panorama -2025. The following package of 25 selected feature films and nomination of 5 films for the Best Debut Director of Indian Feature Film Award reflects the vibrancy and diversity of the Indian film industry.

List of 25 feature films selected in the Indian Panorama 2025 is as follows:

 

Sr. No.	Title of the Film	Language	Director(s) Name
1	Sarkeet	Malayalam	Thamar KV
	Amaran	Tamil	Rajkumar Periyasamy
	Vimukt	Braj	Jitank Singh Gurjar
	The Bengal Files	Hindi	Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri
	Tanvi The Great	Hindi	Anupam Kher

 

	Vanya	Kannada	Badiger Devendra
	White Snow	Urdu	Praveen Morchhale
	Bhaimon Da	Assamese	Sasanka Samir
	Gondhal	Marathi	Santosh Davakhar
	Su From So	Kannada	Prakash (JP Tuminad)
	Pokkhirajer Dim	Bengali	Soukarya Ghosal
	Imbu	Tulu	Shivadhwaj Shetty
	Drushya Asdrushya	Marathi	Purushottam Lele (Milind Lele)
	Oitharei	Manipuri	Naorem Dinesh Singh
	Barobabu	Bengali	Reshmi Mitra
	Piranthanaal Vazhthukal	Tamil	Raju Chandra (Rajkumar MR)
	Maliput Melodies	Oriya	Vishal Patnaik
	Mukkam Post Bombilwadi	Marathi	Paresh Mokashi
	Ground Zero	Hindi	Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar
	Whispers Of The Mountains	Rajasthani	Jigar Nagda

 

Mainstream Cinema Section

 

Sr. No.	Title Of The Film	Language	Director(S) Name
1	Aata Thambaycha Naay	Marathi	Shivraj Waichal
	Chhaava	Hindi	Laxman Utekar
	Thudarum	Malayalam	Tharun Moorthy
	Sikaar	Assamese	Debangkar Borgohain
	Sankranthiki Vastunnam	Telugu	Anil Ravipudi

 

The Feature Film Jury’s choice for the Opening Feature Film of Indian Panorama 2025 is the film “Amaran (Tamil)”, directed by Mr. Rajkumar Periyasamy.

 

List of 5 feature films nominated in the Best Debut Director of Indian Feature Film Award category by the Indian Panorama Feature Jury are as under:

Sr. No.	Original Title of film	Director Name	Language
1.	Shape Of Momo	Tribeny Rai	Nepali
2.	Binodiini Ekti Natir Upakhyan	Ram Kamal Mukherjee	Bengali
3.	Kesari Chapter 2	Karan Singh Tyagi	Hindi
4.	A. R. M	Jithin Laal	Malayalam
5.	Committee Kurrollu	Yadhu Vamsee	Telugu

 

Non-Feature Films

The Non-Feature Film Jury, comprising of six members, was headed by acclaimed Cinematographer and Filmmaker Shri. Dharam Gulati. The Non-Feature Jury, comprises of the following Members, who individually represent various acclaimed films, are well-known film professions, while collectively representing the diverse Indian fraternity:

1. Ms. Anjali Panjabi, Filmmaker & Producer
2. Dr. Bobby Sarma Baruah, Filmmaker
3. Ms. Rekha Gupta, Film Critic and Film Curator
4. Shri. Ashok Cashyap, Film Producer, Filmmaker and Cinematographer
5. Shri A. Karthik Raaja, Cinematographer
6. Ms. Jyotsana Garg, Filmmaker

A package of 20 Non-Feature films have been selected to be screened in the Indian Panorama Section of 56^th IFFI from a broad spectrum of 550 contemporary Indian Non-Feature films. The package of non-feature films exemplifies the capacity of emerging and established filmmakers to document, investigate, entertain and also reflect contemporary Indian values.

List of 20 Non-Feature Films selected in the Indian Panorama 2025 is as follows:

 

S. No.	Title of the film	Language	Director(s) Name
	Ummathat - The Rhythm Of Kodava	Kodava	Prakash Kariappa K
	The Untold Agony	Marathi	Jayram Bhaskar Waghmode
	Aanirai	Tamil	EV Ganeshbabu
	That's A Wrap	Hindi	Sunny Hinduja & Shinjini Raval
	RU BA RU	Hindi	Kapil Tanwar
	Piplantri. A Tale of Eco Feminism	Hindi	Suraj Kumar
	Chambal	Hindi	Anhad Mishra
	Mahima Alekha	Oriya	Himansu Sekhar Khatua
	Nilgiris - A Shared Wilderness	English	Sandesh Kadur
	Ta Dhom	Hindi, Marathi, Tamil	Rohit More

 

	Shangrila	Sikkemese	Samten Bhutia
	Deepa Didi	Hindi	Surya Balakrishnan
	Hamsafar	M arathi	Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi
	Chowk University ka vice Chancellor - Padmabhushan Amrit Lal Nagar	Hindi	Savita Sharma Nagar & Rajesh Amrohi
	Oslo - A Tail of Promise	English, Marathi	Isha Pungaliya
	Battlefield	Manipuri	Borun Thokchom
	Kakori	Hindi	Kamlesh K Mishra
	Patralekha	Assamese	Namrata Datta
	Chalo Indian with Eric Ji	English	Rajdeep Choudhury
	Where the Heart Is	Marathi	Ulka Mayur

 

The Non-Feature Film Jury’s choice for the opening Non-Feature film of Indian Panorama, 2025 is ‘Kakori (Hindi)’, directed by Mr. Kamlesh K Mishra.

The Indian Panorama was introduced in 1978 as part of the IFFI umbrella to promote Indian Films along with India's rich culture and heritage with the help of cinematic art. Since its inception, the Indian Panorama has been completely devoted to showcasing the best Indian films of the year. The selected films for Indian Panorama section, with an aim for the promotion of film art through, will also be screened for non-profit screening in international film festivals in India and abroad, Indian Film Weeks held under Bilateral Cultural Exchange Programmes and Specialized Indian Film Festivals outside cultural exchange protocols, and special Indian Panorama festivals in India.

 

Best Web-Series Award -2025

The Web-Series Jury, comprising four members, was headed by acclaimed Filmmaker and Producer; Bharatbala Ganapathy. The Web-Series Jury comprises of the following Members, who are well-known web-series/ film professionals/ personalities acclaimed in the field of          web-series, cinema, and other allied arts from across India, while collectively representing the diverse Indian film fraternity:

1. Shri R Mahendran, Producer

2. Shri. Munjal Shroff, Director & Producer

3. Ms.  Rajeshwari Sachdev, Actor

4. Shri. Sekhar Kumar Das, Writer & Director

List of 5 Web-Series nominated for the Best Web-Series Award -2025 by the Jury are as under:

Sr. No.	Title of Web-Series	Director	Creator	Producer	OTT Platform
1.	Mitti - Ek Nayi Pehchaan	Gaganjeet Singh, Alok Kumar Dwivedi	Akash Chawla, Arunava Joy Sengupta	Fresh Lime Films LLP	Amazon MX Player
2.	Bandish Bandits Season 02	Anand Tiwari	Amritpal Singh Bindra, Anand Tiwari	Leo Media Collective Pvt. Ltd.	Amazon Prime Video
3.	Paatal Lok Season 2	Avinash Arun Dhaware	Sudip Sharma	Prime Video, Clean Slate Filmz Private Limited, Eunoia Films,Sudip Sharma, Babita Ashiwal,	Prime Video
4.	Black Warrant	Vikramaditya Motwane	Vikramaditya Motwane, Satyanshu Singh	Applause Entertainment,Andolan Films, Netflix Entertainment Services India LLP,	Netflix Entertainment Services India LLP
5.	Suzhal - The Vortex Season 2	Bramma	Pushkar A K S, Gayatri S	Pushkar & Gayatri	Amazon Prime Video

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