JOIN USThe Information and broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has reconstituted the steering committee and technical committee for the upcoming International Film Festival of India to be held in Goa from November 20.
While multiple national and international award-winning film director from Assam Jahnu Barua was made convener of the 13-member steering committee for IFFI-2017, film director and actor Nagesh Kukunoor, known for his works in parallel cinema like Hyderabad blues, was appointed as the chairperson of the 12-member technical committee for the film festival.
Kukunoor was also inducted as a member of the steering committee, according to a press handout issued by the I&B Ministry in a late night development on Friday.
Newly appointed chief of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Prasoon Joshi, filmmaker Anand Gandhi, BJP leader and actor Vani Tripathi were inducted as members in the steering committee among others. According to a news agency, the ministry earlier postponed a meeting of a preview committee set up to select films for the international festival at Goa, amid reports that Union minister Smriti Irani may dissolve the group.
DH News Service