<p class="title">After being in headlines for days, the Indian Panorama segment at IFFI 2017 opened without any protests and in the presence of noted Bollywood actor Sridevi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The I & B ministry's decision to oust Malayalam film "S Durga" and Marathi drama "Nude" had created a furore, leading to the resignation of jury chairperson Sujoy Ghosh and members Apurva Asrani and Gyan Correa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Marathi filmmakers were expectIed to protest at the venue over the exclusion of these two films from the line-up but the event started without a hitch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The jury presence was thin though Rahul Rawail, who has replaced Ghosh as the new jury chief, and Ruchi Narain were among the attendees.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sridevi, in her brief speech, lauded the hard work of the jury in selecting the movies.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The films have been chosen by the esteemed jury having worked in various industries over the last 50 years. This segment is something I am really excited about. It is my pleasure to declare the Indian Panorama 2017 officially open," Sridevi said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hindi feature film "Pihu" opened the feature category while "Pushkar Puran" kickstarted the non-feature section.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Pihu" director Vinod Kapri said, "It's an honour for me to be here and my film to open this section."</p>.<p class="bodytext">In "Pushkar Puran", Kamal Swaroop returns to Rajasthan, his cinematic home, three decades after his cult film "Om Dar-Ba-Dar" (1988). It is a documentary on Pushkar, the religious town near Ajmer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Indian Panorama section has 26 feature and 16 non-feature films in the line-up.</p>
<p class="title">After being in headlines for days, the Indian Panorama segment at IFFI 2017 opened without any protests and in the presence of noted Bollywood actor Sridevi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The I & B ministry's decision to oust Malayalam film "S Durga" and Marathi drama "Nude" had created a furore, leading to the resignation of jury chairperson Sujoy Ghosh and members Apurva Asrani and Gyan Correa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Marathi filmmakers were expectIed to protest at the venue over the exclusion of these two films from the line-up but the event started without a hitch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The jury presence was thin though Rahul Rawail, who has replaced Ghosh as the new jury chief, and Ruchi Narain were among the attendees.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sridevi, in her brief speech, lauded the hard work of the jury in selecting the movies.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The films have been chosen by the esteemed jury having worked in various industries over the last 50 years. This segment is something I am really excited about. It is my pleasure to declare the Indian Panorama 2017 officially open," Sridevi said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hindi feature film "Pihu" opened the feature category while "Pushkar Puran" kickstarted the non-feature section.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Pihu" director Vinod Kapri said, "It's an honour for me to be here and my film to open this section."</p>.<p class="bodytext">In "Pushkar Puran", Kamal Swaroop returns to Rajasthan, his cinematic home, three decades after his cult film "Om Dar-Ba-Dar" (1988). It is a documentary on Pushkar, the religious town near Ajmer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Indian Panorama section has 26 feature and 16 non-feature films in the line-up.</p>