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.
Kuknoor was also inducted as a member of the steering committee, according to press handout issued by the I&B Ministry in a late night development on Friday.
The I&B Minister Smriti Irani ordered for the reconstitution of the two committees.
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.
The 21-member preview committee, which reviewed over 150 films in the first phase of the screening process that began in July-end, was to meet on August 17 for a second round, a source said.
"We got a mail from the Directorate of Film Festival stating that the next round of screening will be delayed due to technical reasons," the news agency quoted a member of the committee as saying.