Iffi 2017

IFFI 2017 highlights: From Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Loveless to Robin Campillo’s BPM

A close look at some of the best films screened at the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.

Padmavati row, S Durga and IFFI: Are films being used to detract attention from real issues?

Cinema is our favourite escapist fare. Is the row over Padmavati and S Durga indicative of how cinema is being used to divert attention from issues society has a real, material stake in?

IFFI 2017: Sanal Kumar Sasidharan calls S Durga controversy 'mockery of democracy'

Sanal Kumar Sasidharan's Malayalam film S Durga was scheduled to be screened at IFFI 2017 at 6pm on Tuesday but the CBFC played spoilsport.

IFFI 2017: S Durga, Nude, Saawan dropped, Shabana Azmi's boycott — a timeline of controversies

The controversies around IFFI 2017 started three months ago when the new I&B Minister Smriti Irani sacked 20 members from the review committee.

IFFI 2017 complete winners list: Parvathy wins Best Actress; Amitabh Bachchan is 'Film Personality of The Year'

The winners list for IFFI was announced at a glitzy closing ceremony in Goa, which included a live performance by Sidharth Malhotra and had guests like Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar on stage

S Durga won't be screened at IFFI 2017; CBFC says film's title style violates rules

After a series of flip-flops, it seems Malayalam film S Durga (originally known as Sexy Durga) will not be screened at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017 after all.

IFFI 2017: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan to be present at closing ceremony

Salman Khan will perform along with Katrina Kaif and Sidharth Malhotra at the closing ceremony of the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.

IFFI 2017: S Durga given nod by I&B ministry, to be screened on 27 November

The battle to ensure that S Durga will be screened was not an easy one. Sanal Kumar Sasidharan had to file a petition in the Kerala High Court, which gave its nod to the film and rejected the stay appeal given by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Padmavati: Shekhar Kapur says Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film is being politicised unnecessarily

Shekhar Kapur says Sanjay Leela Bhansali did not make Padmavati with an intent to rake up a storm that has the country in its clutches today.

IFFI 2017: Six Hindu groups submit petition against screening of S Durga

Days after the Kerala HC ordered that S Durga be screened at IFFI 2017, six Hindu groups submitted a petition to the organisers against the screening.