23 November,2017 08:27 AM IST | | Agencies
IFFI director Sunit Tandon said there was no direction yet from the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry on the screening of Sanal Kumar Sasidharan's film, S Durga at the festival, as ordered by the Kerala High Court on Tuesday
Still from S Durga
International Film Festival of India (IFFI) director Sunit Tandon said there was no direction yet from the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry on the screening of Sanal Kumar Sasidharan's film, S Durga at the festival, as ordered by the Kerala High Court on Tuesday.
Still from S Durga
In a dramatic moment on the sidelines of IFFI, Tandon was questioned at a public interaction by the film's lead actor Kannan Nayar, as to when S Durga would be screened at the gala. The festival director simply said, "I will let you know whenever I hear of it." Nayar revealed that a copy of the film had arrived in Goa, and all those associated with the film were only waiting for the IFFI organisers to give them a date for screening.
"We are ready. We have given an application today seeking to know when we will be allowed to screen at IFFI along with a copy of the Kerala High Court order. The ball is in their court now," Nayar said. The actor also said that efforts earlier in the day to submit a copy of the application from Sanal Kumar Saidharan [the film's director] and a court order to the office of the festival director had failed because his office personnel would not allow him to submit the documents.
