Irrfan Khan’s Paan Singh Tomar to be screened at IFFI
By Mansoor| Published: 22nd January 2021 7:31 pm IST Late Irrfan Khan (Instagram)
New Delhi: Late actor Irrfan Khan, who became a household name after portraying diverse roles with perfection, will be honoured during the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
The film festival will pay homage to the late star by screening his cult classic ‘Paan Singh Tomar’ on Friday. Indian film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the news on his Twitter handle.
An evergreen actor with an impressive array of roles under his belt, Irrfan breathed his last on April 29, 2020, after battling rare cancer. Apart from the ‘Piku’ actor, the event will reportedly also pay tribute to actors like Sushant Singh Rajput, Rishi Kapoor, Soumitra Chatterjee and Chadwick Boseman by screening their movies, ‘Kedarnath’, ‘Bobby’, ‘Charulata’ and ’42’, respectively.
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI)- 2020, that’s going to be held in the third week of January at Goa, is going to pay homage to legendary Odia filmmaker late Manmohan Mahapatra.
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI)- 2020, that’s going to be held in the third week of January at Goa, is going to pay homage to legendary Odia filmmaker late Manmohan Mahapatra. The eight-times national award-winning filmmaker passed away on January 13, last year, at the age of 68 after battling prolonged kidney and heart ailments. He was later conferred with Padma Shri award posthumously.
Confirming the news, Mahapatra’s son Manatosh informed that he was approached by the IFFI officials, who wished to screen one of his films in the festival. “I requested then to screen Bhija Matira Swarga, which was my father’s last film. He had made this film after a gap of more than a decade. It would be a fitting tribute to my father, who had done so much for Odia films and Indian