NFDC To Host Online Patriotic Film Festival From 7 August

On the occasion of the 74th Independence Day of India, the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) has organized an online patriotic film festival, which will run from August 7.

The 'Patriotic Film Festival' which is a part of Independence Day Celebrations 2020 by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), is scheduled to run till August 21. The festival showcases Indian history that marks the bravery of the freedom fighters.

Celebrate 73 years of independence with the online #PatrioticFilmFestival organized by @MIB_India from 7th to 21st August 2020. The festival showcases Indian history that marks the bravery of our freedom fighters.

Visit https://t.co/it73UnCPPE to watch free of cost. pic.twitter.com/gqYfQeeLV5

— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) August 7, 2020

Acclaimed films across various Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati and Malayalam are a part of the festival.

Some of the titles include Shyam Benegal's 1996 "Gandhi Se Mahatma Tak", Bimal Roy's 1944 acclaimed Bengali film "Udayer Pathey", Mani Ratnam's Tamil hit "Roja" (1992) and Rajkumar Santoshi's 2002 drama, "The Legend of Bhagat Singh".



Sir Richard Attenborough's 1982 classic "Gandhi" will be made accessible and can be enjoyed by people with vision and hearing impairment.

The festival will stream movies on the website, www.cinemasofindia.com, free of cost.