Two Telugu features in Indian Panorama 2026; Dhurandhar to open IFFI showcase

Two Telugu feature films have made the cut for Indian Panorama 2026, the showcase of Indian cinema at the 57th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which opens in Goa on Friday, 20 November, and closes on Saturday, 28 November.

The selection was announced on Saturday, 14 November, in a release from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Singeetham Srinivasa Rao’s Sing Geetham is among the 20 titles in the main feature section. Anil Ravipudi’s Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu (Pandaga Ki Vastunnaru) is one of five films picked for the Mainstream Cinema section, where it sits alongside Aditya Dhar’s Hindi film Dhurandhar, Rishab Shetty’s Kannada film Kantara A Legend Chapter 1 and the Marathi titles Baapya and Deool Band 2.

Telugu cinema has two more entries outside that list. Ravi Varma Namburi’s Chennai Love Story is one of five films in the running for the Best Debut Director of Indian Feature Film award, with Pratyabartan (Bengali), Tighi (Marathi), Sledge (Kashmiri) and Hanuman Ansh (Hindi). Win, directed by Praveen, is the only Telugu film among the 20 non-feature selections.

Dhurandhar and Becoming open the package

Dhurandhar, itself one of the Mainstream picks, will open the feature section. Leena Yadav’s Ladakhi film Becoming will open the non-feature section.

A 12-member feature jury headed by filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar chose the 25 features from 404 entries. A six-member non-feature jury led by director and educationist Himanshu Sekhar Khatua picked 20 films from 358 entries. The feature list runs across Malayalam (Sarvam Maya), Tamil (Scroll and Thaai Kizhavi), Tulu (Pili Channe), Assamese (Surjyamukhi) and Nyishi (Urum), among other languages.

Indian Panorama began in 1978. Beyond Goa, films on the list can later travel to festivals at home and overseas, and to Indian Film Weeks that India holds with partner countries as part of cultural exchange agreements.