IFFI gets flak for its all-male jury panel in Indian Panorama, netizens say ‘lack of women in the jury is glaring, do better’

The 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in Panaji, Goa from November 20 to 28 and will feature over 240 films from 81 countries, including 13 world premieres, five international premieres, and 44 Asian premieres. With filmmaker Shekhar Kapur serving as the festival director, IFFI also unveiled its jury for the Indian Panorama section on Monday. The feature film jury is headed by actor Raja Bundela, while Dharam Gulati leads the jury for non-feature category. Other jury members include Krishna Hebbale, Kamlesh K Mishra, Malay Ray, Subhash Sehgal, Jadumoni Dutta, Aroon Baksi, Asim Sinha, Ashok Sharan, Sukumar Jatania, BS Basavaraju, Amaresh Chakrabarti, and Napoleon Thanga. The internet was quick to point out that the jury did not have any women.

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