New Delhi: As a part of Independence Day celebrations this year, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) will host a unique online patriotic film festival.
The online festival, which will be held from August 7 to 21, will showcase films of different Indian languages on freedom struggle and its leaders, martyrs and ideology.
The festival aims at generating a festive and patriotic mood among Indians across the globe.
During the festival, critically acclaimed patriotic films from various Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati and Malayalam will be available on www.cinemasofindia.com free of cost.
The whole package is a consolidated collection of films from National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Children’s Film Society India (CFSI) and Films Division.
The film Gandhi (1982) by Sir Richard Attenborough will also be accessible for people with vision and hearing impairment.
The link will be hosted on the website of MIB (mib.gov.in), and the social media handles of Press Information Bureau and MyGov.
The same link will be shared with the Ministry of External Affairs for the Indian missions abroad.
The films which will be showcased during the online festival include:
| Independence Day Film Festival 2020 – Film List | ||||
| Sl.No. | Name of the Film | Language | Year | Director |
| 1 | Gandhi (Accessible) | Hindi | 1982 | Sir Richard Attenborough |
| 2 | Gandhi | Hindi | 1982 | Sir Richard Attenborough |
| 3 | Chittagong | Hindi | 2012 | Bedabrata Pain |
| 4 | The Legend Of Bhagat Singh | Hindi | 2002 | RajkumarSantoshi |
| 5 | Tango Charlie | Hindi | 2005 | Mani Shankar |
| 6 | Khakhee | Hindi | 2004 | RajkumarSantoshi |
| 7 | Gandhi Se Mahatma Tak | Hindi | 1996 | ShyamBenegal |
| 8 | Qayamat – City Under Threat | Hindi | 2003 | Harry Baweja |
| 9 | Batallion 609 | Hindi | 2019 | BrijeshBatuknathTripathi |
| 10 | PehlaAadmi | Hindi | 1950 | Bimal Roy |
| 11 | Life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose | Hindi | 2004 | Live Footage/NFAI |
| 12 | Bapu Ne KahaTha (Gandhiji’s Saying) | Hindi | 1962 | Vijay Bhatt |
| 13 | AbhiKal Hi Ki Baat Hai (Not So Long Ago) | Hindi | 1970 | Clement Baptista |
| 14 | HedaHoda (The Blind Camel) | Hindi | 2003 | Vinod Ganatra |
| 15 | ChotaSipahi (The Little Soldier) | Hindi/English | 2004 | JayshreeKanal& A S Kanal |
| 16 | The Making of the Mahatma | English | 1996 | ShyamBenegal |
| 17 | VeeraPandiyaKattabomman | Tamil | 1959 | B. RamakrishnaiahPanthulu |
| 18 | Roja | Tamil | 1992 | Mani Ratnam |
| 19 | Andhra Kesari | Tamil | 1983 | Vijaychander |
| 20 | 1971- Beyond Borders | Malayalam | 2017 | Major Ravi |
| 21 | VandaeMaatharam | Malayalam | 2010 | T. Aravind |
| 22 | Uttarayanam | Malayalam | 1974 | G.Aravindan |
| 23 | UdayerPathey (Towards the Light) | Bengali | 1944 | Bimal Roy |
| 24 | 42/Forty-two/Biyallish | Bengali | 1949 | Hemen Gupta |
| 25 | Subhash Chandra | Bengali | 1966 | Piyush Bose |
| 26 | HagaluVesha | Kannada | 2000 | Baraguru Ramachandrappa |
| 27 | Harun Arun | Gujarati | 2009 | Vinod Ganatra |
| 28 | Senani Sane Guruji | Marathi | 1995 | Ramesh Deo |
| 29 | Spread The Light of Freedom (HarDil Main JagayenRashtraJyot) | Musical | 1996 | Films Division |
| 30 | The Flag (My India, Our India) | Musical | 1999 | Films Division |
| 31 | Ae VatanTereLiye | Hindi | 1999 | Films Division |
| 32 | Shahadat | Hindi | 2001 | Films Division |
| 33 | NM0552 : VandeMataram | Hindi | 2007 | Films Division |
| 34 | Sat SatPranam | Hindi | 2008 | Films Division |
| 35 | SatyamevaJayate | Hindi | 1972 | Films Division |
| 36 | 13 04 1919 (L.V.) | Hindi | 2019 | Films Division |
| 37 | India Independent | English | 1949 | Films Division |
| 38 | India Wins Freedom | English | 1985 | Films Division |
| 39 | We The People of India | English | 1986 | Films Division |
| 40 | 1857 – A Salute | English | 2008 | Films Division |
| 41 | The Flag Flies High | English | 2011 | Films Division |
| 42 | Sardar Patel : A Nation Stands United | English | 2016 | Films Division |
| 43 | A Song Eternal | English | 1976 | Films Division |
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