Posters Of Iconic Ray Films Will Be Displayed At The 53rd International Film Festival Of India (IFFI)

The National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) has organized an online film poster design based on the iconic films directed by film maker Satyajit Ray. The selected 75 posters will be chosen by the jury.   The Jury included the well known names from the field of art and culture, like the veteran Shyam Benegal, muralist Anjolie Ela Menon, veteran artist and film designer for animation films, Dhimat Vyas, Radha Binod an artist who evaluated the posters and are now exhibited at the 53^rd IFFI Festival to be held in

Goa from November 20^th to 28^th 2022.

NFDC were overwhelmed with the response received from 635 entrants who had submitted their applications.  A souvenir displayed the top three winners out of the 75 posters selected.  It wasn’t an easy task for the jury to select the best 75 but it is definitely a great initiative to celebrate Ray’s works through these posters.

Filmmaker Satyajit Ray was known for designing more than one poster for each of his films that captured the mood of the film. For example, his film ‘Devi’ represented the split personality, while another poster by Charulata depicted brushstrokes of a woman’s face.     As the contest is in honor of the famous film maker, there has been a considerable work put in by all the entrants.  Film maker Shyam Benegal expressed that the contest truly honored the great film maker’s legacy both for his films as well as his choice of graphic designs for all his film posters.

Minister of Information and Broadcasting expressed his congratulatory message to the three winners whose posters were selected. He said the posters were very methodical with their imagination for the One & Only Ray Contest.

The 53^rd IFFI is also set to bring about a whole lot of new experience to the movie lovers across the world. Ravinder Bhakar, the Managing Director of NFDC India stated that the contest was held to create professions in the field of art, visual communication, illustrative skills and graphic designing.