Dhurandhar to Open Indian Panorama at the 57th IFFI in Goa
Aditya Dhar's Hindi-language film Dhurandhar will open the Indian Panorama section at the 57th International Film Festival of India, the event held in Goa, Variety reported on 15 November 2026. Indian Panorama is the festival's showcase for films made in India, and its opening slot puts the film first in line.
It shares the spotlight with another big name. Rishab Shetty's Kannada-language film Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1 is also in the lineup. Kannada is the main language of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Both films sit in the five-title Mainstream Cinema strand, a group of titles within Indian Panorama that is aimed at a wider audience than the festival's more experimental work.
The festival's non-feature programme, which covers documentaries and short films, will open with Leena Yadav's Becoming. The film is in Ladakhi, the language of Ladakh, a high-altitude region in northern India.
Across the section, Indian Panorama will present 25 features and 20 non-features. A 12-member jury chaired by Madhur Bhandarkar chose the features from 404 submissions. A separate six-member jury, led by Himanshu Sekhar Khatua, picked the 20 non-features from 358 entries.
The numbers tell a story of scale. Hundreds of films were submitted, and only a small fraction made the final list. For the filmmakers chosen, a place in Indian Panorama means a screening in front of festival audiences in Goa, one of the few stages where Indian films from many languages share the same programme.
Festival organisers have not yet said how the screenings will be scheduled across the week. Viewers planning to attend should check the festival's programme once it is published.
