Bengali drama 'Drishtikone' to open 13th Habitat Film Festival tomorrow

Bengali film "Drishtikone" will kick off the 13th edition of Habitat Film Festival tomorrow.

The festival will showcase the best of 2016-17 films ranging from Hindi to various different regional languages such as this year's National Award-winning "Village Rockstars", "Kaatru Veliyidai", "Mayurakshi" and critically-acclaimed films such as "S Durga", "Ajji", "??Nude", "Omerta", "?Idak" and "Juze".

Staying true to its tradition, the HFF will also be witness to different genres such as thrillers and contemporary cinema with National Award-winner high voltage Malayalam film "Take-Off", Hindi features "October" and investigative Tamil thrillers like "Vikram Veda" and "Aran" among others.

Experimental cinema such as "Ralang Road" (Nepali), "Hello Arsi" (Odiya), "Goat" (Marathi), "Reservation" (Kannada) and "Carbon" (Malayalam) are also part of the line-up.

The festival will host a Retrospective Segment on visionary Malayalam director KG George and two Tribute Segments on veteran actors Shashi Kapoor and Sridevi.

Some of Kapoor's films - "The Householder", "In Custody" and "New Delhi Times", for which the actor won his National