New trend in India to make films on real life events: Rathore

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting today said the art of storytelling through movies has undergone a change with times and a trend has now started in India to produce films based on inspiring stories of real life events.
Rathore also said with time boundaries between commercial and art cinema have also blurred while films are being made at much lower budgets.
The minister was speaking while inaugurating the Indian Panorama Film Festival at Siri Fort Auditorium here where he also paid tributes to veteran actor Om Puri.
Rathore said with the paradigm change in technology and business models, the process of film-making is becoming democratic, making it a level playing field giving opportunities to creativity.

He said Puri was a committed film personality who gave his best in every venture that he was associated with throughout his life.
The Indian Panorama Film Festival, organised by Directorate of Film Festivals, will screen a package of Puri's films.
Five iconic films, in which Puri has acted, will be screened from January 17-21 in Siri Fort Auditorium III at 6 PM.
The festival opened with the documentary film "Ima Sabitri" directed by Bobo Khuraijam and Hindi feature film "Pinky Beauty Parlour" directed by Akshay Singh.