The festival will be held in Goa between November 24 and December 4.
Iranian filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf won the Golden Peacock for her film At Five in the Afternoon.
IFFI hosted a screening of Ajay Devgn's big hit Drishyam 2, along with premieres of other Hindi films.
'A struggling actor once came to me and told me there's no work.' 'I said when there's no work, that's when you have a lot of work.' 'He said he didn't understand.' 'I explained that you have to keep reading, watching, writing, traveling.' 'It is like riyaaz for an actor.'
It beat the Brazilian film, Radio Fevela, Mr And Mrs Iyer and Anahat to reach the top slot.
Those three wickets for six runs, in a manic final 15 minutes of the day's play, undid all the good work that had gone before, asserts Prem Panicker.
The Kashmir Files, which polarised opinions following its release in March and went on to become a blockbuster hit, was screened at IFFI on November 22 as part of the Indian panorama section.
'There will be a lot of spice to the contest -- there is a reason India is the only team other than England against whom Australia is keen to play a five Test series.' 'I'll watch, as I suspect most fans will -- but this one time, I'll watch with considerable trepidation and, from a fan's point of view, with the hope that the team finds its feet and that right quick,' notes the distinguished cricket commentator Prem Panicker.
The ongoing International Film Festival of India hosted a screening of Yami Gautam's latest film Lost.
'Depicting the genocide of 3 lakh #KashmiriHindus cannot be called vulgar.'
'In a bid to polarise the people of India, the BJP govt went all out in promoting the movie, resulting in a huge embarrassment for India on the international scale'
'Poor home work, and a subsequent loss of nerve.' 'This sums up the Modi government's current travails, the stall in key sectors, fading momentum, irritability,' points out Shekhar Gupta.
The pulling out of films S Durga and Nude from the 48th edition of IFFi did not go well with the director.
As controversy grew, BJP leaders, actors also joined the discourse against him.
In the event that like in the 17th Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi again gets locked out of the House, the Congress needs a second-in-command who will keep the momentum going inside Parliament, notes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
CSK can ill-afford to take Punjab Kings lightly, who are coming in to this match after chasing down a world record total of 262 against KKR.
The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri on Tuesday said he will quit filmmaking if intellectuals, including Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, are able to prove that events depicted in his film are false.
Kartik Aaryan got a special surprise on his 32nd birthday on November 22.
'Whatever I said and I said clearly that for me and my fellow jury members, it was and it is a vulgar propaganda movie that didn't have a place and was inappropriate for such a prestigious competitive section. I can repeat it again and again'
Shoshani, who shared the dais with actor Anupam Kher at a press conference in Mumbai, said the The Kashmir Files is not propaganda but a "strong movie" that gives place to sufferings of the people of Kashmir.
Now, the 'Men in Blue' are left with just five T20Is -- two more against the Proteas and three games against Afghanistan at home in January -- ahead of next year's T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the USA.
With IFFI done and dusted, eyes have now turned towards the 23rd edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards.
Imaad Shah's Tuesday's Women, Haoban Paban Kumar's Iron Women of Manipur, Shivam Singh Rajput's Ladakh 470 and Samman Roy's The Exile are among 10 titles to watch out for at the 17th edition of the Film Bazaar.
'In Bangladesh, I have played so many dynamic characters, be it a freedom fighter, a circus trapeze artist, sex worker, and many more.'
The 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) kicked off in Panaji, Goa, on a grand scale.
'In Raktobeej, I had a lot of physical action to do, so that was a new challenge.' 'We didn't want the action scenes to be over-the-top.' 'We wanted to make the action raw and real.'
As the actor turns 31 on November 22, Namrata Thakker takes a look at his wonderful life through his Instagram feed.
'If the executive is not obeying the judiciary, then it is a Constitutional issue.'
Among the 24 feature films chosen for the Indian Panorama section in IFFI 7 of them are Malayalam films.
'My film will not only be a reminder for all of us who have gone through these hellish two years, but also a reference point for future generations and for the four-five year olds who would have forgotten everything by the time they grow up.'
'There's no point making grand plans all our lives when life itself is so fragile.'
Punjab Kings would be sweating over skipper Shikhar Dhawan's injury at a time when they need all their firepower against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
'Ours is a disaster movie with no big stars, songs or commercial ingredients.' 'Yet, it is Malayalam cinema's highest grosser.'
'Yellow Bus is a heart-breaking story based on a real incident and will strike a chord with mothers across the world.'
