Jury and Audience Choice Awards: Indic Film Utsav 2022

Indic Film Utsav 2022 brought the curtains down on the 3^rd edition with a Jury Board panel discussion and announcement of the winning films. This year, Indic Film Utsav showcased 55 Indic-themed films under with 2 Sanskrit films bookending the competitive slate. As always, the Programming Team and Indic Film Utsav made sure that each film selected had a message of positivity in them. Yadu Vijayakrishnan’s Bhagavadajjukam, a Sanskrit-language feature film was the Closing Film of the festival. While Sanskrit-language enthusiasts were delighted with the film, even those who were not Sanskrit-conversant loved the film which was based on a 7^th century CE comedy drama written by Bodhayana. Also, besides Features, Documentaries and Shorts, Indic Film Utsav 2022 had a special Women & Children Short Films category.

Abhishek Bhatnagar’s A Passenger in Love won the Audience Choice Award in the Features category. “A Passenger in Love had its World Premiere at Indic Film Utsav. Top class writing that keeps the audience engaged throughout a dialogue-driven narrative style with an ending that comes in the last few seconds of the film is truly an example of filmmaker passion. Abhishek made this film for USD 5k and is looking for distribution”, said Danji Thotapalli, Chief Curator and Festival Director.