After Sujoy Ghosh, scriptwriter Apurva Asrani steps down from IFFI jury

Mumbai: In another fallout of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry dropping two films from IFFI’s Indian Panorama section, scriptwriter Apurva Asrani announced on Wednesday that he was resigning as jury member.

Asrani’s resignation comes a day after filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh said he had quit as chairperson of the Indian Panorama jury.

Asrani said his conscience doesn’t allow him to participate in the film festival, being held in Goa from November 20-28.

“I stand with the chairman of the jury. We had a



responsibility towards some very sincere films, and somewhere we have failed them. My conscience won’t allow me to participate in the festivities in Goa,” he said in a statement.

When contacted, the “Aligarh” scriptwriter confirmed that he had resigned but said he would not like to elaborate further.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has overruled the recommendation of the 13-member jury and pulled out Malayalam movie “S Durga” and Marathi film “Nude” from the 48th edition of the International Film Festival of India.