The three day Goa Marathi film Festival which is in its 8th edition, began on 17th July, with the screening of the film ‘Dr. Prakash Baba Amte’. On the first day evening there was special screening of forthcoming film ‘Highway – Ek Selfie Aarpar’. On the second day, there were premieres of forthcoming Marathi film ‘Panhala’ and also Hollywood’s first Marathi film ‘Paratu’ directed by award winning director Nitin Adsul. The festival concluded today, with the premiere of another forthcoming Marathi film ‘Nilkanth Master’ directed by Gajendra Ahire.

This year, 18 Marathi films including films like ‘Khwada’ ,’Sandook’, ‘Siddhant’, ‘Welcome Zindagi’ were showcased at three different venues Kala Academy, Inox Multiplex & Maquinez Palace. The festival received very good response from the audience. Veteran actors, Ramesh Deo and Seema Deo were conferred with the special ‘Kritagyata Puraskar’ for their exemplary contribution to the World of Cinema.