Chandigarh, November 28:- Haryana has left a unique mark with its cultural heritage in the International Film Festival (1-1 2025) held in Goa. Haryana's tableau, including traditional colours, folk dances, music, history and modern film achievements, not only won the hearts of the audience, but also deeply impressed the judging panel. As a result, the attractive and vibrant tableau of the state was honored with an award at the festival.
On the first day of the nine-day prestigious festival held in Goa from November 20 to 28, 2025, 28 participants presented their tableaus on different themes. Haryana presented its first grand state tableau in the opening parade of the International Film Festival of India. Under the guidance of Shri K. Makrand Pandurang, Director General, Information, Public Relations, Language and Art Culture Department, Haryana, Additional Director of the Department Shri Vivek Kalia and Joint Director Film Shri Neeraj Tuteja represented Haryana in the International Film Festival. The tableau prepared on the theme of Non-Stop Filmy Haryana provided the audience with a unique moving festival filled with the colors of Indian culture and cinema. Haryana's tableau attracted special attention from representatives, filmmakers and audiences from across the country and abroad. After the display of the tableaus at the International Film Festival, the top-5 achievers were honored with awards by the judging panel on November 28, 2025. These include Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Homebell Movie Makers, Wax OTT and Zee Studios.
Special efforts being made to establish Haryana as a special attractive place for cinema background - K Makrand Pandurang
Shri K Makrand Pandurang, Director General of Information, Public Relations, Language and Art Culture Department, Haryana, congratulated and wished the officers and employees on this achievement. A film city is being built in Haryana, so that producers, directors come to the state and showcase the culture here through cinema, which will make Haryana's identity on the Vishesh Patal.
Tableau decorated in the unique form of film-camera became a symbol of Haryana's creative power
The tableau decorated in the unique form of film camera was seen presenting Haryana's creative power, its culture, its people and its voice to the world in a new way. The golden rays emanating from the camera became a symbol of the state's creative consciousness, energy and bright future. In the tableaux emerging on the digital screen, the unique world of Haryana's heritage, tourism, folk culture, theatre art and filming locations appeared alive on a single screen.
The tableaux presented the cultural heritage of the state, Haryana in cinema, and locations in an artistic manner. Domestic and foreign tourists were very attracted to the tableaux of Haryana. With the theme of non-stop filmy Haryana, the tableaux showed that Haryana is a state where stories sprout in the soil and art finds its beauty in the fragrance of crops.
The effective message of Haryana's film policy was also displayed in this tableaux. The tableaux demonstrated how the stories emerging from the village's chowpals are reaching the big screens of the world today. The golden fields of mustard swaying below seemed to tell the story of the prosperous tradition of Haryana and the endless journey of stories born in this soil. With this achievement of the state, now Haryana will be successful in creating a unique identity for itself in the cinema and film industry not only in the country but also on the world stage.