Award-winning production designer Sabu Cyril will create all the sets for different components of the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) being held in Goa from November 20.
The festival has roped in the celebrated production designer to make IFFI 2015 a spectacular event with inspiring designs, says Senthil Rajan, director, Directorate of Film Festivals.
Cyril will seek to bring to life cinema in different shades at the 46th edition of the fest, right from the motif of the peacock as the logo for the festival to creating an appealing ambience at different event venues for delegates in Goa.
“Sabu Cyril is a perfect combination of great credentials and imaginative skills and has been a part of some of the best and globally renowned Indian films,” Rajan said.
“Under his creative guidance, I am sure the 46th IFFI would be a wonderful journey of visual opulence that will impress the film lovers across the globe,” he added.
Sabu Cyril began his production designing career in 1988 and till date has directed more than 2,500 advertisements, three tele serials and 115 feature films in various languages. In 1996, he had directed the stage design for the Miss World beauty pageant.
With a career spanning over two decades, he has been associated with some of the landmark films in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil cinema.
He has won the national film award for best art direction four times and filmfare award for best art direction (including the South) five times.
Cyril said that "it feels good to handle the creative responsibilities of one of the prestigious film festivals in the world".