The 62-year-old, who inaugurated the Indian Pananorma section at the 43rd international film festival (IFFI) here today, said it is often because of lack of money that non-feature films don't see the light of the day.
"Indian cinema is not only about Bollywood. There are beautiful and meaningful films made in different languages and regions but they don't find distributors and so are killed. I don't blame the distributors as they are businessman and want to earn profits and money but I request our government to look after this problem we are facing," Puri said.
"I think if the Govt coordinates with Doordarshan or launches a separate channel to screen these films it would make a huge difference to the independent and young talent in our country," he said.
IFFI's Indian Panorama section is divided in two parts
