[25][26] He also drew criticism for approving a junket costing at least ₹8.9 million (equivalent to ₹11 million or US$160,000 in 2019) for six government MLAs from the ruling party, including three ministers, to attend the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. IFFI was a travelling festival until 2003 and shuttled between multiple cities including Delhi and Mumbai before Goa was finalized as a permanent venue for the event by the then National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in 2004. He served in the National Democratic Alliance government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Defence Minister of India from 2014 to 2017. "All the achievements as well as the controversies surrounding Parrikar will be shown in the movie," he said. He was a former member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. 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"Shorts IFFI 50 will open with a seven-minute film on Manohar Parrikar who brought the IFFI to Goa in 2004," Phaldesai said. [12], Parrikar joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at a young age and became a mukhya shikshak (chief instructor) in the final years of his schooling. Parrikar served as the defence minister from 2014 to 2017 during the first term of the Narendra Modi government. [3][4] Previously, he was Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2014 and from 2017 to 2019. Talking to PTI on Friday, film producer Swapnil Shetkar said the movie will focus on the personal and political life of Parrikar. [45]. In 2014, Parrikar drew criticism for approving a junket costing at least ₹8.9 million (equivalent to ₹11 million or US$160,000 in 2019) for six MLAs from the ruling party, including three ministers, to attend the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. [27][28], Parrikar has often made remarks of controversial nature. Parrikar, a former Defence Minister died in March this year, following prolonged illness. [20][21], In the 2014 general elections, BJP won both the Lok Sabha seats in Goa. Parrikar died in Goa on March 17 this year after a prolonged battle with a pancreatic ailment. [15] In 2001, the Parrikar government had turned over fifty-one government primary schools in rural areas to Vidya Bharati, the educational wing of the Hindu nationalist group Sangh Parivar, inviting criticism from certain educationists. Third Manohar Parrikar Ministry is the Council of Ministers in Goa Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. [23], In 2001, the Parrikar government turned over fifty-one government primary schools in rural areas to Vidya Bharati, the educational wing of the Sangh Parivar, inviting criticism from certain educationists. "An Extraordinary Life" contains heretofore little known details and anecdotes about Parrikar's personal life and preferences, as well as memories and quotes from his family and friends. The opening film of Shorts IFFI 50, a short film event, at the 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India will be dedicated to former Goa Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar, an official said on Monday. He also served as the Minister of Defence from October 2014 to March 2017. Pratapsing Rane of the Indian National Congress would subsequently replace Parrikar as Chief Minister. Find Manohar Parikar Latest News, Videos & Pictures on Manohar Parikar and see latest updates, news, information from NDTV.COM. "The biopic would be released on the occasion of birth anniversary of Parrikar on December 13 next year," he said. [43]. [11] He completed his secondary education in Marathi and went on to graduate in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay),[10] in 1978. A Goa-based film production house on Friday announced that a biopic would be made on the life oflate Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar. English . Shorts IFFI 50 is a short film section which will be a part of IFFI which gets underway in Goa from November 20. He returned to India and in September was admitted in the AIIMS, Delhi for treatment. Go Goa Gollywood Production has signed an agreement, with Utpal Parrikar, son of the former Defence Minister, for the legal rights of the movie that is planned to be released next year on December 13, which is the birth anniversary of. In January 2020, he was posthumously awarded Padma Bhushan. A Goa-based film production house on Friday announced that a biopic would be made on the life of late Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar. [36], During March–June 2018, Parrikar was undergoing treatment for what would turn out to be pancreatic cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA. [33], His wife Medha died in 2001. [37] On 27 October 2018 the Goa government announced that CM Manohar Parrikar had pancreatic cancer. [41], On the evening of 18 March, Parrikar was cremated with full state honours at Miramar in Panaji. [citation needed] He was active in the RSS's North Goa unit, becoming a key organiser of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. 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[22], Parrikar was preceded by Laxmikant Parsekar as Goa's CM. The Indian National Congress termed the trip "wasteful expenditure" and criticized the lack of other government officials or soccer experts in the delegation. [31] In August 2016, Parrikar stated that going to Pakistan is the same thing as "going to hell".