MUMBAI: This year’s Berlin International Film Festival will screen three Indian films in the Panorama section - Vishal Bhardwaj’s 7 Khoon Maaf, Kaushik Mukherjee’s Gandu and Phil Cox’s The Bengali Detective.

While Bhardwaj’s film tells the story of an intimidating female character who moves between the religions and their male proponents in 7 Khoon Maaf , young director Mukherjee’s film has angry young men set out to find a place for themselves.

British filmmaker Phil Cox lets viewers experience the city of Calcutta up close in The Bengali Detective; the film takes one to the darkest corners of the metropolis with private detectives whose businesses are booming because the police can no longer be trusted.

7 Khoon Maaf will have its world premiere at the Berlinale with Priyanka Chopra, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irrfan Khan and Naseeruddin Shah attending.

In solidarity with the convicted Iranian director Jafar Panahi, the organisers of the festival have arranged for a a special screening of his film Offside on 11 February, the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution.

The 61st edition of the Berlin International Film Festival will be on from 10-20 February.