VATAVARAN 2005 an initiative of Centre for Media Studies (CMS) concluded with a bounty of awards to young producers and an appeal to TV channels to feature those films. The four-day Vatavaran 2005 film festival attracted unprecedented number of 244 entries against 154 the previous Vatavaran festival in 2003 and 100 in 2002. 63 best of Indian films were screened during these four days apart from 15 from Asian countries. There were seen by an estimated over 10,000 people over the four days.
