# Restored Amma Ariyan, Half in Toronto film festival line-up 2026-08-16T06:18:48+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will screen a restored 4K version of John Abraham's 1986 film Amma Ariyan in its Classics section. Malayalam action drama Half, directed by Samjad, becomes the first Malayalam film selected for TIFF's Midnight Madness slate, The News Minute reports. Other South Asian entries include Richie Mehta's Phoolan, Ian Bawa's Strong Son, and Roshan Sethi's The Surgeon. The Economic Times reports that restored Indian films have this year appeared in all four major festivals, Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Toronto. Earlier, Amma Ariyan was shown at Cannes Classics, and Dev Benegal's English, August (1994) will screen in Venice Classics. The restorations, led by the Film Heritage Foundation and the National Film Archive of India, underscore the fragility of film stock and the need for conservation. The festivals take place in September. ## Coverage - economictimes.indiatimes.com - thenewsminute.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-16T13:20:11+00:00. Tags: Cannes Film Festival, English, August, Toronto International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/restored-indian-films-shine-at-venice-toronto-festivals/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/restored-indian-films-shine-at-venice-toronto-festivals/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/