India, Sept. 1 -- Headlined by the cinematic epic Sholay, five Indian films and an upcoming serial on Mahatma Gandhi, will be showcased at the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which will begin on Thursday.

The highlight of the Indian presence will be a high-quality restoration of Sholay, which was released in 1975, the year TIFF came into being. But it's not the only restoration that will be of interest to cineastes, as a digitally-restored version of Satyajit Ray's 1970 Aranyer Din Ratri or Days and Nights in the Forest also features prominently at the 2025 edition of North America's largest film festival.

As a clutch of Indian films premiere this year, TIFF's director of programming Robyn Citizen wants t...