Israeli filmmaker Dan Wolman on Saturday slammed the organisers of the International Film Festival of India, claiming the security apparatus was lax and the film submission procedures at India's biggest film festival were antiquated and steeped in bureaucracy.

"Here, if you go to any big hotel, people check your car with a mirror under the car. And you are like, "Oh my God! How long [do] they have to do this?" I could be carrying a big bomb on my lap and you wouldn't know," Wolman said, during the Open Forum interaction at the ongoing 50th edition of the festival, which allows foreign filmmakers to interact with delegates attending the event.