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Award Winners of 55 th IFFI Goa 2024

In Closing ceremony held on 28 Nov. 2024 of the INternational Film Festival of Inida (IFFI) Goa under the Festival directorship of Shekhar Kapur, Following celebrities were conferred awards:

1. Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievent award by Australian Film Maker Director Phillip Noyce

2. Best Debut Director for Indian feature film GHARAT GANPATI byNavjyot Bandiwadekar

3 Best Web series award to Marathi serial "Lampon"

4. Best film award for "Toxic"

5 Best Indian Film personality award of the year by actor Vikrant Massey

Category: Film Festivals

MAMI FILM FESTIVAL 2024

MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024 ( 18 Oct-24 )

The MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024 kicked off its six-day celebration of global cinema, creativity, and culture in Mumbai on October 18, 2024, with a spectacular opening ceremony at the prestigious single screen theatre Regal Cinema.

Interim Festival Director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and Artistic Director Deepti DCunha declared the festival open. Esteemed members of the film fraternity, festival partners, and dignitaries were in attendance, making the event a true celebration of global talent.

Category: Film Festivals

FICCI Young Leaders Awards 2024

Need to build robust institutional mechanisms to generate trust, transform India’s economic landscape

Category: Seminars or Conventions

THE INDIAN ACTOR WHO MADE HISTORY AT CANNES

THE INDIAN ACTOR WHO MADE HISTORY AT CANNES

Category: Film Festivals

INDIAN CINEMA CREATED HISTORY AT 77 TH CANNES FESTIVAL

INDIAN CINEMA CREATED HISTORY AT 77 TH CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Payal Kapadia, a FTII Pune diploma holder scripted history by becoming the first Indian film maker to win GRAND PRIX, the second highest award at the prestigious and world’s top 77 th International Film Festival Cannes for her debut narrative feature “All We Imagine As Light” .It was amongst 22 films competing for the for the Palme d’Or, the top award

Category: Film Festivals

THE SIGHT GUIDE - Book Review

THE SIGHT GUIDE

By Dr. Cyres K Mehta

Category: Book Reviews

24 TH FICCI FRAMES

AVGC policy to facilitate investments, foster innovation and contribute to building world-class infrastructure

Realization of ‘Viksit Bharat’ depends on collective contribution of everyone; Skilling is integral to the future of India

Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India in his inaugural address said that the media and entertainment industry play a pivotal role in shaping our society, influencing our perspectives, and has a multiplier effect on our economy.

Category: Seminars or Conventions

AMEEN SAYANI ( 21 Dec.1932--20 Feb.2024 )

Towering legendary Iconic Voice No more

Category: Homages

54 TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA GOA

54TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA GOA

( 20--- 28 November 2023 )

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Category: Film Festivals

23 rd FICCI FRAMES

23^rd edition of FICCI FRAMES ( 3-5 May 2023)

Govt. to soon announce AVGC policy and create AVGC Mission:

NFDC to come up with own OTT as a platform to showcase those films that don't get space in the market

Indian M&E sector to touch Rs 3 trillion in 2025: FICCI-EY Report

Category: Seminars or Conventions

Launch of New OTT Channel K MAX

New OTT Channel K Max launched with a big bash

K Max Digital Pvt. Ltd. is a newly floated company is a New OTT Production House and Entertainment company and the founders are directors are Pradeep Sanghvi as Channel CEO, Yogesh Sharma and Vijay Singh. These young and bubbling entrepreneurs have joined hands with experienced team of Anu Sisodia as Programming Head and Sanjay Jaiswal as Business/Marketing head .

Category: Celebration

ALL ROUNDER SATISH KAUSHIK IS NO MORE

( 1956 -- 2023 )

After qualifying from National School of Drama ( NSD) and the Film and Television Insitute of India ( FTII) he came down to Mayanagari Mumbai. Along with his colleague Om Puri ,he first started acting in Stage Plays famous being “Salesman Ramla Satish Kaushik ,the all in one actor-producer-director-writer breathed his last on ( March 2023 at Gurugram. His last rites were performed at Versova Mumbai,

Category: Homages

Swastik Karnatki Weds Sushruti

SWASTIK KARNATAKI WEDS SUSHRUTI

Category: Celebration

FICCI FRAMES FAST TRACK 2022

“FICCI FRAMES FAST TRACK “ convention at Powai Mumbai

( 27 and 28 September 2022 )

(Photo After Inauguration)

Highlights of the Convention

*Indian M&E sector to grow over $100 billion by 2030: MIB Secretary

Category: Seminars or Conventions

HOMAGE TO FILM MAKER -LYRICIST SAAWAN KUMAR TAK

Homage to Film maker Lyricist Saawan Kumar Tak

( 9 Aug.1936- 25 Aug.2022 )

Category: Homages

My long journey in film journalism has been full of thrills and challenges

Mohan Siroya: My long journey in film journalism has been full of thrills and challenges

INTERVIEWS

By Dale Bhagwagar Last updated Mar 28, 2022

Category: Interviews

Reknowned writer Sagar Sarhadi is no more ---A sad Day for the Film Industry

Reknowned writer Sagar Sarhadi is no more

Category: Homages

DILIP KUMAR ---MUGHAL- E- AZAM OF ACTING

DILIP KUMAR ( Muhammad Yusuf Khan)

“Mughal-E-Azam” of Acting

(11Dec.1922—07 July 2021 )

“Hazaaron Saal nargis Apni Benoori Pe Roti hai

Badi Mushkil Se Hota Hai ,Chaman Mein Deedawar

Paida”

Category: Homages

PAKEEZAH

1972 block buster movie “Pakeezah “.

Category: Nostalgia

DIL EK MANDIR

Bollywood Classic Series ---- By Mohan Siroya

“DIL EK MANDIR” (1963)

Category: Nostalgia

About Author

Mohan Siroya - the owner, editor and writer of shadowplayindia.com,

MR. MOHAN SIROYA, academically a double post graduate, has been freelancing as a FILM JOURNALIST / CRITIC for last 40 years. He has been a prolific writer, having written critical articles, features, reviews etc. on Films, Music and TV in numerous English periodicals in India like The Indian Express, Film Fare, Film World, Picture Post, Cine Advance, Screen, The Hitavada, Lokmat Times, The Twin City Times, Film Industry Journal, Day After, Femina, Eve’s Weekly, Free Press Journal, Blitz etc.

Presently he is a regular columnist for a couple of journals and the Founder, Editor, Writer, Critic of the journal SHADOW PLAY. So far Mr. Siroya has written about 7000 articles on films. He is the founder president of FREELANCE FILM JOURNALISTS COMBINE (FFJC), a registered association of Freelance film journalists all over India.