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| Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award to Sandeep Marwah |
Mumbai: Renowned film and television personality Sandeep
Marwah with five world records to his credit, honored with the most prestigious
Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award
for his untiring contribution to Cinema today at Chitrakoot Grounds in Mumbai.
Sandeep Marwah has been the founder of Noida Film City, the
fastest growing film city in the World. It is a 100 acres complex with 75 acres
outdoor 25 acres indoor, 16 studios, 350 Channels are being broadcast to 162
countries 24x7, 17000 media professionals are working in film city and
cascading effect is that 150,000 people are earning their bread because of film
city.
Sandeep Marwah is the
founder of first professional film studios of North India-Marwah Studios and
has churned out more than 4500 television program for more than 50 channels,
150 feature films, 5000 training films and also a birth place for most of
channels in India from 1991.
Sandeep Marwah is the founder director of Asian Academy of
Film And Television the first private film school of this country and has
trained 12000 media professionals hailing from 120 countries since 1993. Now
AAFT ranks as the first ten best film schools of the World.
Sandeep Marwah is the producer of largest number of short
films in the World. He has provided a wonderful opportunity to more than 10,000
film aspirants hailing from more than 100 countries to shoot 2300 short films. Most
of the films are based on social issues, documentaries and theme-based
fictions.
Sandeep Marwah has designed and given 10 best festivals to
the entertainment industry including Global Film Festival, Global Festival of
Journalism, Global Literary Festival, Global Fashion Week, AAFT Festival of
Short Digital Films etc. He has given the term Film Tourism to the dictionary
and attracted 2 Million people to Noida Film City so far.
“I am feeling elevated and charged with new energy after
this prestigious award. An award after the name of father of Cinema in India
means a lot to me,” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios while
receiving the award in a grand function.
Sandeep Marwah also the President of International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry was congratulated by large number of filmmakers,
television personalities and people from media and other strata of life.
Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award is 16 years old
setup and the organization has been honoring people from Media and
Entertainment Industry every year.
