Thursday, March 31, 2011

Convocation of 70th Batch of Trainees At AAFT




Training under a real media guru has raised the level of not only the education and training at AAFT but uplifts the altitude of humanity in each and every young film, TV and media aspirant.” said Lalit Bhasin a renowned Supreme Court lawyer and Chief Guest on the convocation of 70th batch of trainees of AAFT at Noida Film City.

“Love and adore all arts be it paintings, sculptures, music, singing, dance, drama or writing in case you want to grow in Cinema which carries all arts into its stream” said Jatin Das a renowned International painter motivating passing out students.

“If two meetings with Sandeep Marwah can convert me from Chartered Accountant to writer, you are lucky to be in this institute and can do wonders in media” articulated Rajiv Soni from the dice of AAFT. Social worker and politician Pawan Verma said, “We at Uttar Pradesh feel proud that AAFT is being operated from this state and is an International seat of learning.

Dr D.M. Mahajan a dermatologist offered his services to all the acting students to rectify their looks for better presentation and Syed Ahmed Ali assured the technical students to join his channel for better prospects.

Prof. Kalyan Sarkar Dean read the report and prof. Mansoor Naqvi Associate Dean proposed vote of thanks. Sandeep Marwah President Marwah Studios handed over the life membership of International Film And Television Club to all the guest present there.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Marwah Studios Join Hands With Film Company Kodak




We are out and out ready to promote our feature film wing of Marwah studios so that students enrolled in film courses like BSC in Cinema, Msc in Cinema PGD in Cinematography and Bsc in Cinema with Cinematography as specialization can get ample education and training at the first hand in the institute Asian Academy of Film And Television (AAFT) and Asian School of Media Studies (ASMS) informed Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios.

To make things easy and available both the schools AAFT and ASMS have tied up with International renowned film company Kodak for the supply as well as the developing of the films. The Vice President of the Company Mehernoz Maloo said,” I am happy to see the facilities available at Marwah Studios for education and teaching films, we would love to join hands with them”

To promote film education we have requested a renowned Cinematographer and film maker Joao Ponces Carlavos from Portugal, Karl Bardosh from New York University and Ashok Tyagi, David Dhawan, Basu Chatterjee, Pankaj Parashar , Khalid Mohammed and Boney Kapoor to be on the board.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

American Film Maker Tom Shepard At Marwah Studios



It was another occasion where Sandeep Marwah took the opportunity to invite an American Documentary film maker Tom Shepard to Marwah Studios to have a workshop and interaction with the faculty of Asian Academy of Film And Television, Asian School of Media Studies and Asian Business School at Noida Film City.

“Being the Chairperson of Indo American Chamber of Commerce Entertainment and Media Committee I feel it is important to bridge the gap between the film makers of two countries.” said Sandeep Marwah while introducing Tom Shepard the film maker, Thomas White the Editor of famous magazine ‘Documentary’, cultural affairs officer, Embassy of The United States of American Lydia Barraza and Supriya Suri of Cine Darbar.

“Documentaries can be very interesting by adding story to it’s subject” said Tom Shepard who also presented his award winning film ‘Scouts Honor’. Tom has also produced and directed other documentary films like ‘Knocking’, ‘Voting in America’, ‘Spark’ and ‘listening To America’.

The jury member at many International Film Festivals and writer with The Hollywood Reporter, Varity International Film Guide, Indie Wire and Film Arts Thomas White clarifies many doubts of film makers and added” we need more festivals like Sundance Film Festival to promote documentaries”

Marwah later presented the life membership of International Film And Television Club to the honorable guests. The event was supported by Radio Noida, International Film And Television Research Centre and International Public Broadcasting Forum.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Akhiyan Ton Door Jayeen Na Has A Strong Concept And Story




“Inspired by the socio-cultural fabric of the land of 5 rivers this is the story of entwined relationships tangled across love, family, society and system at large” said Gurbir Grewal the director of the first soap opera of Punjabi language in India.

“ A brilliant concoction of family drama, emotions, action and comedy, the TV series revolves around the story of a strong female protagonist. The lead pair sets examples for the contemporary populous to resent all wrongs in perusal of truth, justice and love” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and Co-producer of the serial ATDJN.

With powerful performances and an appealing plot, this is a promising recipe of Punjabi fiction entertainment. The programme takes the responsibility of addressing many rampant social concerns including gender discrimination, family politics, the institution of marriage, plight of the poor along with others.

Shot at the most authentic locations in Punjab, this show brings alive the aroma of Punjabi soil and characters jostling within it, in the most rustic look and feel. Directed by the eminent producer and director Sh. Gurbir Grewal, an alumnus of FTII known for his feature films Mannat ( Bag Films) and Coffee House (Marwah Studios) Akhiyan Ton Door Jayeen Na has revamped the entire concept of healthy Punjabi family entertainment.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Sandeep Marwah Awarded In Punjab For His Contribution To Media




“The only film company to click 10000 stills, shot 1000 hrs of film making, covered 20,000 km in 28 states and 7 union territories to cover 300 events at 900 locations moved with Queen’s Baton Relay during 19th Commonwealth games in 102 non stop days and edited and handover 102 ENG.s to Government for World telecast.” Sandeep Marwah was introduced by Dr. H.K.Singh Director of Management & Industrial Development Institute, Jalandhar, Punjab.

Sandeep Marwah’s contribution to media is worth praising especially the 1800 short films which is another World Record by him “H.K.Singh added.“we must highlight his achievements including educating and training 9000 media professionals from 81 countries & 700 media events in last 19 years as Director of Asian Academy of Film And Television an international seat carved by him.

“I am thankful to the people of my country for recognizing my efforts and honoring me once again, my responsibility now has gone up towards promoting entertainment industry” said Sandeep Marwah President Marwah Studios while receiving award at jalandhar on the occasion of 14th Annual MIDI Management Excellence Awards where some of the prominent persons were awarded.

Dr Inderjit Singh of Guru Nanak Dev University, Dr. Babu Ram Member Secretary, Pollution Control Board, Mohinder Bhagat Chairman Medium Industry Development Board, Baljeet Singh Neelamahal Chairman Improvement Trust, Sawaran Singh Phillaur Chief Parliamentary Secretary Punjab Government blessed the program.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Sandeep Marwah Inaugurated Exhibition of Paintings—Myriad Hues




“The art is the real expression of inner feelings, what you have in mind comes on the canvas with the help of lines and colors” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and Chairperson of Asian Academy of Arts while inaugurating the exhibition of two artist ‘Myriad Hues’ at Arpana Art Gallery at New Delhi.

Soumitra Das Gupta a poet, Painter, writer, film maker, production designer and advertising creative has many facet where he identifies himself. Soumittra Das Gupta finished his schooling from The Government College of Arts, Kolkatta. “My subjects are always beyond every day life, this time I have emphasized on Shakti” said Das Gupta.

Manab Bhattacharya is also from Government College of Arts “ life has become restless and irritating, there are more sad and angry occasions in life, this is what I have projected through my paintings” said Manab Bhattacharya showing canvas mainly using red, black and hard colors away from the kindness of nature. Sandeep Marwah offered the artist to exhibit their works at Marwah Studios.

Marwah Studios Join Hands With Yamaha of Japan




The representatives of world renowned Japanese company Yamaha dealing in audio products visited Marwah Studios at Noida Film City for exploring bigger and better relations with Indian media and entertainment industry. “We have approached the leader of entertainment business so that fast results can be attained toward positive side” said Shinsuke Misumi the sales and marketing head of Yamaha in India.

“We can proudly say that we are already using Yamaha products in audio department especially for our Radio Noida” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and renowned international media personality. “We are open for any and every possibility of business with Yamaha as we have very cordial relations with Japan” Marwah added.

Yamaha through its Delhi office will contribute towards media education at Asian Academy of Film And Television as well as Asian School Of Media Studies soon.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Asian Academy of Arts Invited Publishers To Come Forward




“Its commendable that today Atma Ram And Sons completing 100 years of Publication, they have added to the history of India and publication world a collection of unique and incomparable books” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and Chairperson of Asian Academy of Arts while handing over memento to Sheel Puri of AR &Sons at the annual publisher’s meet organized by Rashtriya Parkashak Sang.

“Asian Academy of Arts was launched during the visit of Miss Universe 2010 Xienna Navaratte at AAFT to promote all fine arts with special emphasis to writing” said Om Gupta Dean Writing AAA. “Today’s seminar on publication and publishers meet will help us in developing more writing material from the House of Marwahs, a creative enterprise” Gupta added. Academy of Arts also had a round table with the prominent writers of India recently.

An annual award of Rs 21000/- after the name of the father of Yogendra Pal of Sahitya Prakashan was announced during the session for the best Novel written and submitted as first entry by new writer. Others who expressed their views were renowned hindi editor Raj Kumar Gautam and Sukhpal Gupta of Arya Book Depot. Marwah offered a special weekly radio program for the publishers to highlight their prestigious publications on Radio Noida 107.4FM.

Japanese Delegation At Marwah Studios




“We are happy to develop our relation with Marwah Studios which is one stop shop for all arts and culture in India whether it is films, Television, Media, or any of the performing and fine arts.” said Kojiro Uchiyama Director of Japan Information Centre, Embassy of Japan in New Delhi who has been associated earlier with Japanese Film Festival organized by AAFT.

This time it was a unique program brought to India by Tao , an artist specializing in sketching and painting portraits in no time with Japanese culture as its base. “I am feeling proud to be here in India and part of this organization where I could contribute to the Indo Japan friendship” said Yuka Tao a renowned artist from Japan.

Kurahashi Yuka of International Relation Bureau, Fukuoka Prefactural Government and Masahiro Nagira from Embassy of Japan were also present there. Zoomi a Japanese film maker and now editor at Asian School of Media Studies welcomed the International guest.

Sandeep Marwah President Marwah Studios proposed one minute silence for all those who lost their life in the disaster in Japan. Later Marwah handed over the membership of International Film And Television Club to all the guest from Japan. The program was supported by Asian Academy of Arts and Radio Noida.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Acting Workshop At Bhutan By AAFT




Asian Academy of Film And Television (AAFT), Bhutan Chamber of Commerce & Industries in association with Department of Human Resource and Labour, Govt of Bhutan had organized a week long workshop on film acting to promote the young talents of Bhutan in the field of Film & TV industry. Mila Tobgyal of Mila communications was the coordinator of this workshop.

“Participants were selected from all over Bhutan. There were 31 participants, 12 females & 19 males in the workshop. The workshop on film acting was conducted at BCCI, Thimphu, Bhutan” informed Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and Director AAFT.

Sonam Rincheh, Director, Human Resource, Ministry of Labour & Human Resource, Govt. of Bhutan was the chief Guest who also inaugurated the workshop. Chhimi Dorjee, Director Human Resource, BCCI, Sherab, Secretary, Motion Pictures Association of Bhutan (MPAB) and other officers of BCCI were also present on this occasion.


“Workshop held in very cordial atmosphere. Classes were taken on yoga, body movements, actor & space, compositions, imagination, observation, sense memory, emotions, physical actions, expressions, improvisation, body language-dialogues etc. There was a remarkable growth in all the participants during the workshop.” said Satish Anand Dean Acting AAFT who mastered the workshop.

On the closing day all the participants were given certificates. Sonam Rincheh, Director, Human Resource, Ministry of Labour & Human Resource, Govt. of Bhutan had distributed the certificates. Organizers were very happy with the result of this workshop. . They said that the outcome of this workshop shows the high quality of education at AAFT .

AAFT Joins Hand With Global Yog Week 17th -21st April

The Global Yog Week has been now fixed for 17th to 21st April 2011 at New Delhi to be organized by Global Yog Alliance in association with World Religious Parliament and Asian Academy of Film And Television informed Dr. Gopalji the Chairperson of Global Yog Alliance an international federation of Yoga.

“It is our proud privileged to be part of this international event where more than 100 delegates are joining from more than 20 countries of the World to discuss Yog, Religion and Media” said Sandeep Marwah who has been designated as International Media Guru and will have the honor to share dice with other religious Gurus of the World.

The secretary General of World Religious Parliament Acharya Satinder informed that countries like Portugal, Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, Argentina, Brazil and others have already confirm their participation for the Global Yog Week. The formal inauguration of the Yog Week will be on 18th April 2011.

The event will consists of workshops, seminars, symposiums, interactions, performances at Talkatora Stadium and includes visit to Marwah Studios at Noida Film City.

Youth Program Young Beats Inaugurated At Radio Noida




Radio Noida 107.4 FM was inaugurated in 2009 November during the second Global Film Festival by the great music directors Sajid Wajid from Mumbai who later accepted to be the brand ambassador for the Radio Noida too. The radio station started with 2 hours of program and now it has been broadcasting 14 hours a day.

The powerful programs are listening by the highly populated areas of Noida, Delhi, Faridabad and Ghaziabad cities. Radio Noida has been rated as one of the most successful transmitting station in India as Community Radio.

To make all social programs relevant and to raise the level of listener ship another interesting step has been added to the daily program and that is going to be called Young Beats. This program is going to be conducted by the students of Asian Academy of Film and Television, Asian Business School and Asian School of Media Studies.

“I am pleased to start this program as I want my students should learn everything about radio before they leave this institution” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios. The inauguration was done by renowned media persons including Sanjeev Sood, Poonam Surin, Vivek Mittal, Amit Jani and Rohit Sardana.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Sandeep Marwah Honored By Paridhi For Art Promotion




It has been more than 25 years that Sandeep Marwah has been promoting art and culture in India. It all started with theatre-dance & drama with Drama Club, Music & singing through Mehak Aur Ghazal a music group, Painting and Sculpture through Art Gallery and then film, television and media through his Marwah Studios and radio Noida said Nirmal Vaid president of Paridhi a 25 year old cultural organization in the country.


“Paridhi is honored in handing over this award to Sandeep Marwah for his untiring efforts to encourage and persuade arts in the country Not only that he is involved in these arts he has gone out of way to promote many young and talented artist from all over India and abroad in fine arts through Asian Academy of Arts” added Pankaj Narayan the General secretary of the organization.

It was another event organized by Paridhi at Habitat Centre on the occasion of popular festival of Holi. The musical evening by Dr Sangita Gaur motivated audience to participate in the event whole heartedly. Her electrifying performance of singing Holi numbers changed the whole environment in few minutes. Later Marwah has been invited to join the advisory board of Paridhi.

Sandeep Marwah Honored By Paridhi For Art Promotion

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Visual Media Is The Most Effective Medium-Surya Shukla



“The visual medium is the most effective medium of mass communication because you hear, you see and your emotions get attached to it, the effect is bound to come when you see a film” said Surya Kumar Shukla the Additional Director General Police Traffic on the release of a promotional film on traffic produced by Marwah Studios at Noida Film City.

“We have production department and would like to make more films like this so that the traffic of the state can be improved, I am sure this film will play a vital role in short period of time” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios welcoming the film makers and guest from police department.

“We will distribute this film to all our department, cinema halls of UP, the traffic rule braker s, schools and colleges so that maximum awareness can be created about traffic rules” Surya K Shukla added. Explaining about the film Sushil Bharti the director of the film and HOD Television Asian School of Media Studies congratulated all the 25 participants and media students for their efforts who were given a certificate as token of appreciation.

It is hard to know that 14400 people died in UP last year because of road accident and around 20000 got injured on the road. City like Noida have only 125 traffic police which is not even quarter of the actual present requirement informed Surya K Shukla. Later Sandeep Marwah presented a membership of International Film And Television Club to Surya Kumar Shukla and Avdesh Singh Vijeta SP Traffic Noida present on the occasion. The event was well attended by large number of Film, TV and media persons.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Organizations Are Needed To Take -up Issues Of Special Children




“I am happy that I am associated with Prayatn, and could do something for the special Children who need more attention and care by the society” said Sandeep Marwah while handing over the certificates of participation to all the children and teachers of Prayatn at during the time of 3rd Global Film festival Noida 2010 at Marwah Studios, Film City.

Prayatn - Bhawani educational and children care society is a social voluntary non-profit making registered organisation established in 1999, which is jointly and enthusiastically working nationwide for the upliftment of the deprived disabled, underprivileged and BPL children / people who are considered as a perpetual curse by their own kith and kin and then by the society.

”No problem in the world can reach a solution till the people are aware of it. The number of disabled and underprivileged / BPL children in India has come to an alarming figure today for the cause of Children” said Brijesh Kumar who is running the society.

“A child with mental retardation, cerebral palsy or autism may not overcome the challenges through medical treatment only .Each child has distinct needs and thus requires an appropriate management plan as per his / her actual needs. One needs to help these children by creating a change in their behavior by way of imparting special education / training fit for each of them on Individualized Educational Programmed” Marwah added. “We need more people and organizations to come forward and take up the cause” condensed Marwah who is also the Patron of Prayatn.

Organizations Are Needed To Take -up Issues Of Special Children

Saturday, March 12, 2011

69th Festival of Short Digital Films At AAFT




“Festival Of Short Digital Films at Asian Academy of Film and Television has emerged now the oldest film festival of short films in India” said Sandeep Marwah President Marwah Studios and Chairperson of International Film And Television Club. ”Its been 18 years we have been conducting this festival, this is probably the only film event in the World which happens every three months” Marwah added while introducing the formation of IFTC 18 years back to support film, TV and Media education.

The films made during the 69th batch of AAFT have been showcased in this festival. The most prominent films were MR.IRRESISTABLE directed by Frode Schlichting, FREEDOM directed by Ugo Ben, BORN TO DIE by Roshini Basu, PLAYGROUND by Mariam Abdalla, THE WAY IT WAS SEEN by Robin Chackho and MIND SET by Moti P Sutar

“It reminds me of my days at FTII, but the kind of facilities AAFT is proving you, the students can grow to any heights” said Sanjeev Sood renowned cinematographer and Director. “I am impressed by the functioning of this institution which no less than any best film schools of the World” said Vivek Mittal an educationist, Chairperson of a Foundation.“I am ready to contribute to my best to Radio Noida 107.4FM, a full fledged station in this campus” expressed Poonam Surin a senior Radio Producer Director from AIR.

“You are lucky that everything has been planned on platter, take best use of this time” motivated Amit Jani a youth leader. “Film making to film festivals don’t happen in any film school, I miss this school, I want to support every activity of this institute which is like a University in its self” emotionally explained Rohit Sardana of Zee News.

The show was supported by International Film And Television Research Centre, International Public Broadcasting Forum, International Children’s Film Forum and Pt.Jawaharlal Nehru Forum. The show attended by huge gathering of film, TV and media professionals and students. Prof Kalyan Sarkar and Prof R.K. Singh also spoke on the occasion.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Two Decades of Marwah Studios Celebrated on 10th March 2011

“In 1986 I submitted the application for development of Noida film city, 1987 it was cleared by UP Government, 1988 allotments were made and on 10th March 1991 Marwah Studios was inaugurated with great pomp and show” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios expressing ups and downs faced by him in last twenty years of long journey to a large crowd at Noida Film City.

“I remember we had Mrs Krishna Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Yash Chopra, Surinder Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit ,Poonam Dhillion, Boney Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Shilpa Shrodhkar, Vinod Pandey, Rakesh Roshan, Prem Chopra, Bijon Das Gupta, Ashok Thakaria, Indra Kumar, Padmini Kohlapure, Tutu Sharma, Rakesh Nath, Baba Azmi, and many more dignities from Indian Film Industry to grace the occasion” Marwah recollected

Marwah Studios has attained three World Records under the leadership of Sandeep Marwah. It has been associated with 3500 television productions for more than 50 channels and around 100 feature films in different languages. Marwah Studios has been Maternity Hospital for many national and local channels of the country. Marwah has been bestowed upon more than 150 International, National, State and other prestigious awards for the contribution to Entertainment Industry.

Through its Media schools Asian Academy Of Film &Television (AAFT), Asian School Of Media Studies (ASMS) and Asian Business School (ABS) Marwah Studios has churned out 9000 media students hailing from 81 countries of the World in last twenty years.

Marwah Studios under its production company produced more than 1800 short films and feature films like ‘Coffee House’, ‘Nazuk Sa Modh’, ‘Arrial’ and now ‘I Am’. Messages of congratulations have been received by Marwah from all over the World . Marwah launched two set of scholarships after the name of his father ‘Suraj Parkash Marwah Scholarship’ and mother Sheela Rani Marwah Scholarship” on the auspicious day for deserving students.(www.marwahstudios.com)

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

International Women’s Day Celebrated At Marwah Studios



“The traditions, religions and our culture have always taught us in India to respect women in all circumstances” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios, educationist and renowned international media personality of this part of the World while talking to all the members of Asian Education Group on the occasion of 100th International Women’s Day at Noida Film City.

Sandeep Marwah appreciated the contribution of Indian women in the development of the country and progress of Asian Education group. Marwah announced a set of scholarship after the name of his mother “Smt. Sheela Rani Marwah Scholarship” for deserving girl students in film, TV and Media.

All women in the organization were given equal opportunity to express and suggest to the president their views and ideas. Others who spoke were R.K.Singh the Jt. Director Asian School of Media Studies and Om Gupta Dean ASMS.

Sandeep Marwah Offered Young Designers to Join Films At Kaleidoscopic- 2011

“The quality of work, designing and the creativity what these designers have shown is no less than any professional, I want to offer them to work for my short films” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and Director of Asian Academy of Film And Television in the capacity of jury member during the annual fashion show organized by the students of International Polytechnics for Women at New Delhi.

18 rounds show choreographed by the renowned fashion show curator Kaushik Ghosh with the help of popular models was well praised by the dress designers Leena Singh, chief guest of the event. “I am amazed by the quality of works by the students. The hard efforts these young designers have put in their works needs lots of appreciation” said Leena Singh.

Blossom kochhar and kaushlaya Reddy were the other jury members. The receptive audience added huge energy into the whole event. Later the best teams were honored with prizes and awards. Director Sanjana kalra purposed vote of thanks.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Sandeep Marwah is the source of inspiration-Ashok Pradhan




“I am proud that Sandeep Marwah has brought Noida to International fame not only by establishing Noida Film City but by converting Noida into Nalanda and attracting students from 80 countries of the World” said Ashok Pradhan former Union Minister, Government of India at the award distribution function at Noida. “Marwah has become source of inspiration for many media persons in India” Ashok Pradhan added.

RBS Media is an initiative of some young film makers who want to bring many film,TV and media activities together under one roof. Speaking on the occasion Mughda Karla from IBN7 emphasized on the need of training in the field of media and moreover a genuine media centres. Dr. Praveen Tewari of India Live also expressed his views and highlighted the need of networking in this trade.

“Film, TV and Media is the most fascinating business, you need to be passionate to get success in this field” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios, educationist and three time World Record Holder while inaugurating the new film festival after the name of ‘Dada Sahib Phalke’ the father of Indian Cinema.

Later Ashok Pradhan handed over RBS Media and Educational Awards to people who all were present there from different fields from all over India.

Sandeep Marwah is the source of inspiration-Ashok Pradhan

Sandeep Marwah is the source of inspiration-Ashok Pradhan

Friday, March 4, 2011

Himachal Pradesh State Level Award For Sandeep Marwah

Himachal Pradesh State Level ‘Dev Bhomi Award’ was announced for the World Record Holder Sandeep Marwah for his indefatigable and untiring efforts for the promotion of film ,TV and Media activities in India and abroad and bringing Country of India to World fame.

Sandeep Marwah is the youngest director of a film school- Asian Academy Of Film And Television for a period of 19 years and has churned out 9000 media professionals hailing from 81 countries of the world. He has produced 1800 short films from his production company which is largest in the world. His film company is the only film organization to create a World record during 19th Commonwealth Games in India.

The awards were presented by Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court Hon’ble Justice Kurien Joseph. The award function was rescheduled owing to the busy schedule of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal

Others who were presented the award includes Lt Gen K Surendra Nath VSM-CCO ATRAC Shimla, Dr. D.S.Manhas Director General Police H.P.State, Padamshree Vijay Kumar Chopra Editor Punjab Keseri, Padamshree G.P. Chopra President DAV CMC, Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya Jee Vice Chancellor J.R.H. University Chitrakoot.

The list also includes Dr. O.P.Sharma Director Higher Education H.P.State, Dr. Nagin Nanda Director Environment H.P.State, Dr. Arun Sharma Director H.P. Tourism, Dr. Om Gauri Dutt Sharma, Director Doordarshan Shimla, J.S.Rana Director Udyog H.P.State, B.M.Nanta DC Kullu, Onkar Singh DC Shimla, A.N.Sharma Commissioner Nagar Nigam Shimla, Jai Prakash Gaur of Jaypee Associated Limited, and others.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Faiz Ahmed Faiz Remembered At AAFT




“Raze Ulfat Chupa Ke Dekh liya, Dil Bahut Kuch Jala Ke Dekh Liya, Aur Kya Dekhne Ko Baki Hai, Aapse Dil Laga Ke Dekh Liya’ poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz recited by Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios to remember the great scholar of poetry who has given some of the most valuable quotes of life through his lines to the world of literature.

A formal function was organized by Marwah Studios for the students of film, TV and media at Noida Film City. “I want to keep the tradition on, I want people of this world to learn from the depth of the writing of Faiz Ahmed Faiz” said Salima Hashmi the daughter of Faiz Sahib in the capacity of Chief Guest on the occasion and spoke about Faiz Ahmed Faiz in detail mentioning some of the interesting instances of his life.


Prof. Salima Hasmi is the former head of National College of Arts and now Dean at School of Visual Arts, Becanhouse National University in Lahore, Pakistan. She is a known painter, artist writer, activist, who had earlier interaction with Smt. Partibha Patil the President of India on the celebration of centurion of Faiz Ahmed Faiz in Delhi.

Others who spoke on the occasion were Harsh Narayan of Dragnons India, R.K.Singh Jt. Director Asian School of Media Studies, Kalyan Sarkar Dean Asian Academy Of Film And Television. Later Sandeep Marwah honored Salima Hashmi with the life membership of International Film And Television Research Centre.