Feature Film Raag Desh Stole The Hearts of Indians

Team of Feature Film Raag Desh at AAFT

New Delhi: A special show for the President of India Shri Pranab Mukerjee, a personal blessings by the Vice President of India Shri Hameed Ansari and appreciation by many member of parliaments added a lot to the screening of feature film Raag Desh at the president house.

“First time in 100 years of Indian Cinema, a film trailer has been launched in the Parliament. Rajya Sabha and its TV have produced first time a full-length commercial feature film. A history has been created. This is the first film, which claims that actual characters have been shown here, and nothing is false here,” said Gurdeep Singh Sappal producer of the film at a grand function to celebrate Kargil Vijay Diwas at Marwah Studios.

“Film is talking about patriotism and that is the agenda of our prime minister too. Every Indian must realize the pain our people went through at the time of Independence. The role of INA-Indian National Army created by Neta Subhash Chander Bose is enough to keep in the books of history,” added Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios welcoming the cast and crew of Film Raag Desh.

Mohit Marwah narrated his role of Col. P.K.Sehgal in the film and said,” we must value of role of Indian Forces be it Air Force, Army or Navy. Our nation celebrates everyday at the risk of life of our forces at borders. The film has brought transformation within all the members of our film unit”.

Kunal Kapoor playing Col. Bakshi expressed his deep involvement with the role, the research work that has been done by the director and actors before the film. Mohit and Kunal also spoke their dialogues.

Mrudula Murali, Amrita Rai also spoke on the occasion.  Amit Sadh and Tigmanshu Dhulia were busy with their other commitments of the film. The cast of the film charged the audience with the patriotic feelings and the jam packed hall shouted many times the slogans of Jai Hind, Inkalab Zindabad and Vande Matram.

ASMS Join Hands With British Council For WildScreen Film Festival

Asian School of Media Studies Joined hands with one of the most prestigious film festival on the issues of Environment and Wildlife-WildScreen Film Festival organized by British Council in Delhi. The two days festival at Marwah Studios attracted many young film makers from different streams of film making. The screenings were followed by workshops and discussions.

“We are honored to be part of this popular film festival brought to India by British Council.” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios. “It is not only informative but has induced us to go ahead for making more films on environment and wildlife” Marwah added.

Charlie Walker, the Director Programme British Council ahead the team of film makers from United Kingdom including Laura Marshall, Patric Rouxcell, Ted Oakes, Nicola Reeves, Richards Edwards. The movies screened in these two days included 'Extreme Ice', on glacier melts from US directed by Noel Dockstader; 'The Man Who Stopped the Desert', a West African tale of greening the desert by Mark Dodd from Britain; and 'The Wild Meat Trail', an account of wild meat hunting and eating in northeast India directed by Rita Banerji and Shilpi Sharma.

Other films include 'North-Eastern Diaries: Seeking Wildlife in the Eastern Himalayas' from India by Sandesh Kadur, 'How Earth Made Us: Human Planet' from Britain by Matthew Dyas, 'Wild: The Coral Gardener' from Britain by Emma Robens, 'Green' from France by Patrick Rouxel and the BBC Life series on environment.

“British Council will make more efforts like this to create awareness on these kind of social issues and will be pleased to work with Asian School of Media Studies (ASMS) and Asian Academy of Film And Television (AAFT).” said Rob Lynes Director British Council in India.

Film Makers Must Now Think About Environment-Sandeep Marwah

‘Rapid growth of population, discoveries and inventions, industrialization and urbanization has lead to environmental problems. It has effected the land and wild life and lead to water and air pollution” said Sandeep Marwah founder of film city Noida, film producer and educator at the opening of Wild Screen Film Festival at British Council New Delhi.

The Wildscreen Festival was founded by Sir Peter Scott in 1982 and has been organised every alternate year for the past 25 years. It is the world’s largest and most prestigious wildlife and environmental film festival. The festival was inaugurated by actor Kunal Kapoor.

The two-day festival screened six movies, including the BBC Life Series. It opened with the screening of 'Can We Save The Planet Earth', a 2006 movie presented by Sir David Attenborough. The screening was accompanied by seminar that focused on 'Trends in wildlife & environmental filmmaking'

The movies screened in two days festival included 'Extreme Ice', on glacier melts from US directed by Noel Dockstader; 'The Man Who Stopped the Desert', a West African tale of greening the desert by Mark Dodd from Britain; and 'The Wild Meat Trail', an account of wild meat hunting and eating in northeast India directed by Rita Banerji and Shilpi Sharma.

Other films included 'North-Eastern Diaries: Seeking Wildlife in the Eastern Himalayas' from India by Sandesh Kadur, 'How Earth Made Us: Human Planet' from Britain by Matthew Dyas, 'Wild: The Coral Gardener' from Britain by Emma Robens, 'Green' from France by Patrick Rouxel and the BBC Life series on environment.

Chief executive of Wildscreen Festival, Richard Edwards, said I am happy to see the large involvement of public this time. Rob Lynes, director of British Council in India, said: 'The British Council actively engages with environmental filmmakers as they play an important role to shape public opinion on key issues like climate change.' Sandeep Marwah invited film makers to come forward with new and interesting ideas where Marwah Studios will support their projects