Asian School of Graphics And Animation Ranks First in Facilities

The other school of (AAFT) Asian Academy Of Film And Television popularly known as Asian School Of Graphics and Animation (ASGA) based in Noida Film City ranks biggest and the best in the facilities as required by any Multimedia School in the Country informed Jt Director R.K. Singh while talking to the group of Multimedia experts.

The school has designed different courses from short term to undergraduate and post graduate education including 3 months Diplomas in Print and Advertising Graphics, 2D Graphics and Animation, Virtual Set Designing, 3D Graphics and Animation, Compositing and Special Effects, Internet and Web Design, TV Graphics and Animation.

The One year Diploma Courses include a Diploma in Multimedia, Diploma in Digital Design. Twin Certification programs (Degree and Diploma) of three year Graduation in Multimedia and Two year Post Graduation in Multimedia are also very popular courses.

The school has its own audio studios, a radio station, film And video studios, theatres, indoor and outdoor shooting facilities, a print media lab, sketching lab, Graphics and animation labs, editing suits, latest cameras and state of art film and television facilities including effective placement cell.

“The education is supported by workshops, seminars, interactions, industry interface, film festivals, visits and lots of practical” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios. The institute has been adjudged as perfect by Industry pundits.( www.asga.edu.in)

Asian Academy Of Arts Pays Tribute To M F Hussain

The staff and management of Asian Academy Of Arts, a body to promote art and culture in India associated with Asian Academy of Film And Television of Marwah Studios kept 2 minutes silence for the departed soul MS Hussain at Noida Film City.

“We all have felt a deep loss on the demise of our greatest, tallest and the most famous artist who has achieved the incomparable position in the field of Arts” said Sandeep Marwah the Chairperson of Asian Academy of Arts.

M.S. Hussain who was not well from last three weeks breathed his last at Royal Brompton Hospital in London, UK. The whole country expressed the feelings on this unbearable loss. The 95 year old artist ranked among the finest painters of the World.

“M.F.Hussain is immortal and he is going to live on this earth for the next thousand years through his work of arts” Marwah added recollecting Hussain’s association with Indian Film Industry. The President of India Smt. Pratibha Patil, The Vice President of India M Hamid Ansari The Prime Minister of India Dr. ManMohan Singh also extended their heart felt condolences on the demise of internationally renowned painter of India.

Sandeep Marwah On The Board Of Focus 2011

The fifth Annual International summit on Entertainment and Media Industry is to be organized by one of the oldest chamber- ASSOCHAM. This grand event is once again planned in Delhi. Its first meeting was held at the registered office of ASSOCHAM at Delhi to discuss the main issues including seminars, workshops and interaction programs.

The purpose of starting FOCUS an international event related to media and entertainment industry in Delhi is to add on to the media and entertainment culture and try to bring in industries difficulties on table so that they can be solved with mutual interest and consent” said Sandeep Marwah the President of Marwah Studios and one of the founder members of Entertainment and Media Council of ASSOCHAM.

The meeting was attended by T.P.Agarwal President Film Federation of India, Ajay Sharma Director ASSOCHAM, Roop Sharma President Association of Cable Operator Of India, Anuradha Prasad Managing Director NEWS 24, A Mohan of Zee TV and Others. The meeting was conducted by Sujata Dev the Co-Chairperson of the council.

World Environment Day Celebrated At Marwah Studios

“It is very important to have a beautiful and healthy environment and that is only possible if you respect and love nature” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios during the conference at Noida Film City with the students of Films, television and media of Asian Business School, Asian Academy of Film And Television and Asian School of Media Studies.

The theme of this year is ‘Forests-Nature At Your Service’-cover one third of the earth’s land mass, performing vital functions and services around the world which make our planet alive with possibilities. In fact, 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their livelihoods. They play a key role in our battle against climate change, releasing oxygen into the atmosphere while storing carbon dioxide.

This year's global host is India which is a country of wide bio-diversity. World Environment Day (WED) is a day that stimulates awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and public action. It falls on 5 June every year as decided by the United Nation.

AAFT Honored Alumni Lavlin Thadani With Academy Award

“AAFT is proud of Lavlin Thadani, a direction student of 9th batch (1995) who has done a commendable work in the field of films and television and added a colourful feather in the cap of AAFT” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and Director of Asian Academy Of Film And Television on the inauguration of 70th AAFT festival of Short Digital Films.

Lavlin is a film-maker who is passionate about socially relevant issues, she has produced and directed about a hundred programmes, that include features, documentaries, docu-dramas and corporate films. A tele film titled Karrmawali represented India at prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Two films, Jeet and You be the sky…were selected for the 5th Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival held in New York 2005. You be the sky… was also selected by the jury for screening at ReelheART International Film Festival held in Toronto, Canada in 2006 and has been screened at the United Nations (New York) and in Indonesia at the Magsaysay Awards Ceremony. Jeet was selected for screening at the Nehru Centre, London in 2006.


“I am indebted to my Institution and my teachers who have moulded me to be a better film maker, I can never forget my days at AAFT. Sandeep Marwah’s motivational lectures are still fresh in my mind” said Lavlin Thadani.

Lavlin Has worked with some of the best directors of the Film Industry namely Lekh Tandon, M.S.Sathyu and Ved Rahi amongst others. She Pioneered the Breakfast show on Doordarshan and compered innumerable shows and interviewed dignitaries, famous personalities for Doordarshan and Moscow Television. Lavlin has worked as National Media Consultant with WHO and has been the member of The Film Censor Board of India in 2002-2003.

The Content Of The Film Matters- Malti Sahay At 70th Festival of AAFT

“The times have changed and cinema now can be seen in a digital format whether it on big screen, television, internet or mobile, it is the content- the story which matters and all starts from short films” said Malti Sahay the former Director, Directorate of Film Festival, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India on the inauguration of 70th AAFT Festival of Short Digital Films at Film City Noida.

“It has become custom with us to celebrate festival of short films every three months. This is the best platform for short films to showcase to the film lovers” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and of the festival for the 70th time adding another feather in the cap of Marwah by creating International Record.

Some of the films shown in the 70th festival were WHAT?ERR directed by Prashant Mathawan, THE PROMESSA by Shubham Bhatnagar, AAKHRI CHORI by Mohd Shahid, HUM APKE HAIN KAUN ? by Rahul Verma, THE CURSE by Anup Kumar & H. Narwal, THE DREAM by Arnab Bhattacharya and WHOSOEVER UR, BE PURE directed by Gaurav Bhalla.

Others who spoke on the occasion were Sudhir Tandon President Osian Film Festival Pratap Chakerbarthy representative of AFP, Mukesh Ranjan of Asian Age and Kalyan Sarkar Dean AAFT and all were presented life membership of International Film And Television Club. Later Sandeep Marwah honored Lavleen Thadani the student of 9th batch of AAFT with Academy Award on the completion of 100 projects on visual media.

Marwah Cricket Club (MCC) Had A Wonderful Beginning

A commitment to the students of Asian Education Group was fulfilled when Sandeep Marwah the President of Marwah Studios announced the inter college match on 28th of May with the launching of MCC ‘Marwah Cricket Club’ at Marwah Studios.

All the three schools Asian Academy of Film And Television, Asian Business School and Asian School of Media Studies created their own teams and a tournament of three matches was designed on that day. The Yellow color to ASMS, Navy blue to AAFT and White to ABS brought a wonderful color combination to the Noida stadium which was full of enthusiasm and feeling of success.

The three teams were lead by their captains Vivek Singh (ABS), Kunal Kalra (AAFT) and Varun Jhamb (ASMS) and further controlled by their team managers Sudhir Ranjan (ABS), Prabhat Shukla (AAFT) and Sushil Bharti for ASMS which all were centrally looked after by MCC Team Manager Mansoor Naqvi. The deans of all the three schools Kalyan Sarkar AAFT, OmGupta ASMS and Latika Sahani ABS played important role in motivating the players to be the part of the tournament. R.K.Singh Jt.Director of ASMS & new school Asian School of Communication looked after the administration of the show.

The match finished with the high tone of sports man ship and each team won one match. The three awards of ‘Man Of The Match’ were handed over to Chirag Mehra (ASMS) Ankit Bhatia (ABS), and Sumit Bhardwaj (AAFT) by Sandeep Marwah. The final selection will take place in due course of time.