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FEEL LIKE ASSOCIATING MYSELF WITH AAFT - ACTRESS
NEHA DHUPIA
 In
an obvious reference to the merit of systematic
training, the beauty queen turned actress
remarked that she feels like taking advantage
of the training opportunity offered by Asian
Academy of Film & Television. She along
with film star Sanjay Kapoor and film director
Deepak Shivdasani were visiting Asian Academy
of Film & Television on an invitation
from Prof. Sandeep Marwah. Addressing the
students, film star Sanjay Kapoor said that
the hard work put in by the actor as well
as his talent rather than a godfather, are
what matters in the film industry. He recalled
with nostalgia that the first shot of his
first commercial film "Prem" was
recorded at Marwah Studios, Noida. Answering
questions put to him by the students, film
director Deepak Shivdasani stated that the
emergence of multiplexes all over the country
has presented an unprecedented opportunity
to the filmmakers. He disclosed that his feature
film "Julie" in which Sanjay Kapoor
and Neha Dhupia are playing lead roles, will
be ready for the release in April next. |
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JOURNALISTS MAY BE INVITED TO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
 Expressing
his satisfaction over good friendly relations
between India and his country, the ambassador
of Bosnia and Herzegovina HE Zeljko Janjetovic
hinted at the possibility of the exchange
visits of the journalist of these two countries
in the near future. The ambassador of this
tiny southern European country was addressing
the students of Asian Academy of Film &
TV after releasing a book published by the
documentation division of the academy in association
with the International Film & Television
Research Centre. Earlier congratulating Prof.
Sandeep Marwah on establishing the first Film
University of India which may well be a successor
to Nalanda & Taxila, the former Indian
diplomatic B.P. Agarwal expressed his concern
over present strife and turmoil in the Asian
region. He strongly pleaded for the formation
of the Asian Union on the lines of the European
Union which has resulted in peace and prosperity
in that region. Sharing his thoughts with
the students, senior bureaucrat Mr. Tanvir
Zafar Ali advised them to be above all a good
human being. Addressing the students on this
occasion, the President of the Cable TV Operators
Association Mrs. Roop Sharma mentioned that
the twenty thousand crore rupees Indian television
industry has generated unprecedented and unlimited
opportunities to work for the creative persons
and doing business for the others. |
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STUDDED LAUNCH OF FILM’S MUSIC
 The
music of feature film Khushi being produced
under the living legend Surinder Kapoor’s
banner Narsimha Enterprises, was formally
launched in a glittering function held a few
days ago at New Delhi’s Hotel Maurya.
This memorable occasion was graced by the
great showman of Indian Film Industry and
producer of this film Boney Kapoor and Sridevi;
its co-producer Sandeep Marwah of Asian Academy
of Film & TV and Reena Marwah; stars of
the film Fardeen Khan and Kareena Kapoor and
Ramesh Taurani of Tips. The evergreen Sridevi
was the centre of attraction at this function.
Lyrics written for this film by Sameer have
been sung by Hema Sardesai, Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi
Chauhan, Udit Narayan and Sonu Nigam. The
music for the film has been composed by Anu
Malik. Finishing touches are being given to
this film which is slated for release in the
coming January. Feature film Khushi has been
directed by S.J. Suryah. |
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ANOTHER
FEATHER IN THE CAP OF AAFT (INTERNATIONAL
CINEMA)
 Prof.
Sandeep Marwah has joined hands with the upcoming
television personality Ruchita Puri to produce
a short film on an unusual subject - the ethos
of an Indian royalty under trying circumstances.
The story of ’The Widowed Bricks’
centres round the living queen of Kuchesar
- a tiny kingdom some 80 km. from the national
capital New Delhi . The lady of the house
of the ruler of Kuchesar is a rare example
of fortitude and a quaint mixture of the tradition
and modernity. Educated at a renowned English
medium girl’s school, the queen hailing
from another tiny kingdom in Haryana state
married young and lost her husband few years
thereafter. Despite her so called liberal
education, tender age, three children to rear
and problems due to abolition of Zamindari,
the queen has upheld the traditions of thirteen
generations of the royality of Kuchesar in
the best possible manner. The queen has brought
up the two princes so as to carry forward
the age-old family traditions to the next
generation. Ruchita Puri who written the screenplay
after researching the subject matter of the
story for nearly two years, was fascinated
by the grandeur of Mudfort - the palace of
the kings of Kuchesar and the living queen
’s dependence on agriculture and horticulture
as the source of revenue. Ruchita Puri was
inspired do this project after watching the
works of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
Incidentlally, the entie crew of this film
was constituted by the handpicked Asian Academy
of Film & TV Alumni. The film is almost
ready for the release. |
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FILM
STAR ANIL KAPOOR RELEASES MASSAGE ON WORLDS
AIDS DAY
 In
a star studded function organised by Asian
Academy of Film & Television and Heartcare
Foundation of India, Anil Kapoor formally
released the slogan coined by these two organisations
to create awareness about the deadly disease
HIV / Aids. Beside Anil Kapoor, director of
AAFT Prof. Sandeep Marwah, vice chairman Heartcare
Foundation Dr. KK aggarwal, artists from Mumbai
Farida Jalal, Anant Desai and Govind Namdev
were also present. The media and social organisation
world-wide are supporting the government of
developing countries in preventing more than
combating this menace. This disease has assumed
alarming proportions in India and the govt.
is fighting a valiant battle on Hiv / Aids
front. Over 38 lakh Indians mainly in the
state of Maharastra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu,
Andhra Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland have
tested to be Hiv / Aids positive. |
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GIANTS
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS AAFT
 It
was once again a proud moment for Prof. Sandeep
Marwah when the Union MinisterArun Jaitley
personaly handed over the silver plaque to
him on behalf o Giants International in recognition
of his outstanding contribution to media education
and training.Prof. Sandeep Marwah had shared
Giants Gaurav Samman with celebrities like
Attorney General of India Soli Sorabje, Member
of parliament L.M. Singhwi and Veteran Journalist
and Resident Editor of Punjab Kesari Arvind
Kumar in an impressive function held at the
conclusion of the three-day International
convention.Asian Academy of Film & Television,
which Prof. Sandeep Marwah is heading,has
now crossed the frontiers of the Asian subcontinent
and it has global presence.It is significant
that while AAFT does not receive financial
support from the government,it enjoys the
patronage of large number of national and
international print media, film and television
personalities,intellectuals and public figures.Believing
in ’Service to mankind is service to
God’ Giants International is whole heartedly
devoted to the cause of social service - especially
to the needy and underprivileged sections
of the society.
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AAFT
ATTRACTS ATTENTION OF PRESTIGIOUS DUBAI MEDIA
CENTRE
The ultra modern Dubai Media Centre had recently
sent their representative to speak to the
students of the world renowned Asian Academy
Of Film & Television.Making a forceful
presentation on the audio-visual production
and post production facilities available at
the Media centre, their visiting representative
invited the students to participate in the
first ever competition being organised there
in october 2001 by sending their CV and the
showred.The representative of the Media centre
stated that the awards in certain categories
include attachment to the headquarters of
returns CNN for practical training.The representative
of the Media centre also invited the students
to do their professional work in Dubai and
to explore the possibility of exploiting tremendous
business opportunity offered by the Media
Centre.Thanking Dubai Media Centre for identifying
Asian Academy Of Film And Television as a
potential centre for the training of film
and television professionals, Prof. Sandeep
Marwah commended the founders of this excellent
facility in this part of the word and promised
to pay a visit to the centre in the near future.
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AAFT
SETS WORLD RECORD IN FILM TRAINING
Film as a form of art or story telling highly
subjective in nature and expensive to make
and so is the training of filmmakers.it is
for this reason the number of good film schools
world-wide could be counted on the fingertips.Asian
Academy of film & television(AAFT)is one
amongst them.The cost effective training offered
by AAFT had been attracting students from
every nook and corner of India as well as
numerous Asian, African,and European countries
including the USA.AAFT alumni are now holding
responsible positions in the production houses
and television stations in Botswana, Mauritius,South
Africa ,Sudan, Togo and the republic of yemen.AAFT
has indeed established few world records in
the field of film training by producing nearly
2000 professionals in a short span of eight
years;providing over 500 hours of solid education
and training and planning and production of
close to 100 training films in each three
month session.Another noteworthy feature of
the programme for training is that beside
the regular and visiting faculty,thirty to
forty noted film and television personalities,
journalists,intellectuals and public figures
are also invited during the training session
to interact with the students with a view
to keeping their training in touch with the
real world time frame of reference. The cost
of training in top class film schools and
comparable to AAFT is quite high.The fees
charged by USA’s New York Film Academy
and UK’s National Film & Television
Institute is nearly twenty times the course
fee of AAFT’s One-year Master Diploma
in Film Making.Beside the course fee, the
cost of living in the developed countries
is also very high.AAFT has by now proved beyond
doubt that ’Indian film and television
professionals are second to none and in the
unipolar world created by the ’WTO Regime’
they are capable of training even the nationals
of the developed countries,in the art and
craft of film and television production.The
film and television training offered by Asian
Academy of Film & Television is quite
adequate and the Indian nationals need not
look for film schools elsewhere.Asian Academy
of Film & Television is undoubtedly one
of the best academies of its kind in the world.
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FILM
WORLD IS CHARMING BUT UNFORGIVING - BHASKAR
GHOSE
 Addressing
the students of Asian Academy of Film &
Television, Bhaskar Ghose former, Secretary
of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
and the Department of Culture said that the
film making and television programming work
are wonderfully exciting and at the same same
time very demanding. The very fact that large
percentage of AAFT alumni are able to find
place and work in the industry speaks volumes
about the effectiveness of the education and
training being imparted by this institution.
He said that he is privileged to be associated
with Asian Academy of Film & Television.
He advised the students to set high standards
of their creative work and remember that the
struggle for existence and survival in this
industry is truly hard. Answering a question
from the students Mr. Ghose explained his
technique of putting the interviewee on –
Star Movie’s ‘Bhaskar Ghose Show
to ease. On the request of the Director of
the academy Prof. Sandeep Marwah, noted singer
Satish Babbar who was present on the occasion
in the auditorium, rendered several Urdu couplets
in his golden voice which drew thunderous
applause from the audience. Answering question
from the students Satish Babbar attributed
lack of training and creativity on the part
of singers coupled with the desire on the
part of film producer in the present day materialistic
to society to make quick money as the causes
of the decline in the quality of film music.
He closed his address by advising the acting
course students to learn to speak Urdu correctly
and fluently for succeeding in their work.
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INDO-ISRAELI
CULTURAL FORUM FORMED
 History
in the international field of culture was
created during the visit of Israeli theatre
personality Madam Etty Resnik to the Asian
Academy of Film & Television accompanied
by Mrs. Shoshana Haim of the Embassy of Israel
when it was decided after their meeting with
the director of the academy Prof. Sandeep
Marwah, to form Indo-Israeli cultural forum
for forging closer bonds between the peoples
of there two nations. Later addressing the
students, Madam Shoshana Haim who is heading
the cultural affairs department of her embassy,
explained the evolution and the trends of
Israeli cinema. She invited the students to
participate in the film festival organized
by the film school in Jerusalem. Madame Etty
Resnik who is herself a coach at an Acting
School, told the students that one has to
indeed work very hard after learning the art
& craft of theatre, film & television
to survive in the trade. She went on to add
that the performing artiste should never stop
reading the heart and the mind of the people
to excel in their work. She talked at length
about the state of theatre in her country
and lamented that world over there is no money
in this field of performing art. She pointed
out that a true artiste always feels like
and hopes to improve over his or her performance.
Etty Resnik ended her address by mentioning
that the theatre provided the artistes with
an immediate response to one’s performance
and that she is into theatre by choice as
this is her first love. |
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Excellent
training in cinematography available at AAFT will produce many Radhu karmakars
and Jal Mistrys.
