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AND MISS FRESHER-2001’ COMPETTION
Asian Academy of Film & Television, publisher
of the monthly magazine - Star Yatra and Admark
Agencies had jointly organised an interesting
event to make the young boys and girls aware
of the importance of physical exercises, balanced
diet and logical daily routine for a healthy
body and sound mind. Students of the first
year class of the colleges located in the
national capital region were eligible to participate
in this event which was held at the Pragati
Maidan’s Hansdhwani Theatre. A team of
social and media personalities headed by Prof.
Sandeep Marwah adjudged about thirty out of
over two thousand contestants under various
categories as worthy of commendation. The
winners of Mr. and Miss Fresher-2001 event
were later handed over certificates in a glittering
ceremony held at Marwah Studios. Hindustan
Lever and Nestle groups also gifted some of
their popular products to the award winners.
Speaking on this occasion the senior journalist
Aziz Burney described physical charm and healthy
body as a gift from God. However, he added
that their maintenance requires due attention
and care. Concluding the function Prof. Sandeep
Marwah congratulated the award winners and
hoped that the next events in this series
would be organised within the next one year. |
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AAFT
PAST STUDENTS ASSIST FILM DIRECTOR - SATISH
KAUSHIK
 Few
sequences of feature film Badhai Ho Badhai
directed by Satish Kaushik are being shot
at Noida and national capital region.Sets
with rajasthani backdrop and some other facilities
for shooting at the picturesque Surajkund
have been provided by the,courtesy of Marwah
Studios.Shilpa Shetty,currently rated as the
best dancer by the film producers,is playing
lead role in this film. Shilpa Shetty was
in news for her dance number on the song ’
Main Ayi Hoon UP Bihar Lootne’ in feature
film Shool.She lost her foothold on the acting
career after ’ Baazigar’ and regained
the same with her brilliant performance in
Dhadkan.The tall and graceful Shilpa Shetty
whose acting talent has been recognized by
the film-makers is now all set to carve a
niche for herself in the Indian cinema.In
Badhai Ho Badhai she has been cast againest
Anil Kapoor.Music for this film has been composed
by Anu Malik.Beside Anil Kapoor,Shilpa Shetty
is working with well known actors like Salman
Khan, Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty and Chandrachurd
Singh in six different films.Sandeep Marwah
was greeted by the cast and crew of the unit
including Satish Kaushik and Shilpa Shetty
when he visited the location to look at the
arrangements made for the shooting.He said
that some more sequences of Badhai Ho Badhai
will be shot in the near future in and around
Noida and it will be ready for release by
the April next.Several past students of Asian
Academy of Film & Television are working
with Kapoor & Kaushik productions, which
is making this feature film. |
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SRIDEVI
RELEASE MUSIC CASSETTE OF ‘KOI MERE DIL
SE POOCHHE’
 After
the memorable 48th National Films Awards function,
the music cassette of this year’s best
film producer Boney Kapoor’s latest megaventure
‘Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe’ was formally
released. Beside Boney Kapoor, Sandeep Marwah,
cinestar Sridevi, film actor Sanjay Kapoor
and film director Satish Kaushik were also
present. Many Mumbai & Delhi film &
television personalities congratulated Boney
Kapoor and wished success of the film on this
occasion. AAFT alumni are also associated
with the production of this film. ‘Koi
Mere Dil Se Poonchhe’ has been scripted
and director by Vinay Shukla. The lyrics for
this film composed by Dev Kohli, Satyabhan
Gupta and Ibrahim have been sung by Udit Narayan,
Sonu Nigam and Hema Sardesai. The music for
this film has been provided by Rajesh Roshan.
Film actor Sanjay Kapoor will be seen in a
powerful and all together different kind of
role in this film. Jaya Bachchan, Aftab Shivdasani,
Anupam Kher & Esha Deol are also playing
important roles in this film. Incidentally,
this is Esha Deol’s first film. ‘Koi
Mere Dil Se Poonchhe’ is slated for countrywide
release on the forthcoming 11th January. |
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CHANGE
THE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN FILMS & TELEVISION
- SHABANA AZMI
 Noted
film star, social activist and currently member
of parliament Shabana Azmi urged the film
and television producers to create gender
equality through their work with a view to
granting the women a place of pride in the
society. She was delivering the valedictory
address to the students of Asian Academy of
Film & Television. Shabana Azmi has acted
in more than sixty film so far. Besides two
international awards, five national awards
have been bestowed upon her for brilliant
performance in feature films ‘Ankur’,
‘Earth’, ‘Khandhar’, ‘Paar’
& ‘God Mother’. She advised
the outgoing students to take interest in
all art forms and to minutely observe the
life around them for doing their work. Conceding
that it is debatable whether film making &
television presentation can be taught at all,
she said that she for one, is all for systematic
training. However she added that learning
process is never-ending and a lifelong one.
Speaking on this occasion, well known lyricist
and writer Javed Akhtar too emphasised the
importance of training for film making and
television presentation. Son of Jaan Nisar
Akhtar, Javed Saheb had written the script
for blockbusters like ‘Sholay’,
‘Deewar’ and ‘Janzeer’
etc. The coveted film fare award had been
bestowed upon him on ten occasions - seven
for the best the script and three for best
lyrics. Javed Akhtar concluded his address
by advising the students to always strive
for excellence and try to come upto the expectation
of the millions of viewers. Welcoming the
distinguished guests Director of AAFT Prof.
Sandeep Marwah presented the ‘Academy
Award’ to the celebrity couple. Tanvi
Azmi the wife of cinematographer Baba Azmi,
also accompanied the celebrity couple. |
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PROF
SANDEEP MARWAH RELEASES CD ON SUPER SPECIALITY
HOSPITAL
 Director
of Asian Academy of Film & Television
formally released a compact disc containing
useful information about the state of the
art facilities available at Goyal Hospital
and Urology Centre just established in the
eastern part of the national capital.Present
on this occasion were a galaxy of Union and
Delhi state Ministers including Mr ID Swamy,Mr.
Ashok Pradhan and Mr Ajay Makhan; member of
the legislature Mr. Arvinder Singh Lovely;
municipal councillors Mr. Tilak Raj Agrawal,Haveliram
Khanna,Mrs. Varyam Kaur,Mrs Shalu Malik and
the renowned astrologer Pandit Jay Prakash
Lal Dhagewale.Speaking on this occasion Prof.Sandeep
Marwah complimented the management of the
hospital for their missionary Zeal and added
that it is the sacred duty of the medical
professionals not to turn away the poor and
the needy sick people. |
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ACTOR
SUDESH BERRY IN AAFT
 Asian
Academy of Film & Television played host
to the well know film and television artiste
Sudesh Berry who has so far acted in fifteen
feature films including Border & Refugee.Welcoming
the distinguished guest, Prof. Sandeep Marwah
mentioned that Sudesh Berry’ s latest
film ’ Maa Tujhe Salaam ’ is ready
for release.Answering questions put to him
by the students Sudesh Berry conceded that
luck plays an important role in the work of
an actor.He advised the students to be above
all honest to themselves and to dedicate whole
heartedly to their chosen field of creative
work. Reacting to a remark that Hindi films
are corrupting the young minds, he said that
sex and violence on the screen have to be
handed with sensitivity by the filmmaker and
any attempt to exploit the baser instincts
of the human beings for making the film saleable
is indeed unethical.Mr. Rajoo Karia , the
popular bollywood public relations officer
who was also present on this occasion also
deftly handled questions put to him by the
students. |
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FILM
’ YEH DIL ASHIQANA’ TEAM AT AAFT
 The
students of Asian Academy of Film & Television
gave standing ovation to the director Kuku
Kohli, the hero Karan Nath and the heroine
Jeevidha Sharma of the feature film ’
Yeh Dil Ashiqana’ , when they made a
guest appearance at the invitation of Prof.
Sandeep Marwah.Kuku Kohli who had learnt the
grammar of filmmaking from Raj Kappor is remembered
for his box office hit ’ Phool Aur Kante’
. Spotting the acting talent in Karan Nath
and jeevidha Sharma Kuku Kohli has introduced
them in his latest work of art which is ready
for all India release.Interacting with the
students Kuku Kohli asserted that more then
the money ,film maker requires deep understanding
of the creative use of the camera,the art
of editing and making the actors perform their
roles.he was of the view that the director
of the film should better write the script
himself or herself .Kuku Kohli also said that
self-confidence is of utmost importance in
any field of work including film making and
advised the students to believe in themselves.
The new comers Karan Nath and Jeevidha Sharma
were of the view that actor needs both talent
and techniques to do his or her work properly.Jeevidha
Sharma a charming girl from Delhi,was pleased
to be in her hometown and with the aspirants
of a career in the film industry. |
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YET
ANOTHER AWARD TO AAFT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM
TRAINING
 Pointing
to the perils of taking security for granted,the
hon’ ble union home minister Mr. L.K.
Advani said that there is a need to educate
people about the threats to and ways and means
of protecting their lives and limbs as well
as the national infrastructure,from the antisocial
elements within and adversaries outside the
country.Lamenting that ours is an information
poor society, the hon’ ble home minister
forcefully pleaded for the generation of suitable
literature on various aspects of security.Mr.
L.K. Advani was addressing a large gathering
after bestowing the ’ Dynamic Achievement
Awards 2002’ on media personalities,intellectuals
and public figure at the 15th World Book Fair,New
Delhi.The recipients of this prestigious award
included renowned poetess Amrita Pritam,editor
of India Today Prabha Chawla,Chairman of CSR
group of publications S.K. Sachdeva,director
of Asian Academy of Film & Television
Prof. Sandeep Marwah,editor of Sahara Urdu
daily Dr Aziz Burni,Veteran Journalist Kuldip
Nayyar and Police officer Kiran Bedi.Chief
minister of Delhi state Shiela Dixit,former
governor of UP Dr. B. Satyanarayana Reddy
and former member of Parliament Nirmala Deshpande
were amongst the dignitaries who also addressed
the gathering. |
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FILM
MARKET HAS NOT SHRUNK - BONEY
 The
great showman of Contemporary Indian Cinema
and the member of the governing council of
Asian Academy of Film & TV Boney Kapoor
accompanied by the super film star of yester
years Sridevi,were recently at the academy
.On this Occasion Boney Kapoor said that althought
cinema is itself a product of technology,television
has been catapulted into prominence due to
extraordinary technological advances.Conceding
that while technology has reduced the world
into a global village it is also fuelling
the menace of piracy which is a matter of
great concern to the film producers.He also
cautioned filmmakers against overuse of technological
innovations for doing their work.Describing
television as basically a journalistic medium
and films as a means of entertaiment,Boney
Kapoor said that both film and television
productions will go on side by side.Boney
Kapoor was happy to know that AAFT alumni
are doing good work and that the academy is
growing from strength to strength under the
stewardship of Prof. Sandeep Marwah.Sridevi
too was pleased to learn that the academy
has designed and developed a module for the
training in Acting & Presentation for
the European students who may not be familiar
with the Indian languages ,ethos and culture. |
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DO
OR DIE FOR THE NATION - M S BITTA
 M
S Bitta made a forceful plea for making an
all out effort to root out terrorism from
the Indian soil.He was participating in a
seminar on ’ the role of media in fighting
terrorism’ organised by Asian Academy
of Film & TV. Enraged after visiting Jalianwala
Bagh M S Bitta joined the polities at the
age of 14. However, disillusioned by the decline
in the standards and the decay of Indian political
apparatus , he decided to form ’ Anti
- Terrorist Front’ of which he is currently
the chairman. Talking about the misuse of
the right to information and freedom for expression,
he said that some satellite television news
channels are indeed harming the security and
safety of the nation. Blaming the politicians
for the crisis in the country, M S Bitta urged
the film & television producers to try
and create awareness through their work, about
the danger from the enemies within the nation.Addressing
the students the well known legal luminary
Wasi Ahmed Normani pointed out that the root
cause of terrorism are injustice, exploitation
of the poor and weak and denial of human rights.He
expressed his deep concern about frivolous
and flippant programmes being telecast under
the garb of entertaiment which are adversely
influencing the impressionable minds. Former
police officers Puran Chand pointed out that
militants often target the helpless poor people
to instil fear in the minds of people at large.
In his opinion literacy among people and economic
development will go a long way in eliminating
the menace of terrorism.Intervening in the
deliberations ,Prof. Sandeep Marwah disagreed
with the general impression that films too
are responsible for the decline of moral standards
in the Indian society.The director of Shiva
Institute of Management is Dr. Shefali Gautam
remarked in the lighter vein that good management
is the key to success in all human endeavour
including militancy. |
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Excellent
training in cinematography available at AAFT will produce many Radhu karmakars
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