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The well known filmmaker from the republic of Croatia Madame Ljubica Jankovic Lazaric,was invited by Prof. Sandeep Marwah to share her professional experience by conducting a weeklong workshop on ’ making of a documentary film’ at Asian Academy of Film & Television.Madame Lazaric is senior member of the Croatian Film Directors guild.She made extensive use of masterpieces of Croatian and Indian
documentaries to explain the art and craft of this format of films presentation.Incidentally,The governments of the Republic of Croatian and India have just signed on agreement under which the two countries shall mutually organise film weeks as well as encourage participation at film festivals organised in the other country in 2001 – 2003.The Republic of Croatian is a country of beautiful sea,mountains and plains and it offers unique locales shooting of films.This country has provided numerous writers,directors,actors and musicians to the world.Croatian stage is 150 years old.The Zegreb school of Animated Films is world-renowned.The local republic of Croatia mission has offered to make available films from their country for use as the teaching material to Asian Academy of Film & Television from time to time.

Addressing a large gathering at Asian Academy of Film & Television,Mr. Naresh Sharma,the editor of the monthly Magazine’ New Ad And Face’ said that total dedication to work coupled with the lessons learnt from the experience of seniors are essentials for achieving success in any field of activity.Reminding that while there is always time for everything in life,not a single moment should be
wasted on frivolous and flippant activities.Earlier,Prof Sandeep Marwah formally launched the second anniversary issue of this popular magazine.Mr Naresh Sharma disclosed that they propose to devote some space in the magazine to promote budding and talented film and television professionals.

The president of Samata Party Jaya Jaitley visited Asian Academy of Film & Television while she was at Marwah Studios for a television recording. Jaya Jaitley is a television personality in her own right as she had anchored several programme for the women in the past. During their meeting Prof Sandeep Marwah told the distinguished visitor that the education and training being impartedat the academy aims at contributing to the advancement of the society in general as well as to prepare the students for work in the film & television industry. Jaya Jaitley congratulated the director for putting AAFT on the world map of film schools by imparting international grade education and training. She was pleased to know the AAFT’s cost effective training is not only top class but it is also the cheapest anywhere in the world. Jaya Jaitly told Prof. Sandeep Marwah that according to her assessment Asian Academy of Film & Television in indeed one of the best film schools in the world offering short term courses.

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 MarwahStudios.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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.