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An international film star in her own right, Mallika Sherawat was recently invited by the President of Marwah Films & Video Studio cum chairperson of Asian School of Media Studies and Asian Academy of Film & TV, to the Noida Film City to meet the press. She was visiting Delhi immediately after making an appearance at Cannes, where her film Myth in which she had co-starred with Jackie Chann was screened at the international festival. Mallika Sherawat was meeting the print and television journalists on the eve of the release of Boney Kapoor’s blockbuster Bachke Rehna Re Baba featuring the inimitable actress Rekha, Paresh Rawal and herself. This comedy film would provide the viewer with whole some entertainment she declared.

Mallika Sherawat & Sandeep Marwah Answering questions put to her she said that audience satisfaction and not an award is always upper most in her mind, while performing in a film. Some of the memorable films featuring Mallika Sherawat are Murder and Khuahish. The talented director of Bach Ke Rehna Re Baba Govind Menon was also present at the press conference. Both Mallika Sherawat and Govind Menon accepted the life membership of the International Film & Television Club on this occasion.

Speaking about the extraordinary power of the mass media to influence the human mind, the well known political figure, social worker, journalist and a member of the Rajya Sabha Shahid Siddiqui pointed out to the enormous responsibility which a maker of the mass media products must shoulder. The hon’ble member of parliament was addressing the students of Asian Academy of Film & TV. Commending the contribution made by Prof. Sandeep Marwah to the film and television industries worldwide Shahid Siddiqui said that the journalists must develop a capacity to perceive the truth as what we happen to see is most often not the truth. He was of the view that ethical journalism demand sacrificing personal interests. The renowned advertising guru Sam Mathews said that a maker of mass media products should have a vision. It is all important to create an idea and the technology only has to follow it, he added. Speaking on this occasion the renowned educationist Dr. J.D. Singh mentioned that a short cut to a goal is often a short cut to disaster and it is only the hard work which pays in life. Another well known Social Worker Shaeen Parviz also expressed his views on media education. Hon’ble Member of Rajya Sabha Shahid Siddiqui presented the academy award to AAFT alumnus Barkha Kaul in appreciation of her notable success in the entertainment industry.

Commending Sandeep Marwah for celebrating the birth anniversary of the pioneer of India cinema Dhundiraj Govind Phalke at Noida, the renowned cine star Anil Kapoor said that he is hugely impressed by the activities in the film city of north India. He was the guest of honour at a function organized on the 30th April at Marwah Films & Video Studio. In a fitting tribute to the father of Indian films, a biographical featurette was also formally launched by him on this occasion. The producer of this featurette and a highly acclaimed documentary filmmaker Dinkar Chowdhary said that he has spent three long years to find out as much as possible about Dadasaheb Phalke to script for this movie. He mentioned that hailing from an orthodox Brahmin family Dadasaheb Phalke studied art and architecture and worked as a professional photographer before taking to filmmaking.

Dadasaheb Phalke also strongly believed in the nationalistic philosophy of Swadeshi, he added. As is well known Dadasaheb Phalke produced the first ever Indian feature film – Raja Harishchandra – in 1913 made several short films, documentaries as well as historical, social and mythological feature films during his working life. The govt. of India instituted the coveted Dadasaheb National Film Award to commemorate the memory of this legendary filmmaker. Dinkar Chowdhary’s featurette will indeed inspire the gen next filmmakers. Addressing the gathering the chairman of Noida Deo Datta fondly recalled having shared the very same dais with Anil Kapoor eleven years ago. He said that the work being done at the Film City in general and Marwah Films & Video Studios in particular has played a significant role in the development of Noida region

American Film Society (AFS) has decided to honour, Sandeep Marwah, the man behind establishments such as the University of Media Arts and the Noida
Film City. New Jersey based film society will confer a citation and the award under the category “Outstanding contribution to the field of Cinema” in December this year.
Besides brain-child behind the genesis of the Noida Film City created in 1988, Marwah has been associated with many feature films and television programmes produced for more than 70 channels across the nation. He has been involved in imparting education to aspiring media professionals coming from all over the world too. Its through Institutes such as Asian Academy of Film and TV, Asian School of Journalism and Asian Academy of Fine Arts to name a few, which comes under the University of Media Arts. A veteran who holds expertise in media studies, Marwah has represented India in several film and television forums overseas.

Director of the Asian Academy of Film and Television, Prof. Sandeep Marwah was a special guest of honour at the mega musical evening organized by the Special Olympics Delhi an organization a headed by SIS of late President of USA John F. Kennedy.

The event had been commissioned for raising funds for the intellectually challenged children.

Celebrity artistes including Usha Uthup supported by the silk route and parikarma bands performed for the elite gathering. Noted Bollywood actress Dipti Naval was the other special guest of honour.

Actress Dipti Naval, Prof. Sandeep Marwah and Usha Uthup also released a compilation of he black and white photographs of special Olympians captioned “I am proud” jointly on the occasion (see inset). Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Marwah announced that his AAFT channel and Marwah Studios would extend maximum help in shooting the events organized by Special Olympics towards helping spread greater awareness about the noble cause initiated by Special Olympics for the mentally challenged children of our society.

Renowned Hollywood actor Parikshat Sawhney recently launched a new tele serial in association with the Marwah Film and Television studio.

Neraly twenty students from the Acting and Presentation streams of the Asian Academy of Film and Television participated in the enw venture. Parikshat Sawhney was highly impressed with the facilities and infrastructure existing at the Marwah Studios as he was with the overall performance of all the participating students. Chairman of the IMT, Ghaziabad was also present in the launch shoot ceremonies.

In keeping with its rich tradition of bringing performing artistes from various walks of life, the University of Media Arts recently played host to renowned Bharat Natyam exponent Smt Jyoti Shrivastava for demonstration workshop for the benefit of its students. Besides performing with her entire troupe, Jyoti spoke about the various nuances of the different forms of art and dance during her lecture cum demonstration session.

Angira Vats

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