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Vishram Dhole Akash Dhopeshwarkar Akash Dhopeshwarkar is writer, director, media-enthusiast and ardent cinephile with more than decade of professional and teaching experience. He currently is an assistant professor with the Department of Communication Studies at the SAwitribai Phule Pune University. Raj Kazi Raj Kazi is a plywriter and journalist. He has been involved in cultural and literary activities for the past 25 years. Besides plays and films he has also written for TV advertisements. Heb has also directed plays. His debut film 'Sankraman', a collection of one acts plays has received the state award for literary excellance and the equally prestigious 'Yashwantrao Chavan Puraskar' in 1990. He was one amogst the few Indian regional writersb invited for workshop jointly organized by the Royal Theatre of London and the British Council. He has successfully adopted the highly acclaimed work of two great Marathi authors, C. T Kanolkar and Annabhau Sathe for the films “Agnidivya” and “Chitra”. “Chodo kal ki Batein” the Hindi film too is credited to him. MTDC SELECTION COMITEE Vishram Dhole is an assistant professor at Department of Communication studies at University of Pune. He has worked as journalist for 9 years in the print media and has authored the three books on the communication and mass communication in Marathi. He has translated three books from English to Marathi and written research papers on various issues in media and communication for national and international research journals. He is currently working on his doctoral research on “popular culture” and Indo-German collaborative research on 'Sociology of internet usage'. He has planned, directed and scripted five documentaries on topics related to security, development and environment. He is also currently training in senior scientists and top management of Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) on media and communication management. 2016 Opening Film The Thin Yellow Line La Delgada Línea Amarilla Director: Celso R. García 2015 - 95’ - Spanish - Colour - Mexico Producer: Guillermo del Toro,Bertha Navarro,Alejandro Springall Cast: Damián Alcázar,Joaquín Cosío,Silverio Palacios,Gustavo Sánchez Parra,Américo Hollander Screenplay: Celso R. García Cinematographer: Emiliano Villanueva Editor: Jorge García Sound Designer: Gabriel Coll Barberis Music Composer: Dan Zlotnik Costume Designer: Gabriela Fernandez Production Designer: Ariel Margolis Production Company: Springall Pictures,Fidecine,Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A,Equipment & Film Design Festival/Awards: The Thin Yellow Line is the journey of five men who are hired to paint the median line of a road that connects two villages in Mexico. On board of an old truck, they do the job: more than 200 kilometers that they have to complete in less than fifteen days under a burning sun. Five solitary men will acknowledge that there is a thin line between right and wrong; between laughter and crying; between life and death. Director’s Biography Celso R. García was born in 1976 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a writer and director, known for The Thin Yellow Line (2015), La leche y el agua (2006) and Lonely Tune (2002). Gijón International Film Festival 2015-Best Screenplay and Special Jury Award Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival 2015Grand Newcomer Award Mannheim-Heidelberg Montréal World Film Festival 2015- Bronze Zenith and Glauber Rocha Award Director’s Filmography The Thin Yellow Line (2015) La leche y el agua (2006) Pata de gallo (2004) Protestosterona (2003) El niño millón (2003) Lonely Tune (2002) Sachin Dev Burman International Award For Creative Music And Sound 2016 Uttam Singh Revolt: A Love Story Gadar: Ek Prem Katha 2001 -186’- Hindi - Colour - India Director: Anil Sharma Producer: Nittin Keni Cast: Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel, Amrish Puri, Lilette Dubey Screenplay: Shaktiman Talwar Cinematographer: Najib Khan Editor: A.D.Dhanashekharan, Keshav Naidu, Arun V. Narvekar Music Composer: Uttam Singh Costume Designer: Bhavana Mukatiwala Prooduction Company: Zee Telefilms In 1947, Tara, a Sikh truck driver in Punjab, meets and falls in love with a wealthy Muslim girl named Sakina, by accident during anti-Muslim riots whom he saves, courts and marries. Years later, Sakina travels to Pakistan to visit her father, now the mayor of a small Pakistan city, for a visit. He tries to separate her and Tara and force her into an arranged marriage with a wealthy man of her age and religion. Director’s Biography Anil Sharma is an Indian Filmmaker. He started his debut at the very young age of 21 years as a director with an outstanding film, ‘Shraddhanjali’. After that, he made a number of magnificent films. The movie, Gadar ek prem katha, turned out to be a milestone in his career as it created history at the box office and is rated among the most successful movies of Indian cinema. Director’s Filmography Singh Saab The Great (2013) Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo (2004) Tahalka (1992) Farishtay (1991) Elaan-E-Jung (1989) Hukumat (1987 ) Sachin Dev Burman International Award for Creative Music and Sound Uttam Singh Uttam Singh is an Indian musician. He has worked as a violinist, music arranger and music director for many Hindi films. He worked as a music arranger for Ilaiyaraaja in numerous Tamil films, before establishing himself as an independent composer. Uttam Singh played violin for major composers including Naushad,Roshan, Madan Mohan, C. Ramchandra, and Sachin Dev Burman. Later, he became the main violinist for Rahul Dev Burman. Singh later partnered with another musician, Jagdish, to arrange music for films. The duo worked for over 65 films in several Indian languages. These films included major Rajshri Productions hits, 'Maine Pyar Kiya' and 'Hum Aapke Hain Koun, apart from 'Painter Babu', 'Clerk', and 'Waaris'. After Jagdish died in 1992, Singh started working independently. His most notable film as a music director is Yash Chopra's 'Dil To Pagal Hai'. He has also composed music for other films including 'Hum Tumpe Marte Hain', ' Dushman', ' Farz', 'Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai', ' Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' and 'The Hero: Love Story of a Spy'. His songs and score for the Chandra Prakash Dwivedi's 2003 partition drama Pinjar, is considered to be his finest work as composer. 2016 Days And Nights In The Forest Aranyer Din Ratri 1970 - 115’- Bengali, English - Black and White - India Soumitra Chatterjee Director: Satyajit Ray Producer: Asim Dutta, Nepal Dutta Cast: Sharmila Tagore, Kaberi Bose, Simi Garewal, Soumitra Chatterjee, Subhendu Chatterjee, Robi Ghosh, Samit Bhanja, Pahadi Sanyal Screenplay: Satyajit Ray Cinematographer: Soumendu Roy Editor: Dulal Dutta Sound Designer: Sujit Sarkar Music Composer: Satyajit Ray Production Designer: Bansi Chandragupta Production Company: Priya Films Festival/Awards: River to River Fest (Italy) (2010) th 20 Berlin International Film Festival (1970) (Nominated) ‘Aranyer Din Ratri’ is a beautiful and touching story of four young middle class men, including the well-off Asim, the meek Sanjoy and the brutish Hari, who leave Calcutta to spend some time in an empty bungalow in the forests of Palmau. Full of the confidence of the big city, and with little respect for the rural villagers, the boys learn several lessons about life and love as their conceited world-view is challenged by their experiences with the local girls of Palmau. Director’s Biography Satyajit Ray was an Indian filmmaker who worked prominently in Bengali cinema and who has often been regarded as one of the great directors of world cinema. Ray was born in Kolkata to a Bengali family and started his career as a junior visualiser. Ray composed music and wrote screenplays for his own films and those by other directors. Often credited as a fiction writer, illustrator, and calligrapher; Ray authored several short stories and novels in Bengali, most of which were aimed at children and adolescents. Director’s Filmography Ganashatru (1989) Ghare-Baire (1984) Ashani Sanket (1973) Charulata (1964) Kanchenjungha (1962) Pather Panchali (1955) Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (Chattopadhyay) is an Indian film and stage actor and poet. He is known for his collaborations with film director Satyajit Ray. Starting with his debut film, Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959) he went on to work in several films with Ray, including Charulata (The Lonely Wife, 1964), Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969); Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973), GhareBaire (The Home and The World, 1984) and Ganashatru (Enemy of the People, 1989). He has also worked with other noted directors of Bengali cinema, Mrinal Sen in Akash Kusum (Up in the Clouds, 1965), Tapan Sinha in Kshudista Pashan (Hungry Stones, 1960), Asit Sen in Swaralipi (1961), Ajoy Kar in Saat Pake Bandha (1963), Parineeta (1969), and Tarun Mazumdar in Sansar and Ganadevata (1978) to name a few. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2004. In 2012, he received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. He has won two National Film Awards. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998. Soumitra has received the 'Officier des Arts et Metiers', the highest award for arts given by the French government, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Italy. 2016 Past, Present, Future Trikal 1985 - 137’- Hindi - Colour - India Shyam Benegal Director: Shyam Benegal Producer: Lalit M. Bijlani, Freni Variava Cast: Leela Naidu, Neena Gupta, Anita Kanwar, Soni Razdan, Dalip Tahil, K. K. Raina, Kunal Kapoor, Jayant Kriplani, Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda Screenplay: Shyam Benegal Cinematographer: Ashok Mehta Editor: Bhanudas Divakar Sound Designer: Hitendra Ghosh Music Composer: Vanraj Bhatia Costume Designer: Saba Zaidi Production Designer: Nitish Roy Production Company: Blaze Film Enterprises Festival/Awards: National Film Awards, India (1986) Won: Best Direction Set in 1961 Goa, this is a story of a rich and influential Goan family and what happens to them over a period of time. The movie is narrated in past-tense by one of the friends of the family. Director’s Biography Shyam Benegal (1934) is an Indian director and screenwriter. He started working as a copywriter at a Bombay-based advertising agency, Lintas Advertising, where he steadily rose to become a creative head. Between 1966 and 1973, Shyam taught at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, and twice served as the institute's chairman: 1980–83 and 1989–92. With his first four feature films Ankur (1973), Nishant (1975), Manthan (1976) and Bhumika (1977) he created a new genre. Director’s Filmography Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008) Sardari Begum (1996) Bhumika (1977) Manthan (1976) Nishant (1975) Ankur (1973) Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema Shyam Benegal Shyam Benegal, an Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur (1973), Nishant (1975), Manthan (1976) and Bhumika (1977) he created a new genre New or Alternate cinema. He served as the Director of the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) from 1980 to 1986 and is the president of the Federation of Film Societies of India He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976, the Padma Bhushan in 1991, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2005. He has won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi seven times One of his early documentaries, A Child of the Streets (1967), garnered him wide acclaim. He made his first feature film Ankur (The Seedling) in 1973. After this trilogy on rural oppression, Ankur, Nishant and Manthan, Benegal made a biopic, Bhumika (1977) Benegal directed TV serials like Yatra (1986) for the Indian Railways and Bharat Ek Khoj (1988). The 1990s saw Shyam Benegal making a trilogy on Indian Muslim women, starting with Mammo (1995), Sardari Begum (1996), and Zubeidaa (2001). In 2008, his film ‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’ was released to a good response In March 2010, Benegal released a political satire Well Done Abba. Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema Ram Mohan Ram Mohan is an Indian animator, title designer and design educator, who is known as father of Indian Animation. He started his career at the Cartoon Films Unit, Films Division of India in 1956. He has won the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film twice for ‘You Said It’ (1972) and ‘Fire Games’ (1983). He was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the 2006 Mumbai International Film Festival and the Padma Shri the 2014 Mohan worked as an animator with the Films division till the late 1960s. His 'Homo Saps' won the National Award for Best Experimental Film, 1967, and 'Chaos' won an Award at the Leipzig Festival of short Films in 1968. He participated in the 1967 world retrospective of Animation Cinema in Montreal. In 1972, he established his own production company, Ram Mohan Biographics, which made the animated feature ‘Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama’ in 1992, for which he worked as co-director. Ram Mohan's film credits include several animation sequences for mainstream filmmakers – a title sequence for Satyajit Ray's ‘Shatranj Ke Khiladi’, a sequence for Mrinal Sen's, ‘Bhuvan Shome’, and for other films. World World Competition Competition