Long Live Memory of Dada Saheb Phalke

-
Yesterday anchors from major TV Channels and eminent film journalists gathered at Time and Again Restaurant at Lokhandwala, Mumbai. It was a curtain raiser press conference to 144th Dada Saheb Phalke Jayanti scheduled on 30th April 2013. 
Mala Sinha 

 It is a well known fact that Dada Saheb Phalke was one of the pioneer in the field of film making in India, his first full length film Raja Harishchandra brought India on world film map. He is credited with 
production of  95 movies and 26 short films in his career spanning 19 years, till 1937, including his most noted works: Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), Satyavan Savitri (1914), Lanka Dahan (1917), Shri Krishna Janma (1918) and Kaliya Mardan (1919). Now, when the film industry is well  established, also celebrating 100 glorious years , the Dada Saheb Phalke Academy is to be given full credit to institutionalise his memory by honoring people associated with production, distribution and other areas films year after year. While other Awards in film industry are criticised  for favouring, ignoring X or Y, this Academy is respected for its awards because the  unique way of selecting people for honor. Academy asks various Associations and Federations of producers, directors, artists, singers, music directors, writers etc to nominate the most outstanding persona. 
Prem Chopra, Neena Jalan also seen Manoha Thakur, Geeta Parmar, Pooja Mishra
Shri Prabhat Pandey general secretary of the academy informs that  writer Ved Rahi, director Ramesh Talwar, composer Rajesh Roshan, producer late Yash Chopra and A A Nadiadwala, actress Mala Sinha, Dimple Kapadia singer Asha Bhonsle, actors Late Rajesh Khanna, Manoj Bajpai, Irfan Khan, Govinda, character actor Raza Murad and Prem Chopra, journalist Rajendra Ojha, dance director Habeeba Rehman are among  this years'  winners. 
Habeeba Rehman, Gajendra Singh Chauhan

Prabhat Pandey addressing the conference


                                               Nimmi addressing the Press Conference
Among those who addressed the conference were Mala Sinha, Nimmi, Prem Chopra, Neena Jalan, Sangram Shirke, Puja Mishra, Anil Dhavan, the paed rich tribute to Dada saheb Phalke who is now respected as the father of Indian Cinema.

 At the sideline of the conference, Ms. Neena Jalan unveiled plans of the academy like raising Jumbo Medical Funds for needy people from the film fraternity and starting Old Aged Homes.          

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Is Kedli Mother of Idli : Tried To Find Out Answer In Indonesia

-
Image
Recently I traveled to Indonesia and surprised to learn that culturally Indonesian are very close to us. Even their food has certain commonality. And interestingly I come to know that our very own Idli has its origin in Indonesia. Let us start with religion. Hindu and Budhist influences arrived in this archipelago much before birth of Jesus Christ. It is however unclear that how the cultural and spiritual ideas from India were diffused in the area. It appears that there had been regular trade links between southern part of India with Ceylon, Java, Sumatra, Bali as well as many other Islands in Indian as well as Pacific ocean. The traders from India brought their cultural, culinary and religious influences. Java legends refer to Saka-era, traced to 78 AD . Stories from the famous epic Mahabharat have been traced in Indonesian islands to the 1st century; whose versions mirror those found in southeast Indian peninsular region. The Javanese prose work Tantu Pagelaran of the 14th cent...
Read more

A Peep Into Life Of A Stand-up Comedian - Punit Pania

-
Image
I met Punit Pania yesterday at Independence Brewing Company. an happening watering hole in Lokhandwala area just before his stand-up comedy act. In fact he was generous enough to share his space with The Book  Club event on first floor of pub, he shared his journey from a safe Corporate Den to the wild world of stand-up comedians. Punit is a Non-Gujju born and broughtup in Gujju dominated Society in Kandivali East as a protected child, where his parents did not allow him to travel any place beyond the reach of auto rikshaw ! Not only that her mother was so protective that she was happy to concede her son's intent to start a pathological lab in the area so that he come every day for maa ke haath kaa dopahar ka khana ! But destiny thought otherwise, after spending seven years in Corporate World , Punit became a stand-up comedian.  Protected, safe and secured years of salaried existence, he came out of the closet. Punit is the single man behind Chalta Hai Comedy – a...
Read more

Searching Roots of Sir Elton John In Pinner ,London

-
Image
Elton John is my most favorite singer. He is a singer, songwriter, pianist and composer all rolled into one. In terms of sales, he is the fourth-best-selling music artist worldwide . In 1998, he was knighted by British Queen this got ‘Sir’ title, but for music lover like me whether he is Sir or not a Sir , it is immaterial. He has won heart of millions of music lovers, that is more important. These days I am living in Harrow Burroughs of London, Pinner is a part of it. Yesterday I was in Pinner Library and out of a conversation between two young ladies I come to know that this international rock sensation was born and brought up in this area only. I asked the ladies  about the details. Than they shared that he was born in house at 55, Pinner Hill Road in March 1947. One of them told me more : that he was the eldest child of Stanley Dwight and the only child of Sheila Eileen. The boy was named Reginald Kenneth Dwight, and raised in the council house of his grandparents at 55, Pinn...
Read more