International Film & Television Research Centre (IFTRC) is the first film and television research centre in the private sector in India. It is affiliated with Marwah Studios and Asian Academy of Film & TV located at Noida Film City.
“Mass Media is known to shape thought, change attitudes and move people to action. The potential of film for facilitating development or damaging the society is indeed enormous. The same can be said for power of television in shaping peoples lives” said Prof. Harshvardhan, Vice President of IFTRC.
“Communicating to the audience is a challenge. Communicator not only must know what to communicate but also how to communicate to be able to influence the audience who possess diverse character. The effective communicator cannot rely on hunches and intuition to capture and hold the attention of the mass-audience.” said Sandeep Marwah, President of Marwah Studios a Creative Enterprises “He has to interact with the audience to seek their input.” Marwah added.
International Film & television Research Centre (IFTRC) will address itself to this complex task of conducting research with the audience on programming and its effectiveness. It will encourage and popularize the concept of mass media and will train media researchers to aid better TV programming and film making.
IFTRC is working with aims like :advancement of Film and Television productions, raising of professional standards of film making and television production, creating awareness about responsive and responsible film and TV production, continuing review of professional codes and ethics set by the professional and regulatory bodies for film-makers and television training, arranging scholarships, awards, facilitating attachment to film and television production houses for the purpose of research, conducting short term and long term training courses on media research, organizing debates, seminars, symposia and workshop on various subjects relating to film and television, publishing papers, reports and books relating to research on film & television and launching a journal of Media research.

The renowned film and television personality from Asia Sandeep Marwah the recipient of more than 150 awards and appreciation from all over the World has been nominated as the Chairperson of newly framed Indo Peru Film And Cultural Forum- India Chapter.

“I am proud to nominate Sandeep Marwah, the President of Marwah Studios and founder of film city Noida as the Chairperson of IPFCF. There can be no better choice than him” said Carlos A. Irigoyen, the Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Peru in India while sighing the official document on behalf of the Embassy of Peru.

“I am feeling proud and privileged that I have been given the responsibility and charge to develop and promote the cultural relations between two countries India and Peru” said Sandeep Marwah who was excited with this new International Designation. “I will definitely prove my self worth to this graceful gesture extended to me by this beautiful country” added Marwah.

The organization has been framed to develop and promote the relation between two countries through cultural exchange, film and Tv promotion, education, festivals etc.

“No prayers are better than yoga, no exercise is powerful than yoga” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and Patron to Global Yog Alliance (GYA). “We are in the circle of Spirituality and feel human when you get associated with Yoga” Marwah added who is also Patron to World Religious Parliament (WRP).

The Global Yog Alliance, an alliance of all the Yoga Federations of the World has decided to hold World Yoga Meet in Delhi in the month of November informed Gopal ji the President of the Alliance. “India is the real camp of Yoga, we are leaders as far as this art of living is concerned, that is why we opted to have three days Yog Meet in India” said Gopal Ji” We are expecting people from all over the World to participate in this International event” Gopalji added.

“The World Religious Parliament is going to support this event, we are not away from Yog and Yoga” said Acharya Satinder while talking to the international press.

All three days events are well planned to keep all International delegates busy with seminars, discussions and research work. The theme of this meet will be ‘The Role of Yoga, Media and Religion in Maintaining Peace in the World’.

The WRP and GYA will be supported by International Public Broadcasting Forum, International Children’s Film Forum, International Film And Television Research Centre and International Film And Television Club.

Taking ideas from Nandita Das Chairperson of Children’s Film Society of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting the International Children’s Film Forum has organized two week workshop in film making for school Children at Marwah Studios, Film City Noida.

“We believe that good ideas for films can be generated by these kids as they are not influenced by the ruthless society” said Sandeep Marwah, President of ICFF and Marwah Studios. “Train them in film production and you will get new ways of film making like a new painting by a fresh painter” Marwah added while inaugurating the workshop.

The film Workshop is conducted by Cine Darbar headed by Supriya Suri in association with Asian Academy Of Film And Television. Some of the prominent film makers have taken keen interest in taking the classes in this voluntary work.

The workshop is supported by International Film And Television Club, who will later organize an event of screening of these short films for public .The event is well covered with Radio Noida 107.4FM. International Public Broadcasting Forum has permitted these school kids to direct four short films in this workshop.

Go India Foundation under the chairman ship of Alka Lamba announced 15th August as the day to collect 63000 units of blood donation by the Indians on 63rd Independence Day of the country.

“We want to create a World Record by collecting this quantity of blood on the single day to prove that Indians believe in humanity, and are ready to help countrymen at any time” said Alka Lamba also the General Secretary of All India Congress Committee while addressing a patriotic speech at Asian Academy of Film And Television at Noida Film City.

“We at AAFT believe in one religion and that is Humanity. We all are one family and children of one God” said Sandeep Marwah, President of Marwah Studios and Director of AAFT. “We are even ready to install the blood donation camp at Noida Film City to add on to the total collection of blood on 15th August.” Marwah added.

Others who spoke on the occasion were Gurbir Grewal Joint Director AAFT, Harsh Vardhan Diector Academics ASMS, R.K.Singh Dean ASMS and Trilok Sharma renowned social worker of Noida. Later Sandeep Marwah presented the Life
Membership of International Film And Television Club to Alka Lamba. The event was well covered by Radio Noida 107.4FM.

After completion of 18 years in Media, Film and TV education the management of Marwah Studios has decided to launch four new Post Graduate courses in Cinema. The courses are specializations in ‘Film Direction’, ‘Cinematography’, ‘Film Post Production’ and ‘Sound Engineering and Designing’. These courses are along with UGC approved Post Graduate Degree in Mass Communication, Advertising and Journalism.

“The courses have been designed by the experts of Indian Film and Television Industry.” said Sandeep Marwah, president of Marwah Studios and founder of Noida Film City. “There are very few seats in these four courses as the courses are very expensive and backed and supported by Indian Film Industry” Marwah added.

“We are more than satisfied with the training facilities at Asian Academy of Film And Television (AAFT), they know their job” said all committee members when they were approached to comment on these courses including David Dhawan, Basu Chatterrjee, Pankaj Parashar, Boney Kapoor, Ashok Tyagi, and Satish Kaushik.

AAFT and ASMS, Asian School Of Media Studies have proved to the Media World that good education can lead to success in the industry. Academy has the strongest placement cell and some of the finest film and television companies including Ekta kapoor’s Balaji Tele films, Shahrukh khan’s Red Chillies, Anil Kapoor’s Productions, Boney Kapoor’s BSK Enterprises recently had campus interviews.

The applications for the courses are available at Marwah Studios .The course will begin in first week of August. All applications will be scrutinized by the industry Bigwigs.

Directorate of film festival, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India in association with Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in India announced five days festival of Chinese films to be held at Sri Fort Auditorium at New Delhi from 18th to 22nd May.

“The Idea is to exchange the culture between two countries” said S.M.Khan, the Director General and Director of DFF. “We have decided to have maximum number of film festival and every time our reach to the audience is increasing” Khan added.

The festival was inaugurated by Pyarelal, Jt.secretary of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The films which are shown in these five days are ‘U And Me’, ‘The Law Of Romance’, ‘Looking For Jackie’, ‘Huayao Bridge In Shangri’, The Road Home’, One Hundred Yuan’, ‘Together’, and ‘Fit Lover’.

The festival is supported by Marwah Studios, an oldest film establishment of north India and Radio Noida. “Anything to do with the films, we are ready to support the event” said Sandeep Marwah, President of Marwah Studios.

“We are so thankful to DFF for including us in these International festivals” said by the students of media, film and television from Asian Academy of Film & TV, Asian School of Media Studies, Asian Business School, Asian School Of Graphics and Animation and Asian School of Performing Arts. (ANA)

Asian Business School (ABS) with its students specializing in Media Management had a wonderful interaction program with the renowned and veteran journalist and now group editor of Sahara Dr. Aziz Burney.

Explaining the difficulties and fun in establishing and managing a News Paper Office Aziz Burey explained the students of business administration the different carrier opportunities they can have after passing out from the college in this field.

Sandeep Marwah, President of Marwah Studios and Director of Asian Business School said, “India offers a promising market for the print media industry. The expected CAGR of 12 per cent is a result of the increasing rate of literacy. In 2010, the print media is expected to reach Rs 19,500 crore from its present value of Rs 10,900 crore”

“The immense scope of the Indian print media have also aroused the interest of foreign investors” said Gurbir Garewal film maker and Jt. Director AAFT. “Digital printing, new ways of promotion and distribution are the latest trends and content being the focus of the print media industry” said Arun Anand, HOD Still Photography.

.Later Marwah presented a copy of new Coffee Table book on Amitabh Bachchan to Burney published by the Documentation department of International Film And Television Research Centre .The event was supported by Radio Noida 107.4FM and International Public Broadcasting Forum.

Sandeep Marwah the President of Marwah Studios and Director of Asian Academy of Film And Television was honored with the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Global Excellence Award’ for bringing Indian Entertainment and Education to World map.

First he was honored at Budapest with Jiri Menzil and Istavain Zsoba, then honored at 33rd Cairo International Film Festival with Salma Hayek and Samuel Jackson, then he was honored in Belgium during 26th Mon’s International film festival de Amour. He is the first Media Person to be honored with a Degree in MBA from Oxford, ‘Ambassador of Peace’ from Korea, ‘Cultural Ambassador of Wales’ ‘Champion of Wales’ from Wales in total bringing a huge name and fame to India.

Sandeep Marwah is indeed an International Media Guru who has founded Noida Film City in 1988 and trained 7500 young aspirants of 73 countries of the World at his studios founded by him in 1991.Sandeep has created an International Record of producing 1600 the largest number of short films in the World.

Sandeep Marwah has created new media bodies on world basis including International Film And Television Club, International Film And Television Research Centre, International Children’s Film Forum and International Public Broadcasting Forum to fulfill the requirements of the society.

The management and the board of Asian Academy of Film and Television, the first private film school of the country have decided to create a separate entity for the acting school of its education society under the name and banner of ‘Asian School of performing Arts’

“It is very important to emphasis the acting course separately as there is a huge requirement of good trained actors in film and television business” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and Director of AAFT. “We need good performers even for our own films. We are providing 100 percent placements to our actors, we are conscious about their involvement” Marwah added.

“I am keen in the progress of acting students as there is no dearth of work for actors in film and television industry. They have to be groomed well and should technically fit.” said the star producer Boney Kapoor.

The acting classes will be conducted by the experts and masters of acting from India and Abroad. Some of the renowned names from all over the World have already given their consent to be part of the training program. The course has been designed by board consisting of Star Anil Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Karl Bardosh of Tisch School of The Arts,NYU and others. AAFT is backed by Indian Film Industry.

The acting students will be provided films by Marwah Films and Video Productions. Asian School of Performing Arts will be supported by Radio Noida 107.4FM, International Film And Television Club, International Film And Television Research Center, International Children’s Film Forum and International Public Broadcasting Forum.

“The art of acting can be learned by Mac Mohan films who very patiently entered into this industry and in 46 years performed in over 175 films” said Satish Anand, Dean Acting AAFT. “I cannot forget his visit to FTII, Pune when I was student there, how well he presented his caliber and talent to all of us” said Gurbir Garewal Jt Director AAFT.
Mac Mohan with his real name as Mohan Makhijani shot to fame as gun toting dacoit Sambha in Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay. He worked in films like Haqeeqat, Don, The Burning Train, Satte Pe Satta, Bombay to Goa, Shan, Majboor.
One minute silence was observed in the hall by students and the faculty of all the disciplines. A note of the proceeding was sent to the family of late Mac Mohan. Sandeep Marwah proposed a section for his best films in the library.

“If films can leave an impact on the audience that is called a real communication, and film festivals are the best way to project the culture of any country” said Carlos A Irigoyen Forno, the Deputy Head of Mission, Peru Embassy in India while inaugurating the 66th Festival of Short Digital Films produced by Marwah Films and Video Production and directed by the students of AAFT.

“It is important to keep in mind the need of audience while producing the films. Film making not only needs your willingness but ability too.” said Sandeep Marwah president of Marwah Studios and Chairperson of International Film and Television Club welcoming all the guests of 66th FSDF.

Some of the finest films were shown during the festival including The Final Cut Off Directed by Balwender Singh, Maimuna Directed by Ismail Sarr, The Beggar by Shathi Vijayan, Last Breath by Himanshu Chittkara, 2080 Life Without Oil by Daniel Martin, Night Tales by Daniel Ekundayo Akinshola, and 4th Idiot by Sanjeev Rai.

Others who spoke on the occasion were Satish Kapoor, President of voluntary organization Brotherhood, Rajiv Raghunatan former editor of Financial Express, Dr. Asmi Raza Editor Indian Dominion, S.K. Goel financial consultant, Satya Bhushan Jain trustee Narayan Sewa Sansthan, Speaking about the importance of film festivals Prof. Harshvardhan Director Academics, Prof. Gubir Garewal Jt. Director AAFT and R.K. Singh Dean Asian School of Media Studies expressed their views.

“Film directors are going to be successful for sure who believe in writing their own scripts” said Sanjay Chhel the renowned story, script, screenplay, dialogue ,lyrics writer of Rangeela, Daud, Yes Boss, Jo Bole So Nihal, Partner and director of feature films like Khoobsurat, Man Gaye Mugal-E-Azam, Yahhuu, Kya Dil ne Kahaa, talking to the students of final year of Cinema and PGD in Direction at Asian School Of Media Studies at Noida Film City.

“Education and training in cinema, observation, reading, watching cinema are some of the first steps toward achieving goals for all of you.” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and Director of Asian School Of Media Studies to Cinema students. “Honest towards your profession, hard work and continuous persuasion are the second part of this business” Marwah added.

Answering to the large questions Sanjay Chhel gave all those tips to the students which they can adapt and practice to be a good writer. The exercise motivated them to large extend.

The personalized class with Sanjay Chhel was conducted by Rahul Sehgal HOD Cinema ASMS who initiated the importance of writing in Cinema. .R.K.Singh Dean ASMS paid vote of thanks .Later Sandeep Marwah presented the life membership of International Film and Television Club of AAFT to Sanjay Chhel who also spoke his experiences to Radio Noida 107.4FM. The event was co-organized by International Public Broadcasting Forum.

“If you believe in him miracles do take place automatically” said Prof: V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor and Chairman, Distance Educational Council of Indira Gandhi National Open University from the dice of Santhigiri ashram, Delhi branch in the capacity of Chief Guest of the event on the occasion of Navaoli Jyotirdin the day the Founder of the Ashram, Navjyoti Karunakara Guru merged with the Supreme consciousness. Addressing huge gathering of devotees Prof Pillai added “What you gain in the Ashram is the real energy.”

“You can never learn music if you don’t concentrate on seven sur, even the Great Bharat needed Lord Ram for his guidance. In the same way you can only achieve your best when you have Guru in your life” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios, and Director of Asian Academy of Film and Television “Believe in Guru-He will guide you” Marwah added while narrating his experience with Navajyoti Shree Karunakar Guru in large.

Others who spoke on the occasion were Prof. Ashmi Raza from Delhi School of Economics, Bikramjit Ahluwalia, Chairman Ahluwalia Contractors Co, Rakesh Kumar Gulliya Councellor MCD , Dr S.C.L Gupta Member of Delhi Legislative assembly, Rajiv Raghunath former Editor of Financial Times, Dr. Kiran, Regional Head, Santhigiri Ashram and Swami Pranavsudhan Jnana Thapaswi head Delhi Ashram

Later the large prayers were held at the centre followed by cracker show and dinner. A.V. Nair the vice president of Delhi Branch paid vote of thanks. Dr. Yoganand Shastri honourable Speaker in Delhi Government were also present there to pay the respect to the Guru.

“The training set up is much more impressive and powerful than our expectations” said Chris Leonard the film maker and professor accompanying a group of 8 film and TV students arrived from University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK under the Joint Education program between UCLAN and Asian School Of Media Studies.

“It was just few months back we offered our training setup and practical syllabus to the University of Central Lancashire for the students of Journalism, Film and TV, I am happy that they are here in India on our Invitation” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and renowned media personality of this part of the World. “Not only they are learning but they are enjoying their training program” Chris Leonard added.

University of Central Lancashire is one of the most prestigious education centre of United Kingdom and on other hand Asian School of Media Studies an extension of Asian Academy of Film and Television is in media education for 18 years. They are the promoters and founders of World’s fastest growing Noida Film City. The institution is attracting students from 73 countries of the World. This 3week long rigorous film making program is directly supervised by Prof. R.K.Singh Dean ASMS supported by film expert Deepti Pant.

“My style of film making is different, I believe in telling story” said Jag Mundhra the writer and Director of feature film ‘Apartment’ while introducing his cast to the national press at Marwah Studios in Noida Film City. Jag mundhra who has been the writer, producer, director and editor of many films like Bhawander, Mansoon, Back Waters, Shoot on Sight, Chase etc. this time coming with the thriller.

The part of two national award winning films ‘Traffic Sighnal’ and ‘Oye Lucky Oye’ and the leading lady of 13 feature films Neetu Chandra confirmed that nothing is controversial in the film. She said, “I am an actor and has to perform as per the direction of my director, I have given my best”. “From a simple small town girl to a smart city girl, .I got the opportunity to show my talent” Neetu added.

The President of Marwah Studios, Sandeep Marwah organized a special interactive program of the star cast with the students of Asian Academy Of Film And Television, ABS and ASMS. “It is very important for the film and TV students to learn from their seniors of the industry.” said Marwah, while presenting life membership of International Film and Television Club to Jag Mundhra.

Others who were present there were former Miss Afghanistan Vida Samadzai, Super model from Chile Jennifer Mayani who have also played in the film Aparment along with Anupam Kher, Rohit Roy, Tanushree Dutta. The film is produced by Nari Hira and presented by Magna Publications of Stardust. The Cinematographer is Uday Tiwari, Music by Bappa Lahiri, Dialogues and lyrics by Syed Gulrez

“We are impressed by the wonderful beginning of our 67th batch when an exhibition of paintings by Monideep Saha was inaugurated on the very first day of our course” said the excited students of Asian Academy of Film and Television noting down the details of the artist and his works at MEC Art Gallery at Noida Film City.

”I have always believed that it is very important for the students of film and television to know all other arts for better and faster growth in their field” said Sandeep Marwah president of Marwah Studios while talking about the importance of fine arts in our life.” I am very keen in developing the activities of Asian Academy of Fine Arts so that students can be benefited by the same during their stay at AAFT” Marwah added.

“The Painter Monideep Saha combines finer nuances of etching with supporting multiplicity of imagery to create a set where the subject becomes part of the cast” said Jenson Anto a senior artist himself. The painting exhibition was curated by Atul Marwah.

People who spoke on the occasion were Gurbir Garewal, Kalyan Sarkar, Satish Anand, Latika Sahani, and Bhushan Khandari. A special assignment was given to the students of AAFT on this painting exhibition.

International Public Broadcasting Forum a subsidiary of Asian Society of Film & TV the promoters of media, film and television education and business with its students spread out in 73 countries of the World invites “Scripts and Directors” to come forward to make short films with good themes.

“If you have a script with some good motive and film is speaking for the society, I am in the game” said Sandeep Marwah, the President of the Society and Marwah Studios. “We want to promote good cinema” Marwah added.

Film makers can apply to info@aaft.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with their resume for the making of theme oriented short film. The IPBF board will immediately contact them for further details. Writing scripts or ready scripts and direction capabilities is the only prerequisite for approaching IPBF. All other facilities for preproduction, Production and post production will be taken care by the Society.

The whole film making process is supported by Marwah Studios and other organizations like International Film and Television Club [IFTC], International Film And Television Research Centre [IFTRC], International Children’s Film Forum[ICFF], Radio Noida 107.4FM, Asian Academy of Film and Television[AAFT], Asian School of Media Studies[ASMS], Asian Business School [ABS].

“I am indebted to each and every member of Asian Academy of Film and Television, Asian School of Media Studies and Asian School of Graphics and Animation for their sincere efforts to bring AAFT to world class media education Centre.” said Sandeep Marwah president of Marwah Studios while accepting the BCS Ratna Award at air force auditorium in New Delhi in a grand function.

Introducing these newly constituted awards to the jam packed hall Dr A.K. Rastogi the Chairman of Avishkar Media Group highlighted the need to upgrade the cable industry with a turnover of 10000 crores approx. “Its a grand felicitation and recognition for the outstanding contribution to the Indian Broadcasting and Cable TV Services during last two decades” said Jawahar Goel of ZEETV Network while unveiling the award in the shape of a Golden Lady.

Some of the prominent people were awarded from the cable, Broadcasting and Satellite Industry for hardware manufacturing, hardware distribution, content development, advertising agency, cable operation, channel distribution, msos etc

The heartthrob of millions in Bhutan Lakhi Dolma paid rich tribute to the faculty of Asian Academy of Film & TV for its contribution towards sowing the seed of the now flourishing and govt. supported film industry in her tiny kingdom. She was delivering the valedictory to the outgoing students of the 66th session of the world renowned AAFT. Thirteen year ago the top film director of Bhutan Karma Tsehering had received education and training in the art and craft of filmmaking and this was the motive force behind the new dawn in the entertainment industry of Bhutan, she added. The founder and now the President of Asian Academy of Film & TV, Sandeep Marwah said that Karma Tschering has indeed done his alma mater proud and his name would go down in the history of world cinema. In his address to the audience film director Karma Tschering acknowledged that he owe his success to this guru and mentor Sandeep Marwah. He went on to say that work for the welfare of the society is anytime superior to the mere pursuit of wealth. Filmmaking is a human endeavour which leaves a lasting impression on the mind of the viewers and which may lead to building of a healthy, happy and sane society, he added. Social activist and President of Uttariya Nav Nirman Sena Amit Jani exhorted the students on this occasion to try and eliminate through their work the evils which are eating up the very vitals of the Indian society.

“The purpose of both the organizations is to get into community service either by community broadcasting by Radio Noida 107.4FM or screening children’s films in villages and slums through International Children’s Film Forum.” said Sandeep Marwah, President of Marwah Studios and founder of both the organizations.

International Children’s Film Forum ICFF based in Noida has recently started screening program in Noida villages and slums where some of the good cinema is projected to the children of those villages to promote good habits, education, general health and hygiene.

The coordination of the above program is taken care by a voluntary organization of students of Asian Academy of Film and Television, Asian School of Media Studies, Asian Business School named YES Young Energetic Society.

Radio Noida 107.4FM has started a special program where a slot has been reserved for all these villages and slums to express their views, problems, activities, interviews and suggestions. The program is supported by International Film and Television Club and International Film And Television Research Centre.

“It’s a matter of great pride that our alumni Haobam Paban Kumar has won a national Film Award for the best Non Feature film and brought lime light to Asian Academy of Film And Television” said Sandeep Marwah Director of AAFT at Vigyan Bhawan where President of India Smt. Pratibha Patil presented Awards to Indian film Industry for the year 2008 during 56th Ceremony.

In the non-feature film category, Director Haobam Paban Kumar, student of 14th batch of Asian Academy of Film And Television, Noida received the award for the best non-feature film named “AFSPA 1958”. The award is Swarna Kamal and a cash prize of Rs 100,000 to the producers Bachaspatimayum Sunzu and Haobam Paban Kumar and Swarna Kamal and a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000 to the Director Haobam Paban Kumar.

The film is a courageous depiction of the non violent resistance of the people of Manipur to protest against a legislation which undermines the values of self respect and the fundamentals of Democracy. The documentation process by various crews and the way it is chronicled offers multiple perspectives.

The President of India Smt. Pratibha Patil said, “cinema needs to be continuously nurtured, as a part of our efforts to not only excel in making films, but also to use it as a medium to tell our stories, as well as give expression to the importance of a humane approach in life”.

“Cinema has an immense influence on thinking and on lifestyles particularly of the young generation. There is much positive energy that can be generated by using films, for conveying the message of good values to society and also eradicating harmful social evils,” she added.

“There is no department in education which is not influenced by the information technology and new media” said Sandeep Marwah, President of Marwah Studios while inaugurating two days seminar on role of IT and New Media in Education at India International Centre in New Delhi. “The four other mediums of Media like Print, Radio, Television and Cinema are also now addicted to the fifth brother New Media. These mediums cannot be separated” Marwah added giving case study of his own organizations.

The seminar is organized by World Development Foundation, NGO committed to sustain and enrich the lives of the poor and socially excluded for the development and education of unprivileged under the leadership of Dr.H.O.Srivastava. The other speakers who spoke on the occasion wereYogesh Kochhar Director Microsoft Corp., S.N.Goswami MD ML Asia, Dr Malti Goel advisor to Govt. of India.

The foundation later distributed cash prizes to three poor parents for the education of their children. The inaugural program closed with the handing over the Life Time Achievement award to broadcaster Padamshri H.S. Jolly and Padambhushan Jasdev Singh.

The two days seminar will cover the topics, discussion and workshop on New Media for Science, Community Radio, Content Development, Content Policy, Content Production etc.and A.K.Bhatnagar, Dr.R.Shreedhar, Abhilaksh Lekhi, R.K.Singh, Yogendra Pal, Dimitri Fague, P.S.Sundram, Bandana Mukhopadhyay, Anita R. Gautam, Sajan Venyoor, T.R. Malakar, Dr.B.K.Jha, L.S.Bajpai, Rajiv Shukla will be the speakers.

The ICFF promoted by Marwah Studios and supported by education centers like AAFT,ASMS and ABS has joined hands with Lioness Club of Noida—Navsankalp to promote education and awareness for the unprivileged children through films.

Recently two medical camps were organized in Noida at Agahapur sec 41 and Barat Ghar sec 31 where not only people donated their blood, more than 100 patients were treated at no cost basis by the doctors of Kailash Hospital followed by screening of information and educational films by ICFF.

“I am in Lioness Club to help people, to promote all those who cannot afford, and educate people to live happily” said Veena Jaruhar President of Lioness Club. “My association with International Children’s Film Forum is going to enhance our activities” Veena added.

“I have always believed that visual media has the largest impact on the human minds, we want to create huge awareness through Good Cinema” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios .The whole event was covered by Radio Noida 107.4FM

“It is my duty to take care of unprivileged children to best of my capacity as they are my country men. We should not see for what others have done for me rather you should be cautious what you have done for others” said Sandeep Marwah, Chairperson of the forum and President of Marwah Studios while launching AWARE INDIA program to educate and promote citizens of India living in villages and slums through GOOD CINEMA at Marwah Studios with the large gathering of volunteers from different colleges.

The voluntary body of students of Asian School of Media Studies YES, Young Energetic Society which has already become National Body has joined in this aware India program with ICFF .The president Souvik informed all the volunteers to work whole heartily in this venture. “I am not only supporting but would like to be present in every screening at every village and slum to guide my students of ASMS and other colleges” said R.K.Singh Dean of ASMS.

“I want to be the part of this work without second thought” said Ashok Srivastava, known socialist from Noida. “We are ready to add more management to this venture through Asian Business School” said Latika Sahani Dean ABS .International Children’s Film Forum has started showing meaningful films to slums and villages in Noida from the collection of Marwah Films and Video Productions.

Radio Noida 107.4FM in association with Asian Academy of Film and Television, Asian School of Media Studies, Asian Business School, International Children’s Film Forum, IFTC, IFTRC, World Development Organization, COMCON, Media Lab Asia organized national seminar on the opportunity and challenges of running community radio.

The seminar which was divided into four segments saw many prominent speakers from all over India who gave their point of views, suggestions, case studies, actual working and describe their problems. “I am proud to be associated with the group which believes in social work of the highest order” said Lt. Gen. K.M. Seth, the former Governor of Chattisgarh while inaugurating the seminar.

“I have always believe in giving back my knowledge and my resources to Entertainment Industry to which I belong, India- the country I live in and Humanity without which we don’t exist” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios. “Radio Noida 107.4FM is an addition to our work of community” Marwah added. Others who spoke on the subject were Harshvardhan, K.R.P.Verma, S.N.Goswami, Dr.H.O.Srivastava, Rakesh Agarwal, Nirmal Bhatnagar, Brahm Prakash, Deepti Pant, Vijay Laxmi, H.M.Srivastava, C.R.Chabra, Taneja from Min. of I&B

Kalyan Sarkar, Latika Sahni, V.Kannan, Mansoor Naqvi, Satish Anand, Rahul Sehgal, Lalit Kumar and large number of film, TV and Media students and professionals attended the seminar. The seminar was designed, planned and conducted by R.K.Singh Dean Asian School of Media Studies who later also paid vote of thanks.

It was a scene to be seen at Film City Noida when hundreds of young good looking trained and untrained actors linedup in front of Marwah Studios to get selected in the newly launched television serials by Balaji Tele Films, Mumbai.

“We are happy to provide our infrastructure and facility to Balaji Telefilms for this huge selection” said Sandeep Marwah, President of Marwah Studios where special arrangements of security were performed to control this large crowd gathered from Delhi, Noida and all neighboring States.

This is a normal practice of Marwah Studios to plan and organize professional campus interviews for the students of all disciplines of Film, TV and Media learning at Asian Academy of Film and Television and Asian School Of Media studies including for the management students of Asian Business School.

Some of the prominent companies like Anil Kapoor’s Production for feature film ‘Ayesha’, Sharukh Khan’s Red Chilies new television serial ‘FAUJI’ reality show BIG BOSS etc have conducted campus interviews at Marwah Studios.

Asian School of Media Studies, Noida in association with World Development Foundation has decided to organize a national seminar on community Radio covering opportunities and challenge on 10th march at Marwah studios, informed R.K.Singh the dean of ASMS.

“We have requested Lt Gen K.M. Seth, the former Governor of Chattisgarh to inaugurate this National event” R.K.Singh added. ”The workshop will focus on government scheme of CRS, the policy guide lines, use of community radio, hardware and software issues and content development” said Sandeep Marwah president of Marwah Studios and President of this National Seminar.

“Radio is a very powerful technology that can allow information to reach large sector of the population quickly and economically” said Marwah. The seminar is supported by Radio Noida 107.4FM, Comcon Technologies, Asian Business School, AAFT, International Film and Television Club, International Children’s Film Forum and International Film and Television Research Centre. There will be large number of participants and speakers from all over the country.

Narrating the activities of Marwah Studios, the president Sandeep Marwah invited one of the biggies of Hollywood Samuel Jackson to India.“I love Bollywood Films” Samuel said “I would love to come to India when there is a film event or a film festival” he added. “I am happy to meet media guru Sandeep Marwah who has been teacher to 7000 media persons and that too from 70 countries of the World.” He expressed his keen ness to be associated with Indian Film Industry.

Samuel L. Jackson who has created a wonderful niche for himself through Hollywood films and has worked in more than 130 films .He has been a Oscar nominee for his role in ‘Pulp Fiction’ and winner of BAFTA with BET Comedy Awards for ‘Incredible, Bambi Award for ‘International’, Silver Berlin Best Actor for ‘ Jackie Brown’, Best Actor Black movie Award for ‘Coach Carter’ and well awarded for films like ‘Jumper’, ‘Eve’s Bayou’, ‘Home of the Brave’, ‘Jungle Fever’, ‘Shaft’, ‘Sydney’, ‘The Long Kiss Goodnight’, ‘A Time To Kill’ etc.

“Meeting and knowing a huge actor like Samuel Jackson is my good luck, we both were together at Cairo Film Festival” said Sandeep Marwah, film producer, Studio Owner, and the director of media and business schools in India.

The last session of two days 6th Indo US Economic Summit being held at hotel Lalit in New Delhi ‘Bollywood To Hollywood’ brought glamour to the whole show when President of Marwah Studios Sandeep Marwah presented key note expressing the interrelation of Hollywood and Bollywood as far as production, joint ventures, distribution, acting, awards, film education, music and other things are concerned. Giving number of examples out of feature films he brought many facts and figures to the table in a full house. The event is organized by the Indo American Chamber Of Commerce.

The panel was consisting of Anand Desai, managing Partner DSK LEGAL, Sandeep Bhargava CEO The Indian Film Company, Rajesh Jain Executive Director, Corporate Finance and Entertainment Division, Siddharth Roy Kapur CEO UTV Motion Pictures and Lalit Bhasin, the summit Chairman and President, Society of Indian Law Firms.

“There is a huge scope of business for two film industries USA and India to explore the market in each other country” said Sandeep Marwah who is also heading Entertainment Committee in IACC .The topics related to piracy, the legality of joint ventures and the usage of latest equipments were discussed by the panel.

A annual joint venture of AAFT, ASMS, ASGA and ABS prepared and conducted by the students to express their talent and practice was held at Marwah Studios attended by students of all the 30 courses of the campus.

Speaking on the occasion in a jam packed hall the President of the Asian Education Society Sandeep Marwah encouraged students to frame more programs like this which are very healthy for the personality development of the students. Sandeep Marwah sanctioned more funds for student’s welfare this year which also includes student competitions and participation in India and Abroad. “He who does not believe in Entertainment and music is not human being” said Marwah

Present on the event the renowned actor Viswajit Pradhan who has worked in more than 150 feature films and only Gujar Actor in Bollywood congratulated the students for their large participation while lighting the lamp .”I am proud to be associated with International Media Education Centre and would like to be back again”

ShreeRupa the director of NGO ‘Make A Wish Foundation of India’ appreciated the efforts of the students and their enthusiasm for the cultural event.” I invite students who would like to get into social work” said ShreeRupa. Others who spoke on the occasion were Prof. R.K.Singh dean Asian School of Media Studies and Asian School of Graphics and Animation, Prof. Latika Sahani dean Asian Business School .The event was followed by a grand party.

“The films must leave an impact on the viewers that is how we plan and produce films at Asian Academy of Film and Television” said Sandeep Marwah president of Marwah Studios while introducing the guest on the dice at the inauguration of 65th Festival of Short Digital Films at Noida Film City.

Some of the finest films directed by the students of 64th batch were screened for the large crowd of young film makers who were enjoying every bit of the festival environment. “Students must take advantage of the first class facilities being provided by the institution here which are somewhere better than any film school in Europe” said Yiannis Arsenis, the film maker from Greece while addressing the students. “We invite the students of AAFT to come forward to direct and present films highlighting on the subject of Disability” said Satish Kapoor founder of Brotherhood.

“Films are the best source of expression and do not ignore the touch of right music into it” said Madhu Mathur Anand classical singer from USA who later impressed the audience with a spiritual song. The presence of Prof. Kamal Dixit a veteran journalist and B.K. Sushant media coordinator of World renowned Brahmkumari organisation proposed to enthusiastic film makers to go for meaningful Cinema. Prof. Kalyan Sarkar paid vote of thanks.

“The Computers – a marvel of the 20th century is now being used to create and integrate text, still pictures, graphics, audio and video. This work is referred to as multimedia” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios.“Graphics are a visual art discipline for creating text, images and layouts to communicate information. Animation brings two and three dimensional still images to life. The computer hardware and soft wares have indeed enabled the creative persons to do their work speedily and to make amazing media products” added Marwah.

“Graphics artists and animators are required by film and television production houses; cable and satellite television channels; printing and publishing houses; commercial art studios; art museums; advertising agencies; public relation firms; businessmen for making logos, creating and maintaining websites and e-commerce work; video game industry, to name a few areas” said Harshvardhan Director Academics of ASGA. Asian School of Graphics and Animation is the new arm of world renowned Asian Academy of Film and Television and Asian School of Media Studies.

This school offers education and training opportunity in the computer and the internet centric new medium of mass communication. What distinguishes school of Graphics and Animation from other similar centers is its nearly two decades of first hand experience of imparting training in making traditional media products i.e. films, radio and television programs etc; access to the shooting floors, equipment and the film archive of Marwah Studios; ready availability of qualified and highly experienced trainers in all departments of film and television production; the ambience of Noida Film city above all highly skilled graphic artists and animators as full time and visiting faculty.

School of Graphics and Animation now offers courses in Print and Advertising graphics, 2 D Graphics and Animation, Virtual set design, 3 D Graphics and Animation, Compositing and Special Effects, Internet and Web Design, TV Graphics and Animation, Multimedia Production, Digital Design Techniques.The faculty of school of Graphics and Animation may design on demand, programs to fulfill special training needs of a group of people or an individual.

The huge crowd of young film makers from all over India and abroad lined up to enter into the festival theatre at Marwah Studios to look into this third International festival of Mobile Phone Cinema where more than 500 entries have been received from all over the World. “I am excited that the festival has become popular worldwide in just three years, no doubt that our team from AAFT,ASMS,ABS and ASGA has done a great job in making this event so attractive.” said Sandeep Marwah president of Marwah Studios.

The festival organized by International Film and Television Club inaugurated by the renowned writer, producer, editor and director N.Chandra who has given some of the finest films like Ankhush, Tezab, Pratighat, Narasimha, Humlaa, Beqabu, Yeh Mera India etc and presided over by American film director Karl Bardosh.

“I am amazed by the ideas these mobile films have thrown to all of us to elaborate into full length feature films.” said N. Chandra, also the jury member of the festival while addressing the audience, national press and media personalities present there.. “I am associated with the festival from the beginning and happy to see it growing year by year. Mobile Cinema is going to takeover all alternatives of watching films” said Karl Bardosh who is also the prof in Tisch School of Arts, New York University.

The festival was supported by International Film and Television Research Centre, Radio Noida 107.4, International Children’s Film Forum, International Public Broadcasting Forum, Batchbuzz.com, Rajshri.com, Media Mugals, Greycell Communication, Dragons Lab, 1take Media.com, Film and TV Producers Guild of India, Nimbus IT Solutions, NSFI, the Script Hub, MEC Art Gallery and Shivkala Motion Pictures.

Talking to the students of 66th batch of trainees of Asian Academy of Film and Television, Anurag Malhotra the International head of Zee TV based in Dubai invited media students to the city of Dubai for better exposure and understanding of international affairs in media. Explaining the need of film and TV education for the new aspirant he said “It is not only essential but necessary for every new comer to go through the proper training and education for better future”

“The best way to write the book is to document the events happened with you” said Awais Sheikh the Pakistani writer and promoter of the organization ‘Pak India Peace Initiative’ who has just finished a book called SHAMJHAUTA on the India Pakistan friendship. Awais has been to India many times also invited media Students to come and see for them selves how Pakistan is similar to India in Language, food and Culture. .Answering to the questions Awais appreciated the Indian films and hospitability.

Expressing his enthusiasm on the visit of two international guests Sandeep Marwah accepted the invitation from both the nations on behalf of the students of AAFT and later presented the life membership of International Film and Television Club to both the international guests.

“Cultural activities are as important as studies in schools. It not only develops your mind but also promote personality of the student. Every school must have a cultural wing” said Arvind Singh Lovely, Minister of Education and Transport, Government of Delhi while inaugurating Anand Ustav of Happy School at Hamsadhwani Theatre.

“It is very important to develop the good thinking and good feeling through these cultural programs so that we can lead to good karmas and through which we must convert earth into heaven” said Sandeep Marwah President Marwah Studios and founder of Noida Film City encouraging students and offering Media courses to school pass outs at subsidized fee.

“I appreciate the efforts of school management in conducting Anand Ustav at such a big scale” said Jai Prakash Agarwal, Member Parliament Lok Sabha. Others who were present there were S.H. Khan, senior manager, Pragati Maidan, Satpal, information officer to Chief Minister of Delhi, Dr. Ravindra Nagar principal Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya and a large gathering of school students, teachers and parents. Pradeep Dinidia President, Krishan Kumar Hony Secretary and Principal Gita Arora paid vote of thanks.

“Any sincere efforts into learning and education can never go waste” said Sandeep Marwah, the President of Marwah Studios while talking to the passing out students of 65th batch of AAFT Asian Academy of Film and Television on the day of Convocation at Marwah Studios who all were more than excited to receive their diploma of World repute.

“We have given you the best as far as your ambience, infrastructure, Equipment, curriculum, management, workshops, interactions, industry interface, visits, festivals, productions, campus interviews, grooming and other things are concerned, now its your chance to prove your learning and its utilization in the industry” added Marwah.

“More than 500 hours of education and training in each discipline in short term courses and 1800 hrs in one year can make you a good start in the film and TV industry” said R.K.Singh the former Engineer in Chief, Doordarshan. “We will be pleased to see your names in the credit list of TV programs and feature films that will be our reward” said Harshvardhan, the Course Director of AAFT.

“We welcome you to the main stream industry and ask you to join us in the field you prefer to be in” said Gurbir Garewal the writer director of feature film Mannat and Coffee House. “This is the only institution which provides films to each and every acting student even before they leave the institute” said Satish Anand the great dramatist and national award winner.

We have given you are blood while teaching you, we want you to respect the sincerity of this institution, be human to reach to the top” said Kalyan Sarkar Dean of Asian Academy of Film and TV. Others who spoke on the occasion were K.K.Wadhwa, V.Kannan, Rajinder Gandhi, Lalit Prakash, Mansoor Naqvi, Arun Anand, Adil Rana.

The federation of yoga organizations in India and abroad join hands together to form an international body ‘Global Yog Alliance’ under the leadership of Yogshiromani Dr. Gopalji who has brought three important parts of the society that is Yog, Spirituality and religion, Film, TV and Media together for the first time on the same platform.

Some of the most important names from these segments of life .Anantshree Jagatguru Shankracharya Swami Madhawashramji Maharaj of Jyotimath, Anantshree Jagatguru Shankracharya Swami Onkaranand Saraswati Maharaj of Parmatamamath, Dr Acharaya Prabhakar Mishra President World Religious Parliamant, Acharya Satyaendra Narayan International Secretary General, Dr. Mufti M. Mukarram Ahmed Shahi Imam fatehpuri, Pir Khwaja Afzal Nizami Sajjada Nashin of Nizamuddin and Media Guru Sandeep Marwah President of Asian Academy of Film and Television, Noida have been taken as patrons to the organization.

The Alliance has decided to go ahead with a national conference on Role of Yog, Religion and Media for the Peace in the World on 28th of December 2009.

The visitors, students, media persons all were very lucky to be the part of Direction Workshop conducted by the renowned Director Pankaj Parashar on the second day of 2nd Global Festival of Documentary Films 2009 at Noida Film City.

Talking about his success and failure of films and projecting his films on screen the veteran Director discuss the ups and downs of the director in the Industry. Pankaj Parashar who has directed some of the finest films like Jalwa, Chalbazz, Himalayaputra, Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin, Banaras and popular TV serial Karamchand along with 400 advertisement films for best of the companies.

“You have to get involved with the project, treat it as your child and then only you can give best to the film” said Pankaj Parashar “Workshops like this during the film festivals create the awareness among the masses about the hard work and fire one has to go through while making the films” said Sandeep Marwah, the president of festival. The session finished with the question answer session and the interview by Radio Noida 107.4FM.

The well known actor and a performer in feature films like Wanted, Aaloo Chat, Sing Is King, Dhamaal ect. Manoj Pahwa gave acting tips to the students of Asian Academy Of Film And Television and Asian School Of Media Studies on his visit to the 2nd Global Festival of Documentary Films 2009 at Noida Film City.

A special workshop has been planned at Marwah Studios where students had the full privilege to interact and ask questions related to carrier in acting and how to manage the affairs in the Film and TV industry.

“We are happy that this kind of workshop could be planned during Global festival of films, this makes the whole festival more interesting and creative in its nature” said Sandeep Marwah, the president of Marwah Studios, a creative enterprises and the sponsors of Global Festival.

“I am feeling more elevated that I have been given this kind of duty in International event to guide the young group of actors, My relation with Marwah Studios is very long, when I started my carrier at Delhi” said Manoj Pahwa .

Later, the president of the festival Sandeep Marwah honoured Manoj Pahwa with the life membership of International Film And Television Club.

International Film And Television Club {IFTC} a wing of Marwah Studios- a creative enterprises organized 2nd Global Festival Of Documentary Films from 20th to 22nd November 2009. This three days festival showcased some of the most outstanding, critically acclaimed and awarded films across the World.

.The list of films included THE GARDEN directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy, SUPER MAN OF MALEGAON directed by Ahmed Khan, WE ARE TOGETHER directed by Paul Taylor, FOR LOVE OF WATER directed by Irena Salina, MORALITY TV AUR LOVING JIHAD-EK MANOHAR KAHANI directed by Paromita Vohra, SMILE PINKY directed by Megan Mylan, WORK IN PROGRESS directed by Krishnendu Bose, ANDHERI directed by Sushrut Jain, TEXTURE OF OUR SOUL directed by Deepak Gera, FLOATING LAMP OF THE SHADOW VALLEY directed by Rajesh S.Jala, BEGINNING FILMMAKING directed by Rosenblatt, THE FORGOTTEN WOMAN directed by Dilip Mehta, HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTOR directed by Paresh Mokashi and ROUGH AUNTIES directed by Kim Longinotto.

The second segment was for short films. More than 90 films have been received from 27 countries in the competition. Three best films have been awarded with Rs 50000/- prize."We had footfall of more than 3000 people in three days which has not only made the event successful but encouraged us to start preparing for the festval for 2010." said Sandeep Marwah, Festival President."I am thankful to my all teams of AAFT,ASMS,ABS and AAFT School of Graphics and Animation for their sincere efforts." added Marwah.

It was the third and the final day of 2nd Global Festival of Documentary Films 2009 at Marwah Studios where ample films had already been displayed for the documentary film makers, media, film and TV students, a huge international gathering was anxiously waiting for the .formal closing when a range of stars were brought to the stage to launch Radio Noida 107.4FM“It may be the closing ceremony of Global festival of films 2009 but it’s the beginning of Non stop Radio Programs at our radio station RADIO NOIDA 107.4FM” said Sandeep Marwah, the President of Marwah Group of Creative Enterprises.

“I am happy that I am once again part of this new venture at Marwah Studios” said Sanjay Kapoor. I congratulate the whole team of Global Festival for their honest and hard work towards the promotion of our entertainment industry” he added “I have never seen this kind of International huge event at any film school, I admire the energy being generated at this campus” said Rahul Roy. “I feel this is the Golden Palace of Entertainment where every aspect of media is exchanged with the film, TV and Media students .This festival is the judicial mix of professionals and new comers of this trade” narrated Rrajat Barjatya of Rajshri.com.” I am coming back very soon, I have loved this place” said Prinyanka the charming and attractive leading girl of many movies.” I feel I have gathered more than what I could give to this festival” said Karl Bardosh the renowned film director and professor of Tisch School of Arts, New York university.

“We are now the brand ambassadors of Radio Noida 107.4FM” said Sajid Wajid khan, and sang on many tunes for Radio Noida. More than 600 participants present there converted the gala dinner into a musical show that evening. The Radio Noida was inaugurated with the live coverage of the whole event .Later Mohit Marwah, Akshay Marwah and Raghav Marwah creative directors of Marwah Studios and Suman Bajaj Kalra the festival Director paid vote of thanks to all the departments of Asian Academy of film and TV, Asian School of Media Studies, Asian Business School, AAFT School of Graphic and Animation, IFTC, IFTRC involved with the festival.

L to R :- Kalyan Sarkar, Sandeep Marwah, Basu Chatterjee, Pankaj Prashar, Manoj Pahwa & Suman Bajaj Kalra

Some of the finest documentary films were screened during the day followed by the release of set of seven technical books on film making prepared by the documentation department of International Film And Television Research Centre of Marwah Studios on the first day of 2nd Global festival of Documentary films 2009 at inaugural dinner at Noida Film City.

Basu Chatterjee, Pankaj Parashar, Manoj Pahwa together released the set of books at the glamorous evening supported by the presence of media, film and tv personalities.” I am pleased that the organizers have not forgotten the importance of film and tv education even during this glamorous and happening evening, I endorse the idea of Global Festival of Films” said Basu Chatterjee .”Releasing book is no less than a step towards spirituality, I am elevated by this gesture” said Pankaj Parashar. “I must carry these books and study them I will gain knowledge” said Manoj Pahwa.

The president of the festival Sandeep Marwah spoke about the International Film and TV Research Centre and the festival director Suman Bajaj Kalra paid vote of thanks.

The Red Carpet became the centre of attraction on the opening of 2nd Global Festival of Documentary films at Film City Noida organized by International Film And Television Club under the president ship of Sandeep Marwah of Marwah Studios a renowned Media, Film and TV personality of this part of the World.

“I have always believe in promoting young and talented film makers by creating an opportunity for them in this beautiful trade” said Sandeep Marwah to the international press gathered along with film makers, participants, who”s who of entertainment industry, film and TV students from all over the World.

A formal inauguration took place by lighting the lamp by the renowned, veteran writer, producer and Director Basu Chatterjee along with film director Pankaj Parashar, Manoj Pahwa the famous actor ,Tarry Parrish of Ice Academy, U.K, film maker Shekh Nasir with Suman Bajaj Kalra festival Director and President of the festival Sandeep Marwah.

The festival started with the scheduled program of screening films in three theatres for the first hour followed by huge list of films to follow. “Not much festivals in India promoting documentaries, this festival is the real breathing to the documentary film makers and that too at this scale” said Basu Chatterjee. “I believe in the management of IFTC. This time Global has touched the documentaries, other wise there are no supporters other than government.” said Pankaj Parashar. “I have come all the way from UK to support Sandeep for his venture we need promoters and people with innovative ideas” said Terry Parrish.

The festival is supported by Asian Academy of Film and TV, Asian School of Media Studies, Asian Business School, AAFT School of Graphics and Animation, International Film And Television Research Centre, Radio Noida 107.4FM.and others.