The well known Portugal born Director – Cinematographer Joao Ponces De Carvalho was invited by AAFT to conduct lectures for the cinematography students and the budding documentary filmmakers at the school. The talented Director – Cinematographer who conducts classes in Leeds Metropolitan University in UK & Academia de Artes e Tecnologias, Lisbon Portugal was impressed … Read more
Making a fervent appeal to all those connected with mass media to try and remould the society through their work, the former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia Syed Shahid Mahdi said that mass media appears to be becoming a victim of sensationalism. The distinguished civil servant and educationist was delivering valedictory to the students … Read more
In keeping with its tradition of providing pioneering initiatives in the field of education in media arts, the University of Media Arts has decided to launch PhD courses in various specialized streams of media arts soon.Interested candidates can write to the course director with expressions of their interest and a brief background of their academic, … Read more
The former Governor and Union Minister Dr. Bhishma Narain Singh said that India is known for its competent information technologists and spiritualism. He was addressing the students of Asian Academy of Film & TV. Dr. Bhishma Narain Singh advised the would be journalists and filmmakers to think positively while doing their work. Expressing his concern … Read more
The Superstar of Indian films Rajesh Khanna said that after acting in nearly 190 feature films, he realized that performing arts is indeed a fathomless ocean. Addressing the students, he recalled his varied experience of 40 years in the Indian cinema. The talented actor and a heart throb of millions, Rajesh Khanna mentioned that performing … Read more
The well known film director Satish Kaushik said that watching the works of great filmmakers like Eisenstein, Fellini and Satyajit Ray Goddard had been a valuable hearing experience for him. He was addressing the students of University of Media Arts’ study centre Asian Academy of Film & Television and Asian School of Media Studies after … Read more
The global economic meltdown will not impact the entertainment industry, those associated with the sector say.”Entertainment is recession-proof. It does well both in good and bad times,’ Rajjat A. Barjatya, managing director of production house Rajshri Media, told IANS during Focus 2008, the two-day second annual global entertainment and media summit that began here Monday. … Read more
Addressing the student of the Asian Academy of Film & Television, the renowned producer/director Prem Sagar said that Karma has to be a part of dharma. Feeling at home in the company of the students this distinguished film and television personality said that his illustrious father Ramanand Sagar asked him in 1968 to join Film … Read more
Addressing the students of the twenty-sixth session of Asian Academy of Film & Television, well known intellectual and former Director General Doordarshan Madhukar Lele said that mass media is known to shape thought, change attitudes and move people to action and its potentials to facilitate development or damaging the society is enormous. Conceding that the … Read more
After attending a ceremonial reception with cavalry soldiers, a gunsalute and a military honor guard for President Bush at New Delhi’spresidential palace, Mrs. Bush was to break away from the presidentialentourage. It is her first visit to India. Her first stop is Film City, an enclave of television studios in New Delhi’s eastern suburb of … Read more