AAFT hosts meet to fight terrorism

Ek aur ek gyarah, an event aimed at uniting India through eliminating terrorism was recently hosted by AAFT in its premises in association with AB Fans Foundation, Mumbai. T he event took opportunity to pay homage to the victims of last year’s 7/11 serial train blasts in Mumbai by observing two minutes silence in the beginning. Chairman of the AIATF, M S Bitta was the chief guest for the event together with Col V N Thapar, Flt Lt J P Sharma and Smt Sudesh Sharma, the proud parents of Noida’s valiant martyrs Capt Vijayant Thapar and Capt Shashi Kant Sharma, Irfan Khan, Prashant Mastan, Shivanand Chand, Chief Advisory Committee, President and General Secretary of the ABFF, as the other distinguished guests of honour. Addressing the audience, Shri Bitta exhorted upon the members present to inculcate a spirit of patriotism in the younger generations of the nation. Director AAFT/ASMS Prof Sandeep Marwah said that the cinema is a potent medium for strengthening the spirit of patriotism in the country and expressed full hope that his students shall utilize the same for achieving the same.Others, who addressed the gathering included Prof T S Bedi,Col Thapar, Flt Lt Sharma, Irfan Shaikh, Shivanand and P Mastan.