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The International Public Broadcasting Forum has announced documentary on the 100 days of Queen’s Baton Relay which started from Wagah Boarder and will finish in New Delhi. “It is our honor and privilege to be part of Commonwealth Games 2010, that has induced us to go head with the making of another documentary on the ‘Queen’s Baton Relay 100 days’” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and Chairperson of International Public Broadcasting Forum while appreciating the film makers team which has already started covering Queen’s Baton Relay from last few days. “I am enjoying coordinating this documentary from Delhi and will see to it that all those precious moments must be recorded which need to be the part of this Documentary” said R.K.Singh Vice President of International Public Broadcasting Forum. This Documentary will be other than the part of the Multi Media agreement which Marwah Studios has signed with the Organizing Committee of Commonwealth Games 2010.

“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.

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.

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.

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.

A special prayer meeting was conducted at Asian Academy of Film And Television, Noida Film City to remember the veteran actor Mac Mohan who recently left for heavenly abode.
“We feel it is necessary to pay homage to the departed soul who has contributed a lot to the creative field of film making” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and Director of AAFT. “Patience and persuasion can be learned from him.” Marwah added.

“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.