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  • TP Aggarwal re-elected as Film Federation of India president

    TP Aggarwal re-elected as Film Federation of India president

    NEW DELHI: Filmmaker and distributor TP Aggarwal has been unanimously elected as president of the apex body of Indian filmmakers, the Film Federation of India (FFI).

    Aggarwal, who has headed FFI earlier, succeeds JP Chowksey. The new post will be effective from 1 January. He was elected at the first meeting of the FFI executive committee held immediately after the 62nd Annual General Meeting.

    Aggarwal represents the Indian Motion Picture & Producers Association (IMPPA).

    Supran Sen will continue as the secretary general of the FFI.

    Other office bearers elected are as follows:

    Vice Presidents: J. P. Chowksey (Central); Bobby Bedi (West); N. Datar (West); C Kalyan (South); T Siva (South); Thomas D’Souza (South); Kaimal Nanda Kumar (South); Murali Mohan Rao (South); Krishna Daga (East); and G D Mehta (North).

    Honorary General Secretaries: Ravi Kottarakara (South) and Hirachand Dand (West).

    Honorary Treasurer: Sangram Shirke (West)

  • TP Aggarwal, Supran Sen in FIAPF team to WIPO Conference in Beijing

    TP Aggarwal, Supran Sen in FIAPF team to WIPO Conference in Beijing

    NEW DELHI: Film Federation of India (FFI) first vice president TP Aggarwal and its secretary general Supran Sen will be attending the diplomatic conference on the proposed World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Audiovisual Performances Treaty in Beijing this month.

    The two are going as members of the International Federation of Film Producers Association (FIAPF), which serves the interest of producers globally to the meet being held from 20 to 26 June.

    WIPO Audiovisual Performances Treaty comprises 20 Articles, 19 of which were provisionally agreed to in 2000 at a previous diplomatic conference. However, the WIPO member states could not agree on Article 12 dealing with the issue of performers‘ rights.

    The two Indian delegates being Government nominees to this diplomatic conference are expected to play a major role.

    FIAPF president Luis Alberto Scalella and director general Benoit Andre Ginisty are also attending the conference.

    Indian producer Bobby Bedi may also join the delegation.