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  • IT’S TIME FOR TATA MUMBAI MARATHON 2020

    IT’S TIME FOR TATA MUMBAI MARATHON 2020

    Mumbai: Procam International, pioneers of distance running events in India, today announced the launch of registrations for the 17th edition of Tata Mumbai Marathon (TMM), beginning Friday, 26th July 2019. Asia’s most prestigious marathon will witness 50,000 runners take a step forward in an event that inspires everyone it touches, to #BeBetter. As per tradition, the running extravaganza has set its date for the Maximum City, on the third Sunday of the new year, 19th January 2020.

    Unlike any other event in the country, Tata Mumbai Marathon has the privilege of being hosted and launched from the glorious precincts of Raj Bhavan. The Raj Bhavan welcomed to its majestic environs, dignitaries and sponsors of the event including Suprakash Mukhopadhyay  Company Secretary, Tata Sons, Ujjwal Mathur-Vice President and Country Head, Tata Consultancy Services, the title sponsors of the event and Anil & Vivek Singh, Promoters Procam International.  The first citizen of the state, the Honorable Governor of Maharashtra, Shri. CH. Vidyasagar Rao signed on, as the first participant of TMM 2020.

    Honorable Governor of Maharashtra, Shri. CH. Vidyasagar Rao said,”The Tata Mumbai Marathon have grown tremendously over the years and it’s a delight to be the first one to register for this prestigious marathon. The journey of the Mumbai Marathon is truly spectacular which has touched lives of millions of people while synonymously creating fitness conscious society. It has become a single largest fundraising platform which is benefitting thousands of people.  The marathon represents the secular and democratic feature of our country.”

    He added that, “I have attended all the marathons and the charity events which entitles me to be called as Marathon Man. “

    Harish Bhat, Brand Custodian Tata Sons said, “ We are delighted to continue our partnership with India’s premier marathon the Tata Mumbai Marathon. We hope the event is even more enabling, engaging and inclusive. As the largest marathon in Asia, the Tata Mumbai Marathon is where runners, athletes, activists and citizens come converge as the face of new India to the world.”

    Ashish Shelar, Sports and Education Minister Maharashtra said, “It is my first event where I am participating as a sports minister of the state and I wish the prestigious Tata Mumbai Marathon a great success. The contribution of the organizers is commendable. It’s a celebration which brings people from different walks of life and the kind of enthusiasm shown by everyone portrays the togetherness and enables the runners to feel and connect with the city of Mumbai.”

    Vivek Singh, Joint MD, Procam International said, “The registrations for TMM begin six months in advance to ensure an equal opportunity for all to be a part of this mega event. Each year we strive towards engaging with and inducting new participants into the running fraternity and this year, we look forward to welcoming 50,000 runners at TMM 2020. For 2020, we have the Open 10K exclusively for women and those running for a cause.

    Decades ago, when the inaugural edition was announced in 2004, we could hardly imagine a running movement that would sweep across the country. This event has inspired citizens to come together on a common platform, beyond boundaries of sport, religion, race and colour. We are humbled and grateful to our sponsors, partners, city authorities and importantly participants from across India and the world; they have all played a crucial part, in making this event the sporting Festival of Mumbai!”

  • Manipuri film bags top award at Mumbai International Film Festival

    Manipuri film bags top award at Mumbai International Film Festival

    MUMBAI: The Manipuri documentary film Phum Shang has won the Golden Conch Award for the Best Documentary Film (upto 60 minutes) at the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Animation and Short Films, which concluded here today.

    The Swiss film My Name is Salt and Indian entry Placebo shared the Gold Conch award for the Best Feature length Documentary Film.

    Debanjan Nandy’s animation film Chhaya bagged the first prize in the Animation Category of International Competition. Mumbai filmmaker Devashish Makhija’s Agli Baar  shared the Best Short Fiction Film honours with the UK entry Solo Finale by Ingo Putze.

    The Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director went to Far From Home by Copenhagen, Denmark based film maker Nitesh Anjan.

    The Festival organised by the Films Division every second year in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra and the Indian Documentary Producers Association had commenced on 28 January.

    The main awards were given away by Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao in the presence of Maharashtra Culture Minister Vinod Shreedhar Tawde, filmmaker Ramesh Sippy, brand ambassador Jackie Shroff and Festival director Mukesh Sharma.

    Speaking on the occasion, Rao said that he would like documentaries to transform themselves from those for a young India since the average age of the Indian today was 29, which was far below that of the United States or China.

    He also wanted the Films Division to explore new talent from remote parts of the country and even economically weaker sections. Rao urged the Division to work with universities and schools in the state to ensure that films are made by students and also shown there.

    “The documentary format is important as these films help to understand the complexities of the situation in all parts of the world,” he said.

    He wanted Doordarshan to reserve a one-hour slot every week for documentary, short and animation films.

    Rao also rooted for more women filmmakers to emerge and said MIFF should encourage innovation and new ideas.

    Tawde said that documentaries provoked governments to action when they exposed ills in society and thereby played an important role. “MIFF should be held every year, and the state government can host it in the intervening year in case the Information and Broadcasting Ministry at the centre is not inclined to do so,” he added.

    Sippy said that commercial cinema was glamorous but the real challenge lay in making documentary or short films. “This should be encouraged,” he said.

    Shroff said he had come into the Festival as the brand ambassador but was leaving as a student who had learnt so much about documentaries and shorts. He also wanted the Festival to be made an annual affair. Answering a question by presenter Sameera Gujjar, he said that commercial films were dreams whereas the documentary were facts. Asked about national and international cinema, he said feelings were the same everywhere.

    Biju Dhanapalan who had been a member of the national jury said that special awards should be instituted for investigative documentaries, and those which have archival value, apart from making a strong appeal for restoring the Silver Conch award for the second best film. He also wanted the event to made into an annual feature. He said the national jury saw 27 films.

    Ashish Kulkarni, who headed the Animation and New Media Jury, said that films by professionals and students could not be clubbed together and there had to be separate awards for these. He also wanted more awards for new media category. He said that the jury saw 21 animation and 32 new media films and was impressed with the way the filmmakers combined various mediums.

    A total of 385 documentaries, shorts and animation films were shown at the Festival from around 20 countries out of the 850 received.

    The 52 minute documentary Phum Shang directed by Hao Bam Pabankumar who is an alumnus of the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata, critically examines the serious environmental problems faced at the Loktak lake. The largest fresh water lake in North East India characterised by its unique floating biomass, known as ‘Phumdi,’ is today considered a dying lake due to unchecked human activity. Pabankumar won the Golden Conch Award and a cash prize of Rs 3 lakhs.

    My Name is Salt directed by Mumbai born and Zurich based Farida Pacha is a film about the journey of thousands of families to the Rann of Kutch to extract whitest salt in the world. Chandigarh based film maker Abhay Kumar’s 96 minutes film Placebo explores the stress and pressure faced by medical students.

    My Name Is Salt also won the Best Cinematographer award for Lutz Konermann, while Placebo, which won the Award for Best Editor, was also declared the Most Innovative Film in the competition section.

  • Manipuri film bags top award at Mumbai International Film Festival

    Manipuri film bags top award at Mumbai International Film Festival

    MUMBAI: The Manipuri documentary film Phum Shang has won the Golden Conch Award for the Best Documentary Film (upto 60 minutes) at the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Animation and Short Films, which concluded here today.

    The Swiss film My Name is Salt and Indian entry Placebo shared the Gold Conch award for the Best Feature length Documentary Film.

    Debanjan Nandy’s animation film Chhaya bagged the first prize in the Animation Category of International Competition. Mumbai filmmaker Devashish Makhija’s Agli Baar  shared the Best Short Fiction Film honours with the UK entry Solo Finale by Ingo Putze.

    The Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director went to Far From Home by Copenhagen, Denmark based film maker Nitesh Anjan.

    The Festival organised by the Films Division every second year in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra and the Indian Documentary Producers Association had commenced on 28 January.

    The main awards were given away by Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao in the presence of Maharashtra Culture Minister Vinod Shreedhar Tawde, filmmaker Ramesh Sippy, brand ambassador Jackie Shroff and Festival director Mukesh Sharma.

    Speaking on the occasion, Rao said that he would like documentaries to transform themselves from those for a young India since the average age of the Indian today was 29, which was far below that of the United States or China.

    He also wanted the Films Division to explore new talent from remote parts of the country and even economically weaker sections. Rao urged the Division to work with universities and schools in the state to ensure that films are made by students and also shown there.

    “The documentary format is important as these films help to understand the complexities of the situation in all parts of the world,” he said.

    He wanted Doordarshan to reserve a one-hour slot every week for documentary, short and animation films.

    Rao also rooted for more women filmmakers to emerge and said MIFF should encourage innovation and new ideas.

    Tawde said that documentaries provoked governments to action when they exposed ills in society and thereby played an important role. “MIFF should be held every year, and the state government can host it in the intervening year in case the Information and Broadcasting Ministry at the centre is not inclined to do so,” he added.

    Sippy said that commercial cinema was glamorous but the real challenge lay in making documentary or short films. “This should be encouraged,” he said.

    Shroff said he had come into the Festival as the brand ambassador but was leaving as a student who had learnt so much about documentaries and shorts. He also wanted the Festival to be made an annual affair. Answering a question by presenter Sameera Gujjar, he said that commercial films were dreams whereas the documentary were facts. Asked about national and international cinema, he said feelings were the same everywhere.

    Biju Dhanapalan who had been a member of the national jury said that special awards should be instituted for investigative documentaries, and those which have archival value, apart from making a strong appeal for restoring the Silver Conch award for the second best film. He also wanted the event to made into an annual feature. He said the national jury saw 27 films.

    Ashish Kulkarni, who headed the Animation and New Media Jury, said that films by professionals and students could not be clubbed together and there had to be separate awards for these. He also wanted more awards for new media category. He said that the jury saw 21 animation and 32 new media films and was impressed with the way the filmmakers combined various mediums.

    A total of 385 documentaries, shorts and animation films were shown at the Festival from around 20 countries out of the 850 received.

    The 52 minute documentary Phum Shang directed by Hao Bam Pabankumar who is an alumnus of the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata, critically examines the serious environmental problems faced at the Loktak lake. The largest fresh water lake in North East India characterised by its unique floating biomass, known as ‘Phumdi,’ is today considered a dying lake due to unchecked human activity. Pabankumar won the Golden Conch Award and a cash prize of Rs 3 lakhs.

    My Name is Salt directed by Mumbai born and Zurich based Farida Pacha is a film about the journey of thousands of families to the Rann of Kutch to extract whitest salt in the world. Chandigarh based film maker Abhay Kumar’s 96 minutes film Placebo explores the stress and pressure faced by medical students.

    My Name Is Salt also won the Best Cinematographer award for Lutz Konermann, while Placebo, which won the Award for Best Editor, was also declared the Most Innovative Film in the competition section.

  • YuppTV launches platform for original content creators

    YuppTV launches platform for original content creators

    MUMBAI: Expanding its offering with an aim to lure original content creators on to its platform, over the top (OTT) player YuppTV has launched a marketplace, which will host curated premium video content across various genres. 

     

    YuppTV Bazaar will cater to video content creators, who often find it tough to monetise and market their premium content through traditional video-sharing portals, satellite and DTH platforms. 

     

    YuppTV Bazaar will offer creators quality supervision and a large native user base to showcase their high-quality videos across the world through multiple devices.

     

    “With the proliferation of unregulated video content on the digital platform, content monetisation and visibility is a prime concern for premium video content creators who often find their content being lost in a deluge of casual user-generated content. YuppTV Bazaar is being launched as a solution that will overcome the traditional roadblocks associated with free-for-all video sharing platforms. We are confident that this development will be a major success and will empower content developers with the perfect medium to share and monetise their offerings,” said YuppTV founder and CEO Uday Reddy.

     

    Content creators can upload videos across various genres like education, short films, web series and trailers.

     

    Governor of Maharashtra Vidyasagar Rao, who was present at the launch, said, “In today’s digital age, with technology having changed the way many industries operate today, YuppTV’s launch of its premium video content platform YuppTV Bazaar comes as a very welcome move. By providing a medium to independent creative content creators for showcasing their works, YuppTV has taken the spirit of entrepreneurship to a new level. I support the initiative wholeheartedly and wish YuppTV and YuppTV Bazaar all success.”

     

    Abhishek Bachchan, who was also present, added, “India, at the moment, is brimming with talent looking for an outlet for their creativity. The launch of YuppTV Bazaar from YuppTV is a welcome move that will provide the indie moviemakers with a trusted and curated platform for showcasing their talent.”

  • Amitabh Bachchan receives the 2nd Yash Chopra National Memorial award

    Amitabh Bachchan receives the 2nd Yash Chopra National Memorial award

    MUMBAI: The second Yash Chopra National Memorial award was held at JW Mariott in suburban Mumbai on 25 December 2014.

     

    The award has been instituted by the renowned statesman and MP, T Subbarami Reddy in the memory of late illustrious director, Yash Chopra. The second Yash Chopra National Memorial award went to the living legend Amitabh Bachchan for his phenomenal contribution to the Indian film industry.

     

    The ceremony was held in association with ITA president and GR8! TV magazine editor, Anu Ranjan and ITA and GR8! producer, director and the sheet-anchor, Shashi Ranjan. In association with the Ranjans, Reddy, who has been a close associate and a very dear friend of Yash Chopra, wanted to perpetuate his memory and commemorate Chopra’s outstanding contribution to the world of art and Indian cinema.

     

    The jury constituted of notable names such as Simi Garewal, Hema Malini, Anil Kapoor and Reddy himself and they unanimously decided that the prestigious honour should go to Amitabh Bachchan.

     

    Last year, the award was conferred upon Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar for her monumental contribution to the sphere of music in the country.

     

     The ceremony was conducted in a very dignified way and included the presence of distinguished personalities as Governor of Maharashtra, Vidyasagar Rao, honourable former Union Minister, Susheel Kumar Shinde, honourable Union Minister, Prakash Javadekar along with Videocon Industries Chairman & Managing Director, V N Dhoot and a host of celebrities from TV & Films.

     

     Celebrities who attended the event included Pam Chopra, Jaya Pradha, Simi Garewal, Bhagayhree and her husband Himalaya, Madhoo, cricketer Mohammed  Azharuddin, Arjan Bajwa,  Ellie Aviram,  Ramesh Sippy and Kiran Juneja, Poonam Dhillon, Ramesh Taurani, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Raj Kumar Barjatya, Satish Kaushik, Mukesh Rishi, Manish Paul, Mazher Syed and Mouli Ganguly, Shashank Vyas, Tina Dutta, Karan V. Grover,  Munisha Khatwani, Karan Sharma and Digangana Suryavanshi.