Ameen Sayani, MM Keeravani to be honoured at 22nd Pune International Film Festival

The festival will be inaugurated at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch on January 18 at 5 pm, following which the opening film 'A Brighter Tomorrow' (from Italy, directed by Nani Moretti) will be shown.

Ameen Sayani and MM Keeravani will be receiving awards.

Renowned radio announcer Ameen Sayani, director-actor Gautam Ghose, and the famous dancer-actress Leela Gandhi will be felicitated with the ‘PIFF Distinguished Award’ at the upcoming edition of the Pune International Film Festival to be held in the city between January 18 and 25. Music arranger, singer and lyricist MM Keeravani will be felicitated with the SD Burman Award for his contribution in the field of music. The announcements were made by Jabbar Patel, Director, PIFF.

The festival will be inaugurated at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch on January 18 at 5 pm, following which the opening film ‘A Brighter Tomorrow’ (from Italy, directed by Nani Moretti) will be shown.

Names of those comprising the international jury were also announced on the occasion. These include Petr Zelenka (Czech Republic – playwright and director), Shai Goldman (Israel – cinematographer and producer), Sudhir Mishra (India – film director and screenwriter), Manju Borah (India – film director and writer, Setareh Eskandari (Iran – Actress), Ümran Safter (Turkey – film director and producer), Sue Prado (Philippines – Actress) and VisakesaChandrasekaram (Sri Lanka – Film director, writer, novelist, dramatist, songwriter).

It was further announced that Vikas Kharge, Avinash Dhakne, Jhanu Barua, Shai Goldman, Manoj Bajpayee will hold master classes on various topics during this festival. There will be a seminar on ‘In Search of New Marathi Cinema’ wherein Nikhil Mahajan, Varun Narvekar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Mangesh Desai and Sanjay Krushnaji Patil will participate. Dignitaries like Dr Saibal Chatterjee, Beena Paul, Edvinas Pukasta will also participate in the seminar on the future and importance of film festivals.

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