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64th National Film Awards
The 64th National Film Awards was an award ceremony during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2016 in the Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 7 April 2017, and the ceremony was held on 3 May 2017. Selection process The Directorate of Film Festivals invited online entries for the first time on 16 January 2017 and the acceptable last date for entries was until 21 January 2017. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2016, and 31 December 2016, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2016, and 31 December 2016, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the aw ...
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Pranab Mukherjee
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee ( ; born, 11 December 1935 – 31 August 2020) was an Indian statesman who served as the president of India from 2012 until 2017. He was the first person from West Bengal to hold the post of President of India. In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader in the Indian National Congress and occupied several ministerial portfolios in the Government of India. Prior to his 2012 Indian presidential election, election as President, Mukherjee was Minister of Finance (India), Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012 also in 1982 to 1984. He was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 2019, by his successor as president, Ram Nath Kovind. Mukherjee got his break in politics in 1969 when the then prime minister Indira Gandhi helped him get elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament of India, on a Congress Ticket (election), ticket. Following a meteoric rise, he became one of Gandhi's most trusted lieuten ...
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Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It is the List of states and territories of India by area, 15th largest state by area, and the List of states and union territories of India by population, 14th largest by population. Hindi is the official language of the state. The city of Ranchi is its capital and Dumka its sub-capital. The state is known for its waterfalls, hills and holy places; Baidyanath Temple, Baidyanath Dham, Parasnath, Maa Dewri Temple, Dewri and Rajrappa are major religious sites. Jharkhand is primarily rural, with about 24% of its population living in cities as of 2011. Jharkhand suffers from what is sometimes termed a resource curse: it accounts for more than 40% of Mining in India, India's mineral production but 39.1% of its populati ...
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Priya Krishnaswamy
Priya Krishnaswamy is an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, where she specialised in film editing. She is a 2-time National Award-winning Indian film producer, writer, director and editor who works predominantly in Hindi and Tamil cinema. In 2004, her English language documentary film, 'The Eye of the Fish - the Kalaris of Kerala' won the National Award for Best Arts / Cultural film. She made her feature film directorial debut with the Hindi film Gangoobai (2013), which was a product of NFDC's screenwriters' lab in 2009. She wrote, edited, directed and produced the Tamil language thriller Baaram (2020) which won the National Award for Best Tamil Feature Film in 2019. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishnaswamy, Priya Living people 21st-century Indian people Women writers from Maharashtra Hindi-language film directors Tamil-language film directors Indian women screenwriters Indian women film directors Year ...
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Balaji Sakthivel
Balaji Sakthivel is an Indian actor and director of Tamil films. He is best known for directing the 2004 film '' Kaadhal''. Career Balaji Sakthivel began his off-screen career as an assistant director to S. Shankar. In 2002, he directed his first film, ''Samurai The samurai () were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who came from wealthy landowning families who could afford to train their men to be mounted archers. In the 8th century AD, the imperial court d ...'' for Vikram. After a two-year break, he released '' Kaadhal'' (2004) under the S Pictures banner, Shankar's production house. In 2007, '' Kalloori'' won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Dialogue Writer. His '' Vazhakku Enn 18/9'' (2012) won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. Balaji Sakthivel made his onscreen debut in Dhanush's '' Asuran''. Even before the release of the film, the director has bagged his next acting role in Mani Ratnam's ...
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Shyamaprasad
Shyamaprasad (born 7 November 1960) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor who works in Malayalam films. Career Shyamaprasad was born on 7 November 1960 in Palakkad, Kerala, India as the younger son of O. Rajagopal and Santhakumari. He was named after Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, the founder of Bharatiya Jan Sangh. He did his schooling at Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School, Palakkad. After completing his degree in Theatre Arts from the School of Drama and Fine Arts, School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur, Calicut University, Shyamaprasad received the Commonwealth Scholarship in 1989 and did his Master's degree, Masters in Media Production at the University of Hull. He worked as an intern at the BBC and Channel 4, to Indian television and redefined the parameters of telefilms and documentaries in Malayalam Television with Doordarshan. He serves as the President (Programming) at Amrita TV. His features for TV and cinema have won him several national and stat ...
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Advaita Kala
Advaita Kala is an Indian author, screenwriter, and columnist. She has written screenplays for films such as the romantic drama ''Anjaana Anjaani'' (2010) and the thriller ''Kahaani'' (2012). Apart from writing for films, Kala has also written two novels: ''Almost Single'' (2007) and ''Almost There!'' (2013). Biography Kala's father is a former bureaucrat who retired as a secretary for the Government of India. Kala spent her childhood living in central Delhi. She attended Welham Girls' School. She wrote her first novel ''Almost Single'' from the idea that germinated as a result of some of the experiences that surrounded her. Kala said: "The rapid way in which the concepts of love and courtship are evolving and continue to do so. Also the fact that the ‘hunt’ was not necessarily the fiefdom of the male of the species." ''Almost Single'' was a runaway bestseller and called "Bridget Jones in a saree" by the UK's The Independent. She quit the job of a hotel executive to write ...
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Ashok Rane
Ashok Rane is a two-time National Award-winning film critic, the director of the Indian Film Academy, a professor of film studies for 35 years, film mentor, coorditator-Maharashtra Film and Stage Cultural Development Corporation, and an author. Jury member *Toronto International Film Festival *Rotterdam International Film Festival *Montreal World Film Festival *Busan International Film Festival *Moscow International Film Festival *IFFI-2011 Panel member (incomplete) Film Critics Circle of India panel at IFFI The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is an annual film festival currently held in Goa, on the western coast of India. The festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excel ... on the impact of technology in cinema. Books *Sakhkhe Sobati *Adhyayanache Strot *Montage *Cinema Pahnara Manus Awards * Special Mention (Book on Cinema Cinemachi Chittarkatha) - 1995 * Special Mention (Film Critic ...
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Girish Mohite
Girish Mohite ( Marathi: गिरीश मोहिते) is an Indian film personality. He is famous for his film ''Bharatiya'' and TV serial ''Ya Gojirvanya Gharat''. His latest film ''Guru Pournima'' stars Bollywood actor Upendra Limaye and Sai Tamhankar. Girish Mohite's upcoming segment, ''Bail'' in 'Bioscope' which was showcased at the Goa Marathi Film Festival. The story is about farmers’ suicides, but through the eyes of an ox. His last release film was ''Conditions Apply'', starring Subodh Bhave Subodh Bhave (born 9 November 1975) is an Indian actor, writer, producer and director who is known for his work in Marathi cinema. He has acted in many commercially successful and critically acclaimed Marathi movies. He is best known for his wo ... and Dipti Devi. And the film ''Sarvanaam'', starring Mangesh Desai. Girish was Jury member for Indian panorama n national award in year '16. He was winner of Best Director award for his film 'Guru Pournima' in 8th Goa State ...
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Vasanth
Vasanth is an Indian director well known in Tamil cinema, Tamil language films for directing films such as ''Keladi Kanmani'' (1990), ''Aasai'' (1995), ''Nerrukku Ner'' (1997), ''Rhythm (2000 film), Rhythm'' (2000) and ''Satham Podathey'' (2007). Career Vasanth began his career as a journalist and short story writer, before he began working as an assistant director to K. Balachander on 18 films including ''Sindhu Bhairavi (film), Sindhu Bhairavi'' and ''Punnagai Mannan''. He made his first independent film in 1990, the critically acclaimed film ''Keladi Kanmani'', which starred noted playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and enjoyed a 285-days-run at theatres. He next directed ''Nee Pathi Naan Pathi'', titled after a song from his previous film, which focussed on an unwed mother's issue. The film features the song "Nivedha", becoming noted for its visualisation and its lyrics consisting of a single word. His third directorial was the thriller ''Aasai'' (1995), which became a ...
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Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan Soman Nair (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has worked primarily in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Hindi cinema, Hindi cinema since 1982, directing over 90 films in multiple Indian languages, with notable works in Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu. He has received several accolades, including three National Film Awards, multiple Kerala State Film Awards, and the Padma Shri in 2012. Most of his Hindi films are remakes of Malayalam films, some of which Priyadarshan helmed both versions. Career Priyadarshan began his cinematic journey in the early 1980s, primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He directed several notable films during this period, including ''Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu'' (1986), ''Thalavattam'' (1986), ''Vellanakalude Nadu'' (1988), ''Chithram'' (1988), ''Vandanam'' (1989), and ''Kilukkam'' (1991). Throughout the 1990s, he continued directing successful films such as ''Abhimanyu (1991 film), ...
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The Minister Of State (Independent Charge) For Information & Broadcasting, Shri Manish Tewari Presenting The Limca Book Of Record ‘People Of The Year’2013 To Dr
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Kamal Haasan
Parthasarathy Srinivasan (born 7 November 1954), known professionally as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Considered as one of the most accomplished actors of Indian Cinema, Haasan is also known for introducing many new technologies to Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil language, Tamil films, he has also appeared in some Malayalam, Telugu language, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali language, Bengali films. He has won numerous accolades, including four National Film Awards, nine Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, four Nandi Awards, one Rashtrapati Award, two Filmfare Awards and eighteen Filmfare Awards South. He was awarded the Kalaimamani, Kalaimamani Award in 1984, the List of Padma Shri award recipients (1990–1999), Padma Shri in 1990, the List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019), Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Order of Arts and Letters (''Chevalier'') in 2016. Haasan started hi ...
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