Students of Department of Multimedia of Apeejay College of Fine Arts win Dada Sahib Phalke Award for Valley of Living Gods

Jalandhar, May 4, 2016: Students of Department of Multimedia of Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar brought laurels by winning the Most Popular Dada Sahib Phalke Award for Valley of Living Gods in the genre of best documentary in student category.
Principal, Dr.Sucharita heartily congratulated the winners and said that the students have made the college proud by shining its name throughout the nation. In total 245 documentaries were shortlisted out of 800 in this category but the bone breaking hard work of the college students proved its worth and made a journey to reach the top. The documentaries were judged by the eminent personalities like Mr. G.L. Bhardwaj, National Award Winning Veteran Film Maker, Mumbai, Mr. Jaideep Chopra, Film Director, New Delhi, Mr. Igor Amin, Director, Brazil and Mr. D.C. Singh, Academician, Film Researcher and Producer, New Delhi.
In the documentary, Valley of Living Gods, the students have depicted the rituals of Dussehra as performed in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. This magnificent documentary was directed by Aman Sharma of B.M.M. Sem. VI, Gurukaranbir Singh Bath, Giriraj Singh of B.M.M. Sem. VI were the cameramen and Rishab Garg of B.M.M. Sem. VI performed the duty of Assistant Cameraman, voice over was performed by Aayush Garg of BCA Sem. VI and the beautiful script was written by Ms. Ankita Sehgal of B.F.A. Sem. VI.
Principal Dr. Sucharita highly appreciated the efforts and guidance provided by the faculty members of Department of Multimedia to these students.