PUNE: Film festivals on health-related subjects help remove the misconceptions and superstitions from the minds of people opined Dr Abhijit Vaidya, Founder of Aarogya Sena. He was speaking at the inauguration function of the 12th Aarogya Film Festival organized by P M Shah Foundation at NFAI today. Festival Director Adv. Chetan Gandhi and entrepreneur Satish Kondhalkar were also present on the occasion. The festival will conclude tomorrow (Feb 24, 2024)

Dr Vaidya said, “While taking healthcare to the grassroots all across the country through Aarogya Sena, it has been noticed that less literate villagers are more sensitive than the highly educated citizens. Moreover, it has also been observed that there is still not much awareness about healthcare in society. There are more misconceptions as the scientific approach has still not reached the society at large in our country. So, to create awareness about important subjects related to healthcare such film festivals could prove to be an important platform.”

Adv Chetan Gandhi who has been instrumental in organizing the Aarogya Film Festival, one of its kind festival of health subjects related short films and documentaries said, “Over 40 short films and documentaries have been chosen to showcase in this festival that is on topics related to health and sanitation like mental health, child abuse, child health, women, social health and cancer“.

Members of the film selection committee Anuja Deodhar, Vinay Jawalgikar, Sukhada Khisti, and Jayashree Deodhar were felicitated on the occasion. Representatives of five schools that are successfully running the school sanitation program of the P M Shah Foundation were also felicitated at the hands of Dr Vaidya during this program These schools include Chandrakant Darode Primary School, HHCP Girls School, Gagangiri Primary School, Gagangiri English medium school and Karmaveer Bhaurao Hire Highschool. Moika Joshi was the anchor for the inaugural session of the 12th Aarogya Film Festival.

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PUNE: In the 22nd edition of the  ‘Pune International Film Festival (PIFF)’, Seven films have been selected to compete in the International Marathi film competition category, announced Dr. Jabbar Patel, director of the Festival. 

Today (January 2, 2024) at 2 PM, information about these films was displayed on the official website of the festival www.piffindia.com.

The competition of Marathi films is judged by an international jury. The best international Marathi film is given a ‘Sant Tukaram’ award of Rs 5 lakh by the Government of Maharashtra. Awards such as ‘Best Director’, ‘Best Actor’, ‘Best Actress’, ‘Best Screenplay’ and ‘Best Cinematographer’ are given Rs 25,000 each by the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal.

Dr Patel further expressed that Marathi films selected every year at the Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) are produced by young filmmakers from different parts of Maharashtra and they receive success at the international level.

The Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) 2024 will be held from January 18 to 25.  Movies will be shown on a total of 11 screens at three locations: PVR Icon (6 screens) at Pavilion Mall on Senapati Bapat Road, Inox (3 screens) at Camp area, and Cinepolis Cinemas at Westend Mall (2 screens) in the Aundh area.

The online registration process for the festival started on Friday, December 23 on the official website of the festival www.piffindia.com and the spot registration process at theaters will start on 5th January.  The registration fee for the entire festival is just Rs. 800 for all.

Marathi Cinema Competition

1. Valli – Director: Manoj Shinde

2. Sthal (A Match) – Director: Jayant Digambar Somalkar

3. Bhera (Deaf) – Director: Shrikant Prabhakar

4. Shyamchi Aai – Director: Sujay Sunil Dahake

5. Naal Bhag 2 – Director: Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti

6. Chabila – Director: Anil Amrut Bhalerao

7. Gypsy – Director: Shashi Chandrakant Khandare

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