AWARDS - Directorate of Film Festivals

30Jury Regional : NorthMembers1 2 34 51 SUSHMA SETH 2 BIRENDRA NATH TIWARI 3RAMA VIJOne of the most popular faces in Indianfilms and television, she is still rememberedfor her role in India’s first soapopera Hum Log. She later also starred asthe matriarch of the Divan family in thefamous television series Dekh Bhai Dekh.This Fine Arts graduate from the CarnegieMellon, US, has worked in some of thebiggest hits in the industry including PremRog, Chandni, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghamand Kal ho Na ho. She is also involved intheatre and her worked with D. R. Ankurand Ramgopal Bajaj.This sound-engineer turned filmmakerworked with B R Films for 22 long yearsas the chief sound recording engineer forDeewar, Kabhi Kabhi, Laawaris, Shaanand hundreds others during his tenurewith B R Films. Later, he started makingfilms in a number of languages includingHindi, Marathi and Bhojpuri. He has alsoproduced numerous documentaries andtelevision serials.A prominent television figure during thelate 80s and 90s, Rama Vij was a familiarface in popular serials like Nukkad,Manoranjan, Katha Sagar, Rishtey andCircus. She has also worked with filmdirectors like B. R. Chopra, Syed Mirza,Kundan Shah, Hrishikesh Mukherjeeand Mammohan Singh. Acclaimed forher roles in the National Award-winningPunjabi film, Chan Pardesi and Kachehri,she has also acted in Hindi, Punjabi,Bhojpuri and English films.4 SARYU V DOSHI5APURWA YAGNIKA Padma Shri recipient and distinguishedart historian, curator & scholar SaryuV Doshi, has been a visiting professorat University of Pune, University ofBerkeley and University of Michigan.Her keen interest cinema, theatre, danceand photography eventually led her to theOrder of Star from the Italian Governmentand an award for her life-time contributionto promotion and popularisation of Indianarts and culture by the Arts Society ofIndia.Apurwa Yagnik, an FTII graduate, is theeditor of Damul, Katha, Rukhsat andMeri Kahani. After working in Mumbaifor some time, she left for her hometown,Jaipur. There she came across communitybasedorganisations like The BarefootCollege, for whom she made numerousdocumentaries. She also made a threefilmsset, Village Voices, that chroniclethe lives of the people in Rajasthanivillages. She arranges film festivals andconducts workshops in various villages inRajasthan.