JURY FOR 50TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS
AND INDIAN PANORAMA - 2003 CONSTITUTED
The Jury has been
set up to finalize the selection for both National Film Awards
and Indian Panorama. Entries have already been invited for selection
of both 50th National Film Awards (Feature film awards,
Non-feature film awards and Best Writing on Cinema) and Indian
Panorama 2003 (Feature films and Non-feature films).
The 23-Member Feature
Film Jury, for both 50th National Film Awards (for
the year 2002) and Indian Panorama – 2003, is headed by eminent
film Director/Producer, Prakash Jha. The other members of the
Jury are- Dr. M M Alex, K S L Swamae, S. Theodore Bhaskaran, Kiran
Ghai, Mukesh Khanna, Biju Vishwanath, Manoj Tiwari, Shyama Prasad,
Arun Kaul, Nasir Mahmood Quraishi, Saibal Chatterjee, Amitabh
Parashar, Swapan Mullick, Sreelekha Mukherjee, Biplab Ray Chaudhuri,
Nirad Mahapatra, Mrinal Kanti Das, Zoobi Amir, Raza Murad, Rauf
Ahmad, Dinyar Contractor and Gautam Kaul.
The five-member for
Non-Feature Film Jury for both National Film Award and Indian
Panorama, is headed by noted documentary film maker, Rajiv Mehrotra.
Other members are Kannan Krishnamurthy, Apurba Sarma, Satya Prakesh
‘Aseem’ and Satya Narayan.
The Three-member
Jury for Best Writing on Cinema for the year 2002, is headed by
eminent film journalist, Ms. Uday Tara Nair. The other two members
of the Jury are Ms. Rashmi Doraiswamy and Shri Om Thanavi.
The total number
of feature film entries for 50th National Film Awards
are 104 and 85 for Indian Panorama – 2003. For Non-feature film,
there are 74 entries for National Film Awards and 57 for Indian
Panorama – 2003. For Best Writing on Cinema, total number of books
entered are 25 and total number of entries for film critics are
16.
