30th, June, 2002
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting  


JURY FOR 49TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS AND INDIAN PANORAMA - 2002 CONSTITUTED


The Jury has been set up to finalise the selection for both National Film Awards and Indian Panorama. Entries have already been invited for selection of both 49th National Film Awards (Feature film awards, Non-feature film awards and Best Writing on Cinema) and Indian Panorama 2002 (Feature films and Non-feature films).

The 23-Member Feature Film Jury, for both 49th National Film Awards (for the year 2001) and Indian Panorama – 2002, will be headed by the award winning Actor/Director/Theatre personality Shri Amol Palekar. The other members of the Jury are – noted film Director and Producer, K.S.Sethumadhavan, Arun Kaul, Nabyendu Chatterjee, Manmohan Mahapatra, Sanjeev Hazarika, K.Ibohal Sharma, Sanjay Surkar, Hemen Das, K.R.Mohnan, Chitra Lakshmanan, K.S.Rama Rao, Aruna Harprasad, K.C.N. Chandrashekhar Actress Jaya Pradha, Pallavi Joshi, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Film Critic, Pradeep Biswar, Prakash Dubey, Sound Recordist, K.S.Sampath, Costume Designer, Dolly Ahluwalia, Art Director, Ramesh Desai and Story Writer, Chitra Mudghal.

The Five-member Non-feature Film Jury for both National Film Award and Indian Panorama, will be headed by award winning documentary film maker, Shri K.K.Kapil. Other members of the Jury are Film Director, Arun Khupkar, Diner Choudhury, Sudhakar Rao and Ms Shalini Shah.

The Three-member Jury for Best Writing on Cinema for the year 2001, will be headed by the eminent award winning actor and writer, Shri Bharat Gopy. The other two members of the Jury are Writer, Ms Savita Bhakhri and Film Critic, Ms. Ratnottama Sen Gupta.

The total number of feature film entries for 49th National Film Awards are 227 and 96 for Indian Panorama – 2002. For Non-feature film, there are 71 entries for National Film Awards and 57 for Indian Panorama – 2002. For Best Writing on Cinema, total number of books entered are 16 and total number of entries for Articles are 10.

 

 
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