The 6th Prestige Film Festival will be organized from April 07 to 09 at the Prestige Institute of Management and Research, UG campus. The festival is being organized by the Department of Mass Communication, PIMR.
Bollywood actor-director Yashpal Sharma, Rajendra Gupta, Himani Shivpuri will be among prominent film personalities to participate in this festival. Apart from this, famous writer Munisha Rajpal and director Deepak Pachauri will also participate in the programme.
The festival will have a master class with the guests. “Mehfil-e-Sham” will be organized on the first day of the festival on April 7, wherein veterans like Tariq Faiz, Azar Iqbal will present poetries and Sufi songs. On April 8, an open-air theater will be organized in which a big Bollywood movie will be screened.
On April 9, Bollywood singer Nikhil D'Souza and International DJ Carnivore will perform live in concert. Apart from this, 10-minute short films received under the 48-hour short film making competition from various parts of the country, will be screened during the festival, in which the excellent films will be rewarded.
Colonel S Raman Iyer, Director, PIMR, said that the main objective of the film festival is to bring forward and boost the cultural diversity of India and encourage regional films of the country.
He said that excellent regional films from different states of the country would be screened in this festival and the best films in various categories to be selected by the jury would be awarded. A 'Flea Market' will also be organized during the festival, in which an open mike will be organized to give a chance to the rising stars.