A number of films were screened at Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium on the second day of Science Film Festival 2022 in Lohardaga on Saturday. People were happy to see the film exhibition and praised the programme. Along with film screening, a training workshop was also organized on the occasion. In which the details of documentary film and short fiction production were given by documentary and drama filmmaker Prabal Mahato. Producer-director Prabal Mahato, based on his 30 years of filmmaking experience, discussed various aspects of film making to the trainee students present in the workshop and provided them with basic information related to film making.
A discussion was organized on the role of education in the development of scientific attitude in Jharkhand society by Nitisha Khalkho, Assistant Professor, Maithon College, Maithon, Jharkhand. When the children here are educated, then surely scientific attitudes will develop in the society, he said. Prominent filmmaker director Shriram Dalton spoke on the role of films in the water campaign to save water resources in Jharkhand.
Produced and directed by Niranjan Kumar Kujur, Pahada's heroine Sumitra Toppo, who was born and brought up in Lohardaga, shared her memories of her first film.
Arun Ram, the coordinator of the film festival's organizing committee, said that organizing the festival was challenging for Lohardaga, we accepted that challenge, and as a result, the residents of Lohardaga are getting to see good and educative films. Let us all take advantage of this opportunity and make scientific thinking come true by going to the society.
Secretary Rahul Kumar said that the purpose of organizing this type of training workshop and discussion on burning issues is to spread the message of scientific awareness to the common people.
Various films screened at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium In the first season of director Aditya's Crow King Frog, Dump the Junk, The Ganita Story, Ramanujam, Diler Arunima Sinha, Gaadi Lohardaga Male, I Am Not a Bitch, Ant a Tiny Creature Movies were shown, Mercury in the Mist, The Last Bahurupiya, Chalti Ka Naam Ushma etc.
In the second session, movies like My Experience with Science, Pahada, Devi Durga, Sanjhi Soch Red Data Book, Sondhyani, Damodar Sauro, Burugaara, etc. were shown. The audience was present in large numbers in the auditorium and thoroughly enjoyed the movies. Various filmmakers interacted with the audience regarding their film.
Society President Dr. Ganesh Prasad, Sanjay Burman, Secretary Rahul Kumar, Coordinator Arun Ram, Jagatpal Kesari, Dharmendra Prasad Soni, Alok Kumar, Jitendra Mittal, Sudama Sahu, Vijay Das, Manish Kumar, Sneh Kumar, Praveen Kumar, in making the event a success. , BK Balajinapa, Vikas Kumar, D N S Anand, Ali Imam Khan, Amarjeet Singh played the lead roles.