Benegal, jury member for GIFA awards
Tuesday,
November
21,
2006
Mumbai,
UNI:
Filmmaker
and
Rajya
Sabha
member
Shyam
Benegal
is
among
the
seven
member
jury
for
the
second
Provogue-Global
Indian
Film
Awards
(GIFA),
to
be
held
in
Kuala
Lumpur
in
Malaysia
from
December
7
to
9.
The other members of the jury include actress Rati Agnihotri, music composer Sandeep Chowta, producer Sajid Nadiadwala, media critic and journalist Subhash K Jha, actor Jackie Shroff and producer Smita Thackeray.
The jury members will review the films and vote for deserving candidates, a release said here today.
This year's awards are being held under the aegis of Tourism Malaysia.
''Provogue GIFA is a very special award because we interact with very special people. The venue for the awards makes all the difference and what better place than KL in Malaysia. I am looking forward to my visit to KL.
They say its paradise and Malaysia is truly Asia,'' the release quoted Rati Agnihotri as saying.
''Provogue-GIFA represents the soul of Asian cinema and Malaysia represents the soul of Asian beauty. I am looking forward to be in KL. I know only few will get the awards, but in place like Malaysia, I am sure everyone is going to have fun. Malaysia Truly Asia.'' said Sandeep Chowta.
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