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The two B-town singers promise to enthral at the first ever women’s film festival in India

The Mumbai Women’s International Film Festival (MWIFF) 2013 is springing new surprises each day. After announcing that actor-director Nandita Das’ films will be screened at the fest’s first edition and fans will get a chance to interact with her, the MWIFF has declared that Bollywood singers Shibani Kashyap and Shilpa Rao will be rocking the stage this year.

Kashyap is a pop singer-songwriter who not only does playback for Bollywood films but is an acclaimed live performer as well. She has delivered hits like Zinda hoon main for Zinda and Sajna aa bhi ja for Waisa Bhi Hota Hai – Part II and recently rendered Janta rocks in Prakash Jha’s Satyagraha.

Rao wowed everyone with her rendition of Tose naina lage re from Anwar, a duet she sang with Kshitij Tarey. She went on to sing for films like Anurag Kashyap’s Dev.D and Gulaal and Yash Raj Films’ Bachna Ae Haseeno. Her number Udhi udhi ittefaq se from Paa was very popular. Shilpa’s recent songs include Gubbare for Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, English vinglish and Gustaakh dil for English Vinglish, Yaariyan for Cocktail and Ishq shava for Jab Tak Hai Jaan, among others.

Singer Abhilasha Chellam who shot to fame with Zee TV’s show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa will also sing at the event.

The MWIFF will be held from October 8-14, 2013. Watch this space for the full festival schedule.

Following is the event flow of Mumbai Women’s International Film Festival 

Invited guests for the festival.

The Opening ceremony will be held on 8th Oct 2013 at Ravindra nNatya Mandor, Prabhadevi from 6 pm to 10 pm. The ceremony will be hosted by Mauli Dave, the singer, actor and host of Indian Television. The closing ceremony will hosted by Saumya Tandon, a renowned actress and host.

Sai Paranjpye (Veteran director and screen writer) to inaugurate the Opening ceremony.

Guests To Be Felicitated

Felicitations at MWIFF are to be done with context to the achievement and success in every department of cinema right from In front of the Camera to the Technical team behind the camera.

 People to be felicitated are as follows:

·        Saroj Khan - Choreographer

·        Shabana Azmi – Actor & Social Activist

·        Usha Khanna – First  Established Female In Music Composition

·        Reema Kagti - Director

·        Advocate Samruddhi Pore - Director

.     Revathi-  Actor and Director

·        Deepa Bhatia – Editor

·       Alankrita Shrivastava (Writer, Director – Turning 30)

·      Anjuli Shukla (Cinematographer – First Indian Female to be Awarded National Award for Cinematography)  

Other honourable guests are Nandita Das(actor and director) , Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shibani Kashyap (Playback singer), Shilpa Rao (playback singer), Shaan (playback singer), Nishikant Kamat (Director and actor), Sakshi Tanwar (Actress), Barnali Shukla (writer and director), Usha Khanna (music director), Anand Tiwari (Actor), Vipul Shah (Producer and Director), Shefali Shah (actress), Ramesh Sippy(Director), Kiran Juneja(Actress),Pallavi Joshi(Actress, Pravina Deshpande (Actress), (Actress),Fauzia Khan Ma’am (State Minister), Kishori Gadre (General Manager, MTDC), Ashutosh Ghorpade (Director, Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Maharashtra), Mangesh Mohite (Joint Director- Dadasaheb Phalke Filmcity), Sumeet Raghavan.   

Performances

 Shilpa Rao (Playback singer), Shibani Kashyap (Playback singer), Rajashree Warrier (well-known Bharatnatyam dancer),Barmer Boys (Coke studio fame), Abhilasha Chellam (Saregamapa fame), Vaishnavi Patil (DID fame), Steven Samuel (Youngest Drumming Sensation).

Our Jury Panel

-  Namrata Rao: Editor – Suddh Desi Romance, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Kahani etc…

-  Bhavani Iyer: Writer – Lootera, Black, Guzaarish

-  Mayur Puri: Writer – ABCD, Om Shanti Om, Faltu, Prince etc…

-  Sudeep Chatterjee: Cinematographer – Chak De India, Guzaarish, Dor, Iqbal etc…

-  Aditya Datt: Writer/Director – Aashiq Banaya Aapne, Table No. 21 etc…

-  Vinay Sapru & Radhika Rao: Director Duo – Lucky No Time For Love, I Love N.Y etc…

-  Bhavna Talwar: Director/Writer -  Dharm, Happi

-  Amitabha Singh: Cinematographer – The Good Road, Mp3, Chillar Party, Khosla ka Ghosla etc…

-  Geeta Singh: Writer/Editor – Listen Ameya

Advisory Board

Bashir Ali: Cinematographer – Refugee

Vivek Agnihotri: Filmmaker- Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal, Chocolate, etc

Anshuman Mahaley: Cinematographer- Kabul-Express, Johny LLB, Gippi, Sound Track

Ananth Mahadevan: Actor and Director-’Ishq’, ’Yes Boss’, ’Baazigar’, ’8 x 10 Tasveer’, ’Baadshah’ .

The festival has the support of top Bollywood filmmakers like Farah Khan, Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti, Gauri Shinde, Sumitra Bhave, Samruoddhi Pore and will be screening their films.Please find the attached file of screening schedule.

Masterclass & Interactive Session To Be Conducted at MWIFF

-  Piyush Mishra (Actor, Writer, Lyricist, Singer) : Acting

-  Nandita Das (Actor, Director) : Interactive Session after screening of Firaaq

-  Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Actor): Interactive Session after screening of Firaaq

-  K.U. Mohanan (Cinematographer – Talaash,Fukrey,Don etc…): Cinematography

-  Anjum Rajabali (Screenwriter, Actor, Dialogue – Satyagraha, Chakravyuh, Aarakshan, Raajneeti, Apaharan) : Screen Writing

-  Renuka Sahane (Actor,Director): Interactive Session after screening of Rita

-  Pallavi Joshi (Actor): Interactive Session after screening of Rita

-  Kamlesh Pandey (Writer – Rang De Basanti, Delhi-6, Aks, Zinda, Dus Kahaniya): Writing

-  Anjuli Shukla (Cinematographer – First Indian Female to be Awarded National Award for Cinematography): Cinematography

-  Alankrita Shrivastava (Writer, Director – Turning 30): Film Making

-  Barnali Ray Shukla (Director): Interactive Session with cast of ’Kuch Love Jaisa’

-  Sumeet Raghavan (Actor) : Interactive Session with cast of ’Kuch Love Jaisa’