Award ceremony and musical performance on the last day of 11th Filmsaaz.

Question & Answer Session.(Photo: Shah Noor Hassan)

 Aligarh, 19th of April, 2018: After the success of the past three days, the 11th Filmsaaz came to an end with a bang. 

Starting with the screening of the box office hit- Gangs of Wasseypur at 12:30, the day was a pack full of events. 

The screening saw a huge crowd of people from all ages and gender, excited to see the revolutionary movie on the big screen.

 The screening was followed by a voluntary stand up comedy done by a student of the Engineering department. 

This was followed by an interactive session with Stayakam Anand who played the role of the popular character J. P. Singh in "Gangs of Wasseypur" movie.

 The interactive session dignitaries consisted of Dr. Sohail Azmi, Prof. F. S. Sheerani, Stayakam Anand, Dr. Farrukh Dar, Azam Ali Khan, and the jury consisting of Mr. Muzammil and Nabeel Firoze.

The celebrated actor shared his experience 

in Bollywood, the struggles he had to face to make his place in the industry, the period of despair when he lost all hope, and how he landed with his big break which turned his life around.

The session saw a lot of questions posed by the students in the audience about the art of film making and were answered brilliantly by the actor.

He praised the efforts of the students and advised them for future endeavours and was presented with a memento by the Secretary of the film club Azam Khan.

All the panelists and jury members were presented with mementos, too.

Award Ceremony(Photo: Shah Noor Hassan)

Award Ceremony(Photo: Shah Noor Hassan)

Award ceremony
(Photo: Shah Noor Hassan)

The end of the interactive session saw the commencement of the much awaited award ceremony.

The awards and their winners were-

International:

Best sound design- Genesis

Best editing- Bakalu

Best animation- Genesis

Best direction- 31804

Best actor- 31804

Best film- Mumpsimus

National:

Best ad film- V sure

Best music video- Aaj kal

Best documentary- After Word

Best editing- Chhotu

Best cinematography- Taalim

Best screenplay- That Balloon Girl

Best direction- Ibteda

Best actor- A bitter pill

Best film- Hang on

Internal:

Best film- Koshish phirse

Best director- Hiba and Firdous (Job Salaam)

Best Actor- Shahzeb Khan (Red Corridor)

Best Actor female- Raziya Khanum (Ajeeb Dastan)

Best screenplay- Red Corridor

Best cinematography- Purpose

Best editing- Khol Do

Best music video- Gudiya Rani

Best documentary- Tamghe

Best visual effect- Neeti

Best actor (critic choice)- Uroob Fatima

Jury award for a film- Mohabbat Ek Tasawwur

Musical Evening(Photo: Shah Noor Hassan)

The evening saw a powerful music performance by the various music clubs of the University which brought the audience to their feet with their melodius songs like Bulleya, Naina, kal Ho naa ho, and many more.

Report by. Zarnain Aafreen | @zarnainaafreen (Instagram)