Festival Catalogue 2015

JURY NARESH FERNANDES  is the author of Taj Mahal Foxtrot:The Story of Bombay’s Jazz Age (Shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2012) and co-author of BombayThen and Mumbai Now and Bombay Meri Jaan. He has also contributed to Second Read:Writers Look Back at Classic Works of Reportage, The Greatest Show on Earth, Indian Mass Media and the Politics of Change, Elsewhere: Unusual Takes on India, and When Bombay Burned. He writes for the Hindustan Times, The New York Times, India Magazine, Man’s World, Outlook Traveller, Columbia Journalism Review, and Art and Thought. He is currently a Poiesis Fellow at the Institute of Public Knowledge at New York University and is on the editorial policy board of the World Policy Journal. JABEEN MERCHANT  is an India-based film editor. She graduated from the Film andTelevision Insitute of India in 1995, majoring in Film Editing.  Her first feature film after school was Agni Varsha, a multi-star Bollywood adaptation of Girish Karnad’s play The Fire and the Rain.  Other films she has edited include  Jari Mari: Of Cloth and Other Stories, Unlimited Girls, Rita, Manorama Six Feet Under and NH10. In 2014, she was awarded the Best Editor prize for documentary at the prestigious Mumbai International Film Festival. ASHISH RAJADHYAKSHA  is an India-based film and cultural studies theorist. He has co-authored The Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema, a landmark work in the study of Indian film. He is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society. Rajadhyaksha attended the University of Bombay and, after working in political journalism, began writing on film.  He has published widely on cinema and contemporary art, and presented papers on these topics at conferences across the world. His works include Ritwik Ghatak:A Return to the Epic, The Sad and Glad of Kishore Kumar, Ghatak: Arguments/Stories and a collection of essays titled Who’s Looking? 251

SPECIAL THANKS Government of Maharashtra The festival would like to take this opportunity to thank the Government of Maharashtra and the honour- able Chief Minister Shri Devendra Fadnavis, who have enabled us every step of the way and shared and supported our vision of giving Mumbai a truly world class film festival. A.R. Rahman Thanks to the maestro for supporting the festival and creating amusical identity through a signature tune for the first time in thefestival’s 17-year-long history.  It’s an honour to have one ofIndia’s greatest composers collaborate with us in celebrating and nurturing cinema. Prasoon Joshi The festival has been greatly enriched by Prasoon’s boundless talent which traverses many spheres. As a wordsmith he has given shape to the festival’s central vision – ‘Where India Celebrates Cinema’ – and also helped greatly in designing our visual iconography. Vikramaditya Motwane Vikramaditya Motwane’s unstinting help has been a source of strength for the festival. He brought his con- siderable talent to directing our campaign film, which is a poignant ode to the city of Mumbai and the city of cinema. Nirav Modi For his sheer artistry and bringing his signature sense of design and craftsmanship to our festival trophies. The trophy was inspired bythe harmony in movement, the flow of a story and the images which make a film. It’s a tribute to brilliant filmmakers who have been ableto capture moments and emotions and immor- talise them on celluloid.  Masaba Gupta For her generous offer to design exclusive merchandise for guests of the festival. Her talent has continuously broken new ground in fashionand now it has also found a frontier in the world of cinema. 252

FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL A.R. Rahman, Composer, Jio MAMI Signature Tune Kaustubh Dhavse, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Chief Minister at Government of Maharashtra Zoraver Gill, Chief Minister’s Office, Government of Maharastra  Prasoon Joshi, CEO, McCann World Group India & Chairman (Asia Pacific) Nirav Modi, Jewellery Designer, Jio MAMI Trophy HE Erdal Sabri Ergen, Consul General of the Republic of Turkey Parmeshwar Godrej, Philanthropist Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group Ramesh Taurani, Managing Director,Tips Industries Anushka Sharma,Actress and Producer  Shakun Batra, Director and Filmmaker  Manmohan Shetty, Chairman & Managing Director,Walkwater Pooja Shetty, Joint Managing Director,Walkwater  Reshma Shetty, Creative Head,Walkwater Films Division Milind Deora, Politician Sneha Rajani, Senior Executive VP & Business Head, Sony India Neeraj Rajani, Senior Executive VP & Business Head, Sony India Manish Girotra, Moelis & Company Saurabh Singh,Vice President, Barclays Sunaina Talwar Khiani, Publisher, Conde Nast India Divia Thani Daswani, Editor, Conde Nast Traveller Abu Jani, Fashion Designer Sandeep Khosla, Fashion Designer Neeraj Roy, MD & CEO, Bollywood Hungama Sudhir Agarwal, Managing Director, Dainik Bhaskar Group Saloni Arora, Dainik Bhaskar Group Sanjay Sami, Owner,The Grip Works Vivek Kamath, MD, Matrix India Entertainment Sunil Doshi, Founder & Managing,The Adaptation Company Vasanth Joshua, Creative Director, Mc Cann Puneet Kapoor, Creative Director, Mc Cann Ram Madhvani, Director, Equinox Manoj Shroff, Producer, Equinox Priyanka Ghose, Equinox Avinash Jumani, CEO, Picture Works Arunab Kumar, CEO,The Viral Fever Media Labs Nikhil Taneja, Creative Producer,Yash Raj Films  Anshulika Dubey, Co-founder & COO,Wishberry Marijke Desouza, Executive Producer, Dharma Productions Ashish Sehgal, Dharma Productions Dhirendra Ukarde,Times Television Network  Sumit Purohit, Editor Nabeel Abbas, Founder, Epigram Nitesh Kriplani, Head of Business Planning & New Initiatives,Amazon India Philipe Haydon, President & CEO,The Himalaya Drug Company Sandeep Raheja, Head, K. Raheja Constructions Rahul Chitella, Producer,Writer and Director  Godrej Consumer Product Limited Himalaya Drug Company Clean Slate Films Pvt. Ltd. Unique Estate Development Co. Ltd. Tips Industry Limited Rentrak Corporation 253

TEAM Chairperson Marketing Team Kiran Rao Seema Mohapatra Anuradha Kini Co-Chairperson Dhirendra Ukarde Nita M. Ambani Consultant, Operations and Trustees Systems Ajay Bijli Raman Chawla Anand Mahindra Farhan Akhtar Festival Manager Karan Johar Eshaa Wardhan Vikramaditya Motwane Deepika Padukone Special Events Riteish Deshmukh Kalpana Nair Siddharth Roy Kapur Manish Mundra Hospitality & Visitor Experience Isha Ambani Anuja Singh Zoya Akhtar Mugdha Singh Vishal Bhardawaj Dibakar Banerjee Jury Hospitality Insia Lacewalla Festival Director Anupama Chopra Hospitality, Movie Mela Leah Franqui Creative Director Smriti Kiran Coordinator, Indian Programme Natasha Patel Programming Anu Rangachar – Head, International Programme Mumbai Film Mart Deepanjana Pal – Consultant, International Programme Saameer Mody – Producer Rashid Irani – Consultant, International Selection Apoorva Bakshi – Consultant, International Bina Paul – Head, Indian Programme Guests Deepti DCunha – Programmer, Indian Programme Uma da Cunha – Curator, Discovering India Project Manager, Mumbai Young Monica Wahi – Curator, Half Ticket Critics Lab Ian Birnie – Programmer, International Programme Santosh Pathare Paolo Bertolin – Programmer, International Program Amit Chavan Jongsuk Thomas Nam – Curator, After Dark Avijit Mukul Kishore – Curator, Experiments in Film Form Print Traffic Team Rohan Shivkumar – Architect and Curator, Experiments in Film Form Vicky Barik Sidharth Bhatia – Curator, MAMI Tributes (Chetan Anand) Ravi Singh Santosh Pathare – Curator, Dimensions Mumbai Amit Chavan – Curator, Dimensions Mumbai Assistant, Scheduling Arpita Das – Curator, Book Award Devansh Daswani 254

Talent Management TEAM Kayomi Engineer Vinisha Tauro Hospitality Partner J W Marriott Finance & Accounts Registration Partner Lokesh Gowda Book My Show Airline Partner Social Media Team Turkish Airlines Events and Hospitality Digital Consultant 70 EMG Nikhil Taneja Festival Public Relations Turning Point Media Digital Head Festival Security Siddhanta Mathur IIRIS Travel Agent Social Media Executive Jaya Travels Swayam Khanna Website H-One Interns Office Assistants Lavanya Singh Govinda Abhishek Santosh Sonkar Catalogue Design Team Yoda Press Revathi Sekar Editor, Catalogue Ornellius Saldanha Arpita Das Design Support, Catalogue Video Content Rajinder Singh Srishty Agarwal Team, Catalogue Vijay Nayyar Nishtha Vadehra Film Tent Productions Sonjuhi Negi Ketan Krishna Editor, Daily Bulletin Vineeta Rai Daily Pao Ayushi Saxena Team, Daily Bulletin 255 Amit Gurbaxani Pronoti Datta Rohan Narula Trophy Courtesy Nirav Modi Venue Partner PVR Technical Partner Real Image Media Technologies Pvt. Ltd.





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