Sandeep Marwah Honored With Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Renowned film & television personality Sandeep Marwah with 5 world records to his credit, was recently honored with the most prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award for his untiring contribution to Cinema at Chitrakoot Grounds in Mumbai.
Sandeep Marwah has been the founder of Noida Film City, the fastest growing film city in the World. It is a 100 acres complex with 75 acres outdoor 25 acres indoor, 16 studios, 350 Channels are being broadcast to 162 countries 24×7, 17000 media professionals are working in film city and cascading effect is that 150,000 people are earning their bread because of this film city.
Sandeep Marwah is the founder of the 1st ever professional film studios of North India-Marwah Studios and has churned out more than 4500 television program for more than 50 channels, 150 feature films, 5000 training films and also a birth place for most of channels in India from the year 1991.
Sandeep Marwah also happens to be the founder director of Asian Academy Of Film & Television the 1st ever private film school of this country and has trained 12000 media professionals hailing from 120 countries since the year 1993. Now Asian Academy Of Film & Television (AAFT) ranks as the 1st ever 10 best film schools of the World.
Besides Sandeep Marwah is the producer of the largest number of short films in the World. He has provided a wonderful opportunity to more than 10,000 film aspirants hailing from more than 100 countries to shoot 2300 short films. Most of the films are based on social issues, documentaries & theme-based fictions.
Sandeep Marwah has designed and given 10 best festivals to the entertainment industry including Global Film Festival, Global Festival of Journalism, Global Literary Festival, Global Fashion Week, AAFT Festival of Short Digital Films et al. He has given the term Film Tourism to the dictionary and attracted 2 Million people to Noida Film City so far.
Sandeep Marwah aver, “I am feeling elevated & charged with new energy after this prestigious award. An award after the name of the Father of Cinema in India means a lot to me,” Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios had stated while receiving the award in a grand function.
A large number of filmmakers, television personalities and people from media and other strata of life congratulated Sandeep Marwah who is also President of International Chamber of Media & Entertainment Industry.