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Himalaya’s different moods brought alive at AAFT
International Film and Television Club, in association with Asian Academy of Film & Television recently hosted an exhibition of paintings of the Nationally acclaimed artist and muralist Deepa Seth Bhando at the Marwah Films and Video Studios in Noida. The exhibition was inaugurated by ace Bollywood personality Wg. Cdr. A S Bedi with the Former President of Noida entrepreneurs association and managing editor,Models and Trends,Anoop Bhandari as another guest of honour.
Speaking on the occasion, Wg. Cdr. Bedi complimented the passionate zeal of IFTC chairperson, Prof Sandeep Marwah, for promoting all forms of art at the first available opportunity and showered the well deserved praise Deepa's speaking landscapes of the Himalayas so opulently inviting. Anoop Bhandari compared the exhibition to a book and each painting to the individual article of the magazine. The theme of the exhibition, exclaimed Deepa, " Was to highlight the beauty and mystique's of the giant Himalayas. In all, about a dozen and a half of some of Deepa's best paintings were up on the walls for for this show that also became a launch pad for study of various media courses by the 59th batch of AAFT opened recently. Thanking all the guests, Prof Marwah said that he had felt proud to be part of Deepa's show explaining in his unique style how the two forms of making films or TV programs and paintings; that do not move but yet speak with the same powerful force were so well inter-related.
DESIGNERS AND MODELS COMBINE TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT
The creative geniuses and performing artistes in the making at INIFD and AAFT worked hard to recently organize ADAA’ 08 The Fashion show of Gennext at Marwah Studios Complex in Noida Film City. While the INIFD students showcased their designs under contemporary, ethnic and creative categories, the students of AAFT participated as models in a largely attended glittering ramp show. Admiring the work of the students of the two renowned institutes Prof. Sandeep Marwah said that the dress makes or mars the appearance of a person and the offices and residences must not only meet the functional requirements but they should also be aesthetically pleasing.
He commended the good work being done at INIFD to hone the skills of budding fashion designers and interior decorators. Ms. Jyoti Khera, Centre Director said that she is happy that the two elite institutes could bring out the talent in open.