Masterclasses to look forward to at 8th Jagran Film Festival

'Dangal'

At the 8th Jagran Film Festival in Mumbai this year, some of the amazing masterclasses/panel discussions and interviews are part of the festival programme this year.

The Veteran actor and mentor Barry John will conduct a masterclass on acting on 19th September 2017 at the Cinepolis- Fun Republic, Andheri West, Mumbai. This would be followed by a presentation by RED on Weapon Helium 8K camera for cinematographers and directors on 22nd September. The Norwegian master Actor Morten Ruda will conduct a seminar on Sanford Weisner Acting method. The same day will have Actor/Director/Producer Satish Kaushik and Padmakumar Narsimhamurthy, director- 'A Billion Colour Dream' talking about their film. On 19th and 20th September respectively the 'In Conversation' will host Veteran Actor Pawan Malhotra and Actor/Director Ananth Mahadevan. Another important Masterclass at the festival is being conducted by Veteran Editor Ballu Saluja of 'Lagaan', 'Jodha Akbar', 'Dangal' fame. The title of the class is 'Begin Cutting it Right'. The master Cinematographer/Director Pravin Bhatt talks about his journey through six decades of filmmaking in the Indian Film Industry on 23rd September 2017.

The panel discussions feature film personalities Ashwini Iyer Tiwary of 'Bareilly Ki Barfi' and 'Nil Battey Sannata' fame along with her husband Nitesh Tiwary, director of the Aamir Khan starrer 'Dangal'. Other film personalities appearing in panel discussions are Avinash Das, Soumitra Ranade, TS Nagabharna, KNT Shastry, Olgun Ozdemir, Otwin Biernat, and many others.

Two presentations on advertising films by Sonal Dabral and Kailash Surendranath are also part of the programme. The festival will also host another Masterclass on VFX on 24th September 2017 and two panel discussions on 'Indie Cinema' on 19th September and 23rd September 2017. For more details please visit www.jff.co.in.