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In 2005 the number was four and today,four years later it almost doubles.

In yet another sweeping victory,FTII students bag seven awards at the 55th National Film Awards announced yesterday

In 2005 the number was four and today,four years later it almost doubles. It did shoot up in 2006 with 11 wins but since then 2009 is the year when the number crosses the mark of five. And in yet again sweeping victory at National Film Awards,the students of Film and Television Institute walked away with seven awards in different categories. The announcement of 55th National Awards on Monday saw the industry giants dominating the feature section but the young talent was brimming in the non-feature section. And the honours began right from the top with Siddharth Sinha’s diploma wining best short fiction award with a Rajat Kamal and cash prize of Rs 50000. Udeh bun that untangles the tangled knots of adolescence had also won a Silver Bear at Berlin Film Festival. On cloud nine already the filmmaker of the 21 minute long Bhojpuri flick,Sinha says,” The film has won awards and has been screened at various film festivals but this is the highest honour in the country and I am overwhelmed.

While an FTIIian has already captured the top category,the technical and aesthetic aspects too have their victory seal. The award for the best cinematography,Rajat Kamal and a cash prize of Rs 50,000 (each to the cameraman and laboratory processing the film) has been awarded to Savita Singh,cameraman of the film Kramasha and Adlabs who processed the film. The film has also won best audiography award Rajat Kamal and a cash prize of Rs 50,000 awarded to Ajit Singh Rathore. Singh too like Sinha is thrilled with the achivement. The film Kramasha too has won accolades at several film festivals. “Amrita Dutta has directed the film and the film is nationally and internationally acclaimed but getting a national award for cinematography has just made my list of achievements replete,” says Singh.

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The aesthetic aspect has been taken care of by Zubin Garg who won the music direction award for the film Echoes of Silence. Garg was awarded with a Rajat Kamal and a cash prize of Rs 50,000. The Award for Best Environment Conservation Film went to Bhanga Gara (Bengali) directed by Neelanjana Dutta.

“For the first time,FTII films have made it to over 75 film festivals across the world. Until 2007,our diploma films were shown only in about 50-odd festivals.Today they are reaching new heights, says Chadrashekhar Joshi,Film Research Officer

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