Film Bazaar unveils the topics and panelists of NFDC Knowledge Series this year

~Film-makers Karan Johar, Dibaker Banerjee, Sudhir Mishra, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and others to be on the panel~

Mumbai, November, 2014: Film bazaar is held annually alongside the International Film Festival of India at the Marriott Resort, Goa with an aim to promote cinema in the international domain. Organized by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), Film Bazaar is led by co-production market, designed to address the needs of film makers in the realms of production and distribution.

The NFDC Knowledge Series is a program of carefully structured lectures and panel discussions where film industry experts discuss various aspects of the film business and current industry trends covering a variety of topics such as screenwriting, production, financing, film festivals & markets, and contemporary techniques of filmmaking and distribution. As Indian Cinema is a dynamic, multi-layered entity that has witnessed an emergence of the regional cinemas in the last few years this year NFDC Film Bazaar Knowledge Series explores 4 of India's most exciting regional markets - Punjabi, Marathi, Bangla and Malayalam that have seen major growth and diversification.

Bangla Cinema: Vikramjit Roy, GM, NFDC, India Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Director, BunoHaansh, Anuranan, AparajitaTumi (all national award winners) Shyamal Sengupta, Screenwriter(BunoHaansh), Screen Play & Dialogue(AparajitaTumi) Ravi Sharma, President, Films, Shree Venkatesh Films ArijitDutta - MD, Priya Cinemas, Kolkata

Malayalam Cinema: Vikramjit Roy, GM, NFDC - India Anil Radhakrishnan, Director, North 24 Kaadham, SapthamashreeThaska-raha Mukesh Mehta, Producer, North 24 Kaatham, Raakilipattu Fahad Fazil, Actor &Producer

Marathi Cinema: Ravi Jadhav, Director, Balak Palak & Time Pass Sanjay Chhabria, Producer of Happus & Time Pass Nikhil Sane, Senior Vice President, Zee Marathi Vanita Kohli Khandekar, Contributing Editor, Business Standard& Financial Newspaper

Punjabi Cinema: Anurag Singh, Filmmaker Manjeet Mann, Producer Shaheed-e-MohabbatBoota Singh, Waris Shah - ishq da Waris MunishSahni , Managing Director Omjee Cine World Pvt. Ltd. Vanita Kohli Khandekar, Contributing Editor, Business Standard& Financial Newspaper

Film-makers, Ritesh Batra, Sahiba Sumer, Mostafa Farooqi and Producer, Die Gesellschaft DGS– Berlin will share their insights on how different is it to work with International Producers.

Director and Producer, Rohan Sippy, Managing Partner, Naik & Co, Ameet Naik, Head of Production, Fox Studios- India, Amar Butala will be in conversation on the Creative and Financial Viability of Remakes.

Film-maker, Dibaker Banerji, Production Designer, Vandana Kataria Creative Producer, Vikas Chandra to be in conversation with Film maker, Marco Muller talking about recreating cities from bygone eras.

Filmmakers Sudhir Mishra with Vidhu Vinod Chopra will conduct a Master class sharing their film making experiences.

Former Chief Content & Creative Officer at Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, Bharat Ranga, CEO, Dish TV, Salil Kapoor, Managing Director, Content Acquisition and Distribution - Film Karavan, Pooja Kohli, Producer - Writer - Director (Audience Films), Pawan Kumar, will be in conversation with Anuradha Sengupta, Broadcast Journalist and Producer talking about Monetization of Indie Films.

CEO, Ontario Media Development Corporation, Head, Film Production, Fox Star Studios, Parth Arora, Producer- ITOP Film Productions Pvt. Ltd., Pravesh Sahni in conversation with Uday Singh, Managing Director, Motion Pictures Distributors Association, India on Promoting India as an International Filming Destination.

Film Critic, Rajeev Masand will be in conversation with Director-Producer, Karan Johar on building new talent in Indian Cinema.

The Film Bazaar will take place from November 20 to 24, 2014 at the Marriott Resort in Goa. Registration Open

Registration Fee:INR 12500 inclusive of taxes

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