Jamia Millia Islamia students' film 'Dhaai Peher' receives an award at LIAFF

Dhaai Peher (Two and a Half Moments), a Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) student film directed by M.A. Mass Communication students Amal Devasiya, Danish Qazi, Jamshad Ali, Kashif Shakeel, and Pankaj Rawat, won the Outstanding Achievement Award in the student category at the L'Age d'Or International Arthouse Film Festival (LIAFF).

The story follows a series of events that unfold in Punjab in the 1990s. During the COVID outbreak, the film was made when outside venues were scarce, and Punjab had to be conjured up in and around Delhi.

LIAFF's mission is to foster a film culture that inspires and brings together cross-cultural innovations that enrich people's lives through entertainment and services that enlighten, educate, and entertain them.

The AJK Mass Communication Research Centre is India's most prestigious media institute. The MCRC, founded in 1982 by Anwar Jamal Kidwai (previously VC of Jamia Millia Islamia and later Chairman of the Centre), offers graduate and post-graduate courses in new media art, craft, and technology. With professionally and academically skilled staff and a diverse range of visiting professionals, the MCRC provides the highest media education and training standards.

Lately, AJK MCRC has produced many eminent journalists and filmmakers. Barkha Dutt, Kabir Khan, Meenu Gaur are some of the examples.

An AJKMCRC),@jmiu_official student film Dhaai Peher (Two and a Half Moments)directed by Amal Devasiya, Danish Qazi, Jamshad Ali, Kashif Shakeel and Pankaj Rawat won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the L'Age d'Or International Arthouse Film Festival in the student category. pic.twitter.com/dKdh9ZAot3

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