Rajasthan Film Festival

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Award for Excellence in Cinematic Achievements for Rajasthani Cinema

The Rajasthan Film Festival Award ceremony (also known as the RFF Awards) is a set of awards presented annually to honor both artistic and technical excellence of artists in Rajasthani cinema as well as in other Regional Cinema. The awards began in 2013. This year award ceremony was held in September for 3 days (26 September to 28 September). Shreyas Talpade[1] was the host of the event and many other prominent celebrities spotted at the event included Shakti Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Rajesh Puri, Komal Nahta, Aniruddh Dave, Neha Shree, Aniruddh Singh and Others. This year theme of the festival was Unity in diversity and under that 24 awards will be awarded into 2 broad categories, (1) For films produced in Rajasthan and, (2) For films produced in other regions of India (except Rajasthan). During the event Bollywood Actor Shakti Kapoor got the Lifetime Achievement Award.[2]

Last Year the award[3] ceremony was organized for 5 Days (25 to 29 September 2018[4][5]) at Maan Palace,[6] in Jaipur. Vatsal Seth[7] was the host of the award night and the celebrities[8] Jeetendra Kapoor, Mithoon Sharma, Neelu Vaghela, Gajendra Chauhan, Anirudh Dave and Sara Khan made their presence. In 2017, the ceremony was held at Deep Smriti Auditorium,[9] on 14 to 16 September 2017.[10][11]

History[edit]

The first awards were presented in 2013 at Rajasthan, India. From then onwards, the awards are held at various locations of Jaipur. From 2013 - 2016 the event was held for one day but in 2018 the event has expanded from a one-night event to a five-day celebration,[9] hosting various events and activities relating to the Rajasthani Cinema.

Sanjana Sharma is the founder of Rajasthan Film Festival.[12] In its 6th edition (2018), the RRF has organized this event for 5 days. The event was started with theater competition held on 25–27 September.[13] On 28 September, inter college dance competition was organize where several people from Rajasthani Film Industry[14] shared their thoughts about Rajasthan cinema [15] and on the last day of event (29 September),[16] awards were given to the various categories by RFF.[17]

Award ceremonies[edit]

The following is a listing of all Rajasthan Film Festival Awards ceremonies since 2013

Year Date Best Film Host Venue City Lifetime Achievement Award Chief Guest
2013 28 September 2013 Bhobhar (Rajasthani)
Us Disha Mai (Hindi)
RJ Moniya
Anchor Kabeer
Anchor Mann
Deep Smriti Auditorium Jaipur Jaipur MohanSingh Rathore
Kshitiz Kumar
Ramesh Tiwari
Neelu Vaghela
Gulabo Sapera

O.P. Vyas
Veena Cassettes
Modern Cassettes

Dr.Mahesh Joshi
2014 20 September 2014 Kahani Ek Devi Ki Ashok Banthia

Anchor Kabeer

Deep Smriti Auditorium Jaipur Jaipur Komal Nahta

( Nahta Family )

Shyam Sunder Jalani

T. P. Aggarwal
2015 26 September 2015 Raju Rathod Anup Soni

Arun Bakshi

Meena Nahta

RJ Mohit

Ravinder Upadhyay

Jaipur Bagh Jaipur Mohan Kataria Subhash Ghai

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

2016 24 September 2016 Hivade Me Fute Laadu Aman Verma

RJ Mohit

Maan Palace Jaipur Ikram Rajasthani Javed Akhtar
2017 16 September 2017 Nani Bai Ro Mayro Aman Verma

Mahendra Gaur

Anirudh Dave

Rohit Purohit

Himanshu Soni

RJ Mohit

Deep Smriti Auditorium Jaipur Jaipur Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt[18] Jaiprakash Chouksey
2018 25 to 29 September 2018 Birani Sardar Vatsal Seth Maan Palace Jaipur Bharat Nahta Jeetendra Kapoor

Mithun Sharma

Neelu Vaghela

2019 28 September 2019


Veerangana (In Rajasthani Cinema)

Qismat (In Other Regional Cinema)

Shreyas Talpade Maan Palace Jaipur Shakti Kapoor Komal Nahta

Satish Kaushik

Rajesh Puri

Aniruddh Dave

Awards[edit]

Rajasthani Film ( Category-A)[edit]

  • Best Director
  • Best Writer
  • Best Cinematographer
  • Best Actor in Leading Role
  • Best Actress in Leading Role
  • Best Negative Performance
  • Best Supporting Performance
  • Best Music Director
  • Best lyrics Writer
  • Best Singer (Male)
  • Best Singer (Female)
  • Best Movie

Other Regional Film ( Category-B)[edit]

  • Best Director
  • Best Writer
  • Best Cinematographer
  • Best Actor in Leading Role
  • Best Actress in Leading Role
  • Best Negative Performance
  • Best Supporting Performance
  • Best Music Director
  • Best lyrics Writer
  • Best Singer (Male)
  • Best Singer (Female)
  • Best Movie

Special Award[edit]

  • Life Time Achievement

Jury Members[edit]

S. No. Name of Jury Industry
1
Naresh Malhotra Film Director
2
Indrajit Bansal DOP
3
Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Music

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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