10.06.2017, Kochi: Indywood, a 10 billion US dollar project which aims at elevating Indian film industry to a global platform, has honoured prominent Kerala-based journalists from print, visual, online and radio media by conferring prestigious Indywood Media Excellence Awards for their valuable contributions and constant efforts to uplift film and media industry. The awards were distributed at an event held at IMC Hall, Kakkanad, on Friday.
The prestigious Lifetime Achievement Awards were awarded to P Premchand (Special Correspondent- Mathrubhumi Kottayam) and Rajendran Pillai (Senior Programme Producer-Doordarshan).
Special recognition was awarded to Diana Silvester (Asianet), K. Pradeep (The Hindu), Shevlin Sebastian (The New Indian Express), Chandu Jagannathan (Radio Mango 91.9), Bright Sam Robins (Jeevan TV), MS Das (Cinema Mangalam), Joshy Kurian (Asianet News), Renji Kuriakose (Malayala Manorama) and Sajeev Velayudhan (Manorama News).
While delivering the inaugural address, Indywood Film Carnival Founder Director Shri Sohan Roy announced that 3rd edition of Indywood Film Carnival 2017, one of the largest film-based events in the country, will be held at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, from December 1 – 4, 2017.
“The third edition of the film carnival will be a mammoth one in terms of participation of national and international delegates. The event offers interactive sessions with the eminent filmmakers from across the world, networking opportunities and entertainment programs,” he said.
Ernakulam MP KV Thomas, Hibi Eden MLA, film actor cum producer Vijay Babu, film maker Boban Samuel, George V Nereparambil, Founder and Chairman, GEO Group, Baby Somatheeram, Managing Director, Jeevan TV, Vidhya Ramaswamy, Founder and Chairperson, International Centre for Intellectual Training and Empowerment (INCITE), PA Mahboob, Treasurer, Ernakulam Press Club, Actor Romin Antony, Anil Sharma, Managing Director, AMV Group, Film director cum script writer Vyasan Edavanakad were present on the occassion.
Indywood Media Excellence Awards shall be conducted in all major cities across the country to honour and appreciate the commendable work of media professionals.
Other recipients of Indywood Media Excellence Awards are:
Professional Excellence:
Sahin Antony (Reporter TV), Anjana George (Times of India), Preetha (Kairali TV), Mithun Ramesh (Hit FM 96.7), Dinu Prakash (Manorama News), Beena Rani R (Janam TV), Kamalesh Thekkekad (Kerala Vision), Krishnadas P Menon (Jeevan TV), N. Sreenath (News 18), Veena Prasad (Manorama News), Divish Mani (Mathrubhumi News), Aswathy Pillai (Jaihind), Aneesh Mathew (South Live), Dipin Mananthavady (Kalakaumudi), Aravind V (24 News), K Viswanath (Mathrubhumi), S Anilkumar (Kaumudi), Neethu Venu (Unique Times), TP Rajesh (All India Radio), Nikhil Skaria (Manorama Online) and Deepak Dharmadam (Amrita TV).
Honourary award for Film Journalism
Bijo Jo Thomas
Honorary award for film promotion (print)
Anju Ashraf
Popular Film columnist – Print
Baiju MA
Popular film journalist
Aamy Aswathy
Professional Excellence for popular film book author
Arunkumar
Honorary Award for best News Anchor
Alakananda
Honorary award for popular entertainment program – Visual
Yamuna SM
Best Entertainment Producer cum Anchor – Visual
Nisa NP
Honorary Award for best producer – Visual
Sindhu Mary
Best producer Entertainment – Visual
Chanjith KK
Promising Reporter – Visual
Prakash P
Honorary Award for online film publishing
Deepak Mohan
Best Multilingual National Portal in 17 languages
ANN News
Best online media for film promotion
Sujith Govindan
Best celebrity management
Vivek Vinayaraj
Best media entrepreneur-Online
Sajid Yahiya
Best media planner
Seethalakshmi
Best National-level celebrity website
Sajeev Soman
Popular celebrity show – Radio
RJ Mike
Best RJ – Radio
Renu
For more info on Indywood Media Excellence Awards, visit http://www.indywood.co.in/mediaawards
To know about Indywood Film Carnival, visit www.indywood.co.in
To know about Founder Director’s profile, visit http://sohanroy.com/