The prestigious Vasundhara awards will be conferred upon filmmaker Krishnendu Bose, activist Babulal Gandhi, city-based organisation ARTI and green teacher Erach Bharucha. This will be followed by a special audio-visual show by environmental activist and writer Bittu Sehgal on 'Communicating Climate Change and Conservation Through Films'.
Other awardees include journalist Bahar Dutt and Ecological Society of India's Prakash Gole, who will be given the lifetime achievement award. Arti Kulkarni will receive the Ramnath Goenka Award as this year's best eco journalist on February 22.
The Vasundhara Sanman will be awarded to environmentalist-activist Sunita Narain in the presence of the chief guest, actor Anupam Kher, during the closing ceremony of the festival on February 26. This will be followed by a special audio-visual lecture by Narain.
The festival will be held at Balgandharva Rangmandir and Ishanya Mall.
Organised by Club Vasundhara and Kirloskar in association with Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) Indradhanyush, the festival is travelling to 25 cities in seven states.
"This year, we have increased the scale of the festival by 50% and we have around 250 experts visiting the festival as awardees, speakers and jury members. We also have a record number of films that will be screened," said festival co-director Virendra Chitrav, during a press conference here on Wednesday. Read the full report here.
Source: Times News Network, Pune.
