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Jamia Millia alumni bags National Film Awards
Friday March 09, 2012 08:18:07 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Iram Ghufran, an alumni of the Jamia Millia Islamia, has won the
National Award for best direction and best editing in the
non-feature section at the recently announced 59th National Film
Awards.
Ghufran received the award for her documentary "Something is in
the Air", a story about a shrine where large number of women pray
to rid themselves of their inner demons.
Also Aparna Sanyal, an alumnus of Mass Communication in the same
institute, has won the National Award for the best educational
film for her documentary "A Drop of Sunshine" that tells the story
of a young woman suffering from schizophrenia.
Both films have been produced by the Public Service Broadcasting
Trust (PSBT).
The winners of 59th National Awards were announced Wednesday here.
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