Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 20: Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages organised Annual Drama Festival in Abhinav Theatre, Jammu.
The jury recommended the awards in groups and individual categories including certificate of merits.
The Best Production award was awarded to Patjhad (Pancham Society for Art, Culture, Education and Social Development), second Best Production award to Panchhi Aise Aate Hain (The Performers) and Trojan Women (Samooh Theatre), Best Director award to Gurmeet Jamwal and Mohit Mehra (Patjhad), second Best Director award to Vijay Goswami (Panchhi Aise Aate Hain), Best Actor (Female) award to Nazuk Bhagat (Ant Haazir Ho), second Best Actor (Female) award to Gurmeet Jamwal (Patjhad) and Sapna Soni (Antanavaran), Best Actor (Male) award to Himanshu Darshan (Miss Leela) and second Best Actor (Male) award to Manoj Bhat (Panchhi Aise Aate Hain) and Aaditya Bhanu (Antanavaran).
The Best Child Actor award was awarded to Mannat Bhau (Kabuliwala), Best Set award to Jyestha Jamwal (Patjhad), second Best Set award to Dr Rajinder Thapa, Vir Ji Sumbli, ML Sharma and Ajay Gupta (Loha Kutt), Best Lights award to Mahir Sudan (Patjhad), second Best Lights award to Aaditya Bharti (Trojan Women), Best Make-up award to Manoj Dhamir (Trojan Women), second Best Make-up award to Sahil Qureshi (Patjhad), Best Costumes award to Ravinder Sharma (Trojan Women), second Best Costumes award to Sushil Bhat (Saare Jahaan Se Achha), Best Music award to Rajesh Khar (Ant Haazir Ho) and second Best Music award to Surinder Manhas (Kabuliwala).
The certificate of merits in Acting were awarded to Hempreet Kour as Devika (Jayez Hatyaare), Abhishake Sharma as Vimi (Jayez Hatyaare), Tejinder Singh Premee as Gajjan (Loha Kutt), Amarjeet Kour as Santi (Loha Kutt), King C.Bharti as Judge NiyamTripathi (Mujrim Main Nahi Par Main Hi Hoon), Sunny Mujjoo as Vinod (Mujrim Main Nahi Par Main Hi Hoon), Dimple Sharma as Kabuliwala (Kabuliwala), Rekha Sharma as Wife (Kabuliwala), JK Koul (Bezaan) as Farooq (Saare Jahan Se Achha), Dazy Bazaz as Janki (Saare Jahan Se Achha), Meera Tapasvi as Shahni (Shah Shaahni), Pawan Verma as Shah (Shah Shaahni), Varsha as Gayatri (Miss Leela), Bindiya as Miss Leela (Miss Leela), Goutam Sharma as Menelaus (Trojan Women), Radhika Sharma as Hecuba (Trojan Women), Sandhya Khartol as Lakshmi (Sakharam Binder), Neeraj Sethi as Sakharam (Sakharam Binder), Usha Slathia as Madhu (Saas Puraan), Saksham as Tavi’s Brother (Saas Puraan),
Udit Sagar as Irfan/Amma (Ant Haazir Ho), Ritu Mehra as Shilpa/Baddi (Ant Haazir Ho), Kaanchi Khajuria as Maa (Panchhi Aise Aate Hain), Ravinder Manhas as Vishwas Rao (Panchhi Aise Aate Hain), Shital Shan as Maya Lewinsky (Antanavaran), Mamta as Gulab (Antanavaran), Mohit Mehra as Tom (Patjhad) and Kanchan Rajput as Laura (Patjhad).
Ravinder Kaul, Umesh Singh and Abhishek Bharti were the adjudicators in the above said drama festival.