Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 12: Indu Shekhar, a passionate young filmmaker has brought laurels to J&K Union Territory by winning an Award at Chandigarh Music and Film Festival-2023, held at Chandigarh.
His short film ‘Anmol’ has also won ‘Best Story Award’ at Chambal International Film Festival-2023 whereas “Hairath” also won 2nd prize at Dil Maange More Film Festival which was organized by Northern Command, Indian Army.
Anmol is a story of an ambitious, hard working, dedicated guy who leaves everything behind in order to fulfill his dreams but later realizes that he left all his relations and becomes alone, while the theme of short film “Hairath” is religious harmony and the story is based on a traveler whose traumatic childhood experience encourages him to visit his village to overcome fear.
Shekhar has completed his Bachelor’s in Journalism and Mass Communication from Chandigarh University and Master’s in Journalism and Mass Communication from Central University, Jammu.
He has made seven independent short films till date. His portfolio profile was shortlisted for ’75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow’ programme held at 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) Goa, organized on behalf of the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India in November 2021.
Out of 1000 applications received across India, only 75 candidates got selected by jury members including eminent personalities from Bollywood such as Prasoon Joshi, Shankar Mahadevan, Ketan Mehta, Manoj Bajpayee, ResulPookuty, etc.
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