Kalinga University Organized One Day Workshop on“Filmmaking"

RAIPUR, 16 /03/2022 //   MarchKalinga University, Raipur is a NAAC B+ accredited university with NIRF ranking inthe band of 151-200 and it has truly emerged as a center of excellence in highereducation in central India. Strategically located in the Smart City of New Raipur,this University has started carving a niche for itself in the education domain and isrising as a shining star on the horizon of quality education.

Established in 2013, this University has been able to win the confidence ofstudents. Meritorious students from all over the country and various foreigncountries like Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Gambia, Ivory Coast,

Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea,South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe etc. havechosen this University for their education and career.

Kalinga University continues its streak of appreciating academic interaction andorganizing events for promoting the exchange of knowledge.Students of Kalinga University took part in the interactive Workshop on“Filmmaking” organized by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Department ofJournalism & Mass Communication at auditorium of Kalinga University on

Wednesday. Mr. Manoj Verma, Award Winning Chhattisgarhi Film Producer andDirector was the Chief Guest and the subject expert of the workshop.Mr. Rajkumar Das, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communicationgave the welcome address. The Chief Guest was given traditional welcome by thestudents of Kalinga University. In his keynote speech Mr. Manoj Verma spokeabout the key factors of film making from pre-production to post-production ofthe film. He explained about the concept, script writing, screen play writing,sound recording, editing and other important points during the workshop. Trailerof his national award winning film ‘Bhulan (the maze)’ with visuals of filmshooting were also shown to the students. The film is based on ‘Bhulan Kanda’ atype of plant found in forest of Chhattisgarh. It is believed and experienced bymany that if a person passes over this plant, the person starts forgettingeverything. He forgets the way and starts wandering. During this time whenanother person comes and touches that person, then only he comes to his sensesagain.

The Students were curious to know the technical aspects of film making theyinteracted with the guest and came to know about the challenges in film making.Mr. Verma explained that every movie should have one liner and the message thefilm carries should be conveyed to the mass through the movie.Dr. Asha Ambhaikar, Dean Students Welfare presented memento to the guest.Mr. A.K. Kaul, Head Department of Journalism & Mass Communication proposedvote of thanks. Ms. Shreya Dwivedi, Mr. Sheikh Abdul Kadir, faculty membersand students of Journalism & Mass Communication and other disciplines werepresent during the workshop. The workshop was also attended by large numbersof persons through online mode