New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Bollywood filmmaker Pooja Bhatt, music sensation Udit Narayan, ad-director and cinematographer Mahesh Aney, Malayalam cinema icon Hariharan along with renowned film editor A. Sreekar Prasad are going to judge the sixth edition of the Jagran Film Festival.
The festival, known for its unique and interesting bouquet of films, announced the jury members for the ‘Indian showcase’ category on Saturday.
After watching the films, the jury will be selecting the winners in the category which has a vast line-up of awards for the best screenplay, best cinematographer, best debut director, best music director, best director, best feature film, best actor, best singer, etc.
The 2015 edition of the Jagran Film Festival will traverse from Delhi on July 1 to the hinterlands of Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut, Dehradun, Hisar, Ludhiana, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Raipur, Indore, and Bhopal before culminating in Mumbai in September.
In collaboration with festival partners such as Whistling Woods International (WWI), Film Federation of India (FFI) and Motion Picture Association (MPA) Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), the 2015 edition is all set to surpass its own last benchmarks of presenting over 16 cinema appreciation workshops and 400 screenings in 17 cities.