The Ambassador of India to Sudan
H.E. Sanjay Kumar Verma visited several factories in Sudan in the recent past. Steel,
sugar, plastics, textile and pharmaceuticals to name only a few.
On 19th August’14,
Ambassador Verma visited a unique factory of its kind- Sudan Film Factory. This
visit was in response to an invitation from Talal Afifi Curator and Coordinator
of Sudan Film Factory. Along with him were young film makers of Sudan namely Mohamed
Hanafi, Areeg Tayseer Zarrouq and Mohamed Subahi. The meeting lasted for over
an hour and Talal described it as an exchange of passion and culture between
Sudan and India.
Talal Afifi introduced Sudan Film
Factory as an independent non-profit organization offering a platform for
training and networking of young film makers with a focus to rebuild relations
with Africa and Asia.
H.E. Sanjay Kumar Verma discussed
with the team present on various aspects like providing training from Indian
experts under the Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme with
scholarships. He spoke of Film and Television Institute, Pune which offers
courses on Direction, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Design, Art Direction,
Acting, Screen Play, Animation and all aspects of film making. The other topics
of discussion were workshops in Sudan by experts from the Indian film industry;
hosting of an Indian film festival in Khartoum, Omdurman and Bahri;
refurbishment of local theatres with the help of Indian expertise.
This writer was very pleasantly
surprised to learn that the Sudanese film makers knew of the great Indian film
maestro and Oscar Awardee Satyajit Ray and were delighted with the offer made
by the writer to share his film collection with them.
True to his words the Ambassador while
in the meeting called up a promising young film director in India who was very
interested in this project in Sudan and so in the near future it is very likely
we will hear, “Lights, Camera, Action!” heralding a new phase of active India
Sudanese cultural collaboration.
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