The 2nd Edition of Lit-O-Fest flags off begins on a high-note
Mumbai, 20th Feb 2016 “Lit-O-Fest is a one of its type initiative with a difference with a philanthropic perspective as this is an only platform where one-the-spot publishing contracts are signed with deserving authors. Last year, total 8 books were selected by the jury and were published by Vani Prakashan, Harper Collin, Jaico and more for free publishing. This year we are going to be increasing the number to 20”, shares Smita Parikh, Festival Director, Lit-O-Fest and Co-Founder E-Bizz Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd at the inaugural ceremony held in the presence of Mr. Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Urban Development & Noted Singer and Literary Legends like Prof. Narendra Kohli & Dr. Kiran Nagarkar, Dr. Shravan Kumar, CEO, Childrens Film Society Of India (CFSI), Dr. Agnelo Menezes, Principal – St. Xavier's College and Mr. Saurabh Daftary,Founder of E Bizz Entertainment Pvt Ltd. This year the fest is held atSt. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, on February 20 & 21, 2016. In addition to arts and literature, Lit-O-Fest will also showcase various forms of music and dance.
While speaking at the occasion, Mr. Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Urban Development & Noted Singer shared, “It’s a pleasure to be here. It’s very important that we keep the fire in us lit. I urge people to people join in here and take something from here. Hindi literature needs more boost. As a Bengali I fall back to Rabindranath Tagore who has written and enlighten the minds not in earlier era but also on today’s minds”. He further recited a poem by Tagore. “Lit-O-Fest, this year had conducted a manuscript contest which was held on the social media platform, which has got almost 120 manuscripts from all across the globe including places like United Kingdom, UAE and United States. These manuscripts will be shortlisted and finally be taken up for publishing contracts by the publishing partners. She further adds, “During the year 5 more authors were awarded publishing contracts. The goal is to also help them understand the technical aspects of writing and publishing through several seminars”. This year the Lit-O-Fest Living Legend’ awards will be bestowed on the legendary Shri. Narendra Kohli and Shri. Kiran Nagarkar.
The Children film society of India (CFSI) is also associated with Lit-O-Fest this year. A very interesting session on ‘Children’s Films going International’ was held in the presence of panelists Dr. Shravan Kumar, CEO, CFSI, Mr. Satish Kaushik, Actor/Director and Actress Shilpa Shukla of Chak De movie fame. They stressed on the point that a govt law needs to be passed for theatres to show children's films. Mainstream filmmakers need to come on the race. Budgets need to be big. And the distribution and release of the films should be very aggressive. Schools also should take a step forward. We need to relay it in schools as well. Like last year, this year’s festival has country’s leading authors, artists, singers, filmmakers, bureaucrats and dignitaries as guests and panelists, and will host insightful discussions and delightful cultural events to engage and entertain audiences. This two day festival will focus on offering every writer an equal opportunity and space to be seen, heard and published.
Another interesting session on ‘Modern Indian and Kamasutra’ was hosted where the book ‘Footpath Pe Kamasutra’, a book written by renowned author Mr. Abhay Kumar Dubey was launched by the hands of noted Indian Sexpert Dr. Mahindra Watsa.
The 2–day festival will see discussions and participation by eminent personalities like Narendra Kohli, Kiran Nagarkar, Rajdeep Sardesai, Ashwin Sanghi , Dr Radhakrishnan Pillai, Flavia Agnes, Smita Parikh among a host of others taking part. Lit-O-Fest will also see added attractions like live performances by talented students and young artists performing live music, singing, dance, painting, mime, theatre, etc.
The inaugural day with see the launch of Shatrughan Sinha's autobiography, Biography - Honestly Speaking, ‘Khamosh’. The event will conclude on a high note with a power-packed live band by Leslie Lewis after a long time in Mumbai.
The two day fest will unfold some spotlight sessions and workshops on Hindi language like, The Tagore Legacy, Terrorism and its effects on the society, Is music losing its melody due to the technology driven compositions, Journey of a book-From Paper to the celluloid, Poetry -its nuances in Urdu language, the Chanakya Secrets, Shakespeare is forever, The Rape Prone zone - Attitude and Law, Has the idea of feminism lost its glory and more, Roast Session with Tuhin Sinha as an expert, Money Laundering by Ram Jethmalani etc. Also a session on Contemporary Poetry with the legend Irshad Kamil. The Day 2 will witness food talk on Indian Food Gone Global with Maria Goretti. The day will also host and interesting panel Child Abuse / Teenage Tantrum by Kiran Manral, Harish Iyer and Abhay Kumar Dubey - the legend writer speaking about Kamasutra with Laxmi Narayan Tripathi (the transgender). .
For complete schedule visit: http://www.lit-o-fest.com/ schedule.html
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