The Jharia issue dominates the 2nd DNS Film Fest

The second edition of DNS Film Festival cum Appreciation Workshop successfully concluded on September 23 evening at the Fr McFarland Auditorium, De Nobili School FRI with the screening of extracts from Hot as Hell, a documentary on Jharia – by senior journalist Paronjay Guha Thakurta.

Ruchita Robinson from Carmel School, Dhanbad was judged the overall BEST REVIEWER at the workshop for her analytical piece on Academy Award winning film – My Fair Lady. Rishab Agarwal from De Nobili School CMRI and Archana Sinha from Carmel School Dhanbad won accolades for reviewing Mr & Mrs Iyer and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang respectively. De Nobili School, Maithon won the first prize for the best dance drama.

“Cinema is probably one of the most important tool of communication in today’s world. We would like to give our students an opportunity to realise their talents not just in fields like engineering and medical but also the fast evolving vocations like Mass Communication and Journalism,” said Fr George Fernandes, Principal, De Nobili School, FRI and Director, De Nobili Branch Schools.

“As the leading educational institution in the coalfield, it is our duty to create awareness among the local community about the looming socio-environmental problems. Hot as Hell depicts the realities of our town and forces us to think,” added Fr Fernandes.

The two days event saw over 120 students participating from 9 leading schools of Dhanbad including the 7 De Nobilis and 2 Carmels. Alumni Kunal Majumder and Arunava Dutta were the resource persons at the workshop while Vijayan Francis was the teacher advisor. Alumnus Anand Agarwal sponsered the prizes.