RIFF 08, 2022, 16: Awards presented at the closing ceremony

Special Awards – [7]

[01] RIFF 2022 --- LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION IN INDIAN

CINEMA: N CHANDRA (INDIAN FILM WRITER, DIRECTOR & PRODUCER)

[02] RIFF 2022 --- LEGENDARY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE AND CONTRIBUTION IN INDIAN

CINEMA: RANDHIR KAPOOR (INDIAN FILM DIRECTOR, ACTOR & PRODUCER)

[03] RIFF 2022 ---- INTERNATIONAL HONORARY AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION IN INDIAN

CINEMA & TELEVISION: CHARLES THOMSON (INTERNATIONAL ACTOR & ANCHOR)

[04] RIFF 2022 ---- PRIDE OF RAJASTHAN: SANJIV GOENKA (CO-OWNER, FILMISTAN

STUDIO, Mumbai)

[05] RIFF 2022---- HASRAT JAIPURI AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION IN INDIAN CINEMA: SAYEED QUADRI (INDIAN LYRICIST AND POET FROM JODHPUR)

[06] RIFF 2022 ---- OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE BUSINESS OF CINEMA :

KOMAL NAHATA (BOLLYWOOD TRADE ANALYST,  FROM JODHPUR)

[07] RIFF 2022 ---- BEST AUTHOR OF A BOOK IN 202: RAHUL RAWAIL FOR "RAJ

KAPOOR: THE MASTER AT WORK"

FEATURE FILMS (NATIONAL/REGIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL/ RAJASTHANI) = [24]

[08] BEST HINDI FEATURE FILM: CHHIPKALI [MEEMO / KOUSHIK KAR]

[09] BEST REGIONAL FEATURE FILM: SEMKHOR [MALA BARUAH / AIMEE BARUAH ] DIMASA

[10] BEST CHILDREN’S REGIONAL FEATURE FILM: NAMMA CHILDREN'S INDIA [KOKILA. N.

GOWDA / N. R. NANJUNDE GOWDA] KANNADA

[11] BEST RAJASTHANI FEATURE FILM: NAMAK (SALT) [TANUJ VYAS & SACHIN TAILANG]

[12] SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST HINDI FEATURE FILM: GAAYE HAMARI MATA HAI

[VIVEK GAYAPRASAD SRIVASTAVA / SHUJA ALI]

[13] SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST REGIONAL FILM: DOLLU [PAVAN WADEYAR & APEKSHA

PUROHIT] KANNADA

[14] CRITICS CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST REGIONAL FEATURE FILM: THE PORTRAITS [AKSHAY

KUMAR PARIJA / DR. BIJUKUMAR DAMODARAN] MALAYALAM

[15] SPECIAL VIEWERS’ CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST HINDI FEATURE FILM: AATA [ NARPAT

SINGH GAUR / HEMANT SEERVI]

[16] SPECIAL VIEWERS’ CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST REGIONAL FEATURE FILM: SAKUNTALAM

[DUSHYANTH SRIDHAR & SRINIVAS KANNAA] SANSKRIT

[17] BEST DIRECTOR IN HINDI FEATURE FILM: RAM KAMAL MUKHERJEE [EK DUAA &

SHUBHO BIJOYA)

[18] BEST DIRECTOR FOR REGIONAL FEATURE FILM: ANANTH NARAYAN MAHADEVAN

[BITTERSWEET] MARATHI

[19] SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR IN REGIONAL FEATURE FILM: VIJEESH MANI

[MMMMM SOUND OF PAIN] MALAYALAM

[20] CRITICS CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR IN REGIONAL FEATURE FILM: ADARI

MURTHY SAI [DAHANAM] TELUGU

[21] BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR IN REGIONAL FEATURE FILM : SAGAR PURANIK [DOLLU- THE

DRUM]

[22] SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR IN REGIONAL FEATURE FILM: KAUTUK

SAKSENA [SAY IT THRICE] ENGLISH/HINDI

[23] CRITICS CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR IN REGIONAL FEATURE FILM: YADU

VIJAYAKRISHNAN [BHAGAVADAJJUKAM] SANSKRIT

[24] SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST STORY IN REGIONAL FEATURE FILM: BANK LOAN

[KANNADA]

[25] BEST ACTOR FOR HINDI FEATURE FILM: HARSHIT MATHUR [AATA] HINDI

[26] BEST ACTOR FOR REGIONAL FEATURE FILM: ADITYA OM [DAHANAM] TELUGU

[27] BEST ACTOR FOR RAJASTHANI FEATURE FILM: NEMI CHAND [NAMAK - THE SALT]

[28] BEST ACTRESS FOR HINDI FEATURE FILM: SUSHMITA RANA [AATA]

[29] BEST ACTRESS FOR REGIONAL FEATURE FILM: AIMEE BARUAH [SEMKHOR] DIMASA LANGUAGE

[30] BEST ACTRESS FOR RAJASTHANI FEATURE FILM: POOJA JOSHI [NAMAK - THE SALT]

[31] BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD FOR RAJASTHANI FEATURE FILM: DHRUV SANKHLA

[NAMAK - THE SALT]

SHORT FILMS (NATIONAL/ REGIONAL/ STUDENT/ RAJASTHANI/

INTERNATIONAL) = 23

[32] BEST HINDI SHORT FILM: GAJRA [VINEET SHARMA, PRANALI SHARMA, MANOJ.S.NAIR]

[33] BEST REGIONAL SHORT FILM: SWEET BIRIYANI [JEYACHANDRA HASHMI] TAMIL

[34] BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM: RIDDLE [UMANG PATEL] HINDI

[35] BEST RAJASTHANI SHORT FILM: MHARI PYARI BAISA [NARPAT SINGH GAUR]

[36] BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM: HABIKUR (NIGHT VISIT) [EFRAT COHEN, HAREL BEN

MELECH / MYA KAPLAN] HEBREW

[37] BEST SHORT ACTION FILM: DELUDE [NISCHAL SHARMA] HINDI

[38] BEST SHORT FILM FOR SOCIAL AWARENESS: E-RICKSHAWALI 2021 [RUHI AKA ROHINI

HAK / ARCHITA MANDAL] HINDI / ENGLISH

[39] BEST SHORT FILM FOR SOCIAL CAUSE: BOORAI KAA ANT [MOHAMMED SALEEM

(MUNNA BHAI) HINDI

[40] SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST HINDI SHORT FILM: FRINCE [GOPI VIKAS ARORA / RAM]

[41] SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST RAJASTHANI SHORT FILM: MRITYUDAND [SOHAN

DHANARI / DINESH RAJPUROHIT]

[42] SPECIAL VIEWER’S CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM: ANUBANDH [ANURADHA

NARENDRA ADWANI / SHARAFAT ALI AND ANAND SINGH CHOUHAN] HINDI

[43] CRITICS CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM: BULLETPROOF ANAND [ALOK SHARMA]

HINDI

[44] BEST STUDENT REGIONAL SHORT FILM: GAGAN [SUPRAJ KERKAR & BRIJESH KAKODKER]

KONKANI

[45] SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT REGIONAL SHORT FILM: MEEKHA [JINO

THOMAS / JOPHY ABRAHAM] MALAYALAM

[46] BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM FOR SOCIAL CAUSE: CREATURES FORGOTTEN TO DANCE

[PRADEEP NAIR / PRUDHU] MALAYALAM

[47] SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN STUDENT SHORT FILM: NIPAKSHI SHARMA

[KITCHEN-19]

[48] BEST STORY FOR HINDI SHORT FILM: HIMANSHU KIRAN SHARMA [RANGREZ]

[49] SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST STORY IN HINDI SHORT FILM: KULDEEP VYAS [TOOTI

CHAPPAL]

[50] BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM: NA JAANE KYUN [MAYANK PUSHPAM SINGH] HINDI

/ ENGLISH

[51] SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR IN HINDI SHORT FILM: KUSHAL JADHAV

[NEWTON'S PENDULUM]

[52] BEST DEBUT DIRECTORS FOR HINDI SHORT FILM: ASHUTOSH CHATURVEDI, PANKAJ

MAVCHI [PILIBHIT]

[53] BEST DIRECTOR IN REGIONAL SHORT FILM: MANOJ HARIBHAU BHANGE [BELOSA]

MARATHI

[54] BEST STORY IN REGIONAL SHORT FILM: KRITESH AGARWAL [TIRED HEART] ENGLISH

DOCUMENTARY & ANIMATION FILMS (6)

[55] BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM: B. B. LAL "DOYEN OF INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY” [USHA

ABHAYAKUMAR / DR. RAMADEVI SEKHAR & MR. EBENEZER ANNADOSS] ENGLISH

[56] BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM: PRINCES AND VAGABONDS [FABIENNE LE

HOUÉROU] (FRANCE)

[57] SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM: IT GETS IN YOUR

BLOOD [ED HARTMAN] (USA)

[58] BEST DIRECTORS FOR DOCUMENTARY FILM: ROHIT GUPTAA & DR. BHAWANI SINGH

RATHORE [EK RAJPUT KISAN - THE REAL STORY] HINDI

[59] BEST DIRECTORS FOR INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM: ANDREA RÜTHLEIN, MATTHIAS LUKOSCHEK [SILVER HAIR STILL ROCKS] (GERMANY)

[60] BEST STUDENT ANIMATION FILM: AN UNREVEALED SECRET [REDSKETCH COMMERCIAL

ART ACADEMY & STUDIO / SWASTIK JAIN]

MUSIC VIDEO ALBUM (HINDI/REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL/RAJASTHANI) = [10]

[61] BEST HINDI MUSIC VIDEO ALBUM: EK TASVEER [KUNAL SANJAY MEHRA / ILIYAS BELIM]

[62] BEST RAJASTHANI MUSIC VIDEO ALBUM: CHIRMI [TIPS MUSIC RAJASTHANI / SARTHAK

KANOJIA]

[63] BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO ALBUM: ANCIENT LOVER BY BANJII & MAYURI

[KAHANI RECORDS / BANJII & MAYURI] (USA)

[64] SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST HINDI MUSIC VIDEO ALBUM: PIYA MILAN RUT AAYI RE

[GANESHA ENTERTAINMENTS / PANKAJ RAO & ANKIT AGARWAL]

[65] BEST LYRICIST & MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR HINDI MUSIC VIDEO ALBUM: MANSHREE MEHRA

& KUNAL SANJAY MEHRA [LAMBI SI SADAK]

[66] BEST LYRICIST & MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR REGIONAL MUSIC VIDEO ALBUM: SESHU KMR

[KALA MUSICAL] TELUGU

[67] BEST SINGER IN RAJASTHANI MUSIC VIDEO ALBUM: SONU KANWAR [CHIRMI]

[68] BEST ACTRESS IN REGIONAL MUSIC VIDEO ALBUM: HEENA S [KALA MUSICAL] TELUGU

[69] BEST ACTOR IN RAJASTHANI MUSIC VIDEO ALBUM: SHAILENDRA VYAS [CHIRMI]

[70] BEST ACTRESS IN RAJASTHANI MUSIC VIDEO ALBUM: SWATI JANGID [CHIRMI