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Qalam 2003 will also have individual instructional sessions
on writing for the various genres of television programming such
as daily soaps, comedies, thrillers, game shows as well as writing
for news.
"For the first time in India, writers - some of them first-timers
- will get an opportunity to present their story ideas and concepts
to creative professionals from major production houses and television
programming executives who will be part of a judging panel at the
"Writers' Pitch". It is quite possible that that some
of the work may be picked up if the writing measures up to the requisite
standards," says Indian Television Dot Com founder and chief executive
officer Anil Wanvari.
The crème de la crème of India's TV scriptwriters will participate
in the panel discussions and training sessions over a three-day
period. The list includes stalwarts such as : Atul Tiwari, Anurag
Kashyap, Ishan Trivedi, Kamlesh Pandey, RD Tailang, Rajesh Joshi,
Rekha Nigam, Sanjay Upadhyay, Sanjay Chhel, Shishir Joshi, Sutapa
Sikdar, Vinta Nanda and Vinod Ranganath.
The Qalam initiative has got the kudos from senior scriptwriters
who are part of the forum-cum workshop. Says Sutapa Sikdar: "Qalam
is a very nice platform. It will help writers to actually understand
what contemporary writing for television involves."
Ace comedy writer Sanjay Chhel has this to say about the effort
in his inimitable style: "Writing is a taxing job. I welcome participants
to the heart attack club. I look forward to doing an open heart
surgery on scriptwriting at Qalam 2003."
Indiantelevision.com is coordinating its Qalam efforts with leading
production houses and television channels. Sony TV has given its
consent to be the principal sponsor. The event has also got participation
support from UTV, Balaji Telefilms, Cinevistaas, BAG Films, Nimbus,
InHouse Productions, Creative Eye, Siddhant Cinevision, Contiloe
Films, Firework Productions, Tracinema, TV18. Several programming
executives from television channels such as Star, Sony Entertainment,
Zee TV, Sahara, B4U, MTV will also be attending Qalam.
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