Rajasthan Film Festival

The Rajasthan Film Festival Award ceremony (also known as the RFF Awards) is a set of awards presented annually to honour both artistic and technical excellence of artistes in Rajasthani cinema as well as in other Regional Cinema of India. 12th Edition of Rajasthan film festival award ceremony was held on 28th September, 2024 at Deep Smriti Auditorium,Jaipur. Arbaaz Khan and Smita Bansal hosted the award ceremony.

Rajasthan Film Festival - RFF
Current: 12th RFF Awards
The Official RFF Trophy
Awarded forAward for Excellence in Cinematic Achievements for Regional Cinema of India
CountryIndia
First awarded2013
Websitehttps://www.rajasthanfilmfestival.com/
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Produced byKseries

The theme for the festival was Unity in diversity and 24 awards were awarded in 2 broad categories: for films produced in Rajasthan and for films produced in other regions of India (except Rajasthan). In order to honour people who have been dedicated to the industry, a Lifetime Achievement Award is also presented at the ceremony.

The 12th edition of the regional award ceremony took place on September 28, 2024, at the Deep Smriti Auditorium in Jaipur. The event was hosted by Arbaaz Khan and Smita Bansal. Notably, the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain. Director and actor Puneet Issar also graced the ceremony with his presence.

The awards were instituted in 2013. The 11th award ceremony[1] was held on 30 September 2023[2] at Deep Smriti Auditorium.[3] Aftab Shivdasani and Neha Dhupia did the hosting[4] at the award night[2] and Lifetime Achievement Award[5][6] was given to the Bollywood actor Gulshan Grover. Bollywood Actor Govinda attended the festival as the chief guest.

The 10th edition of the RFF award ceremony[7] was held from 22 September 2022 to 24 September 2022 at Maan Place, Jaipur. Tusshar Kapoor[8] and Mahima Chaudhry were the hosts of the evening with Film Critic Komal Nahta and lifetime Achievement Award was given to Actor Sanjay Mishra.

The 9th and 8th edition of Rajasthan Film Festival was not held due to global pandemic of COVID 19.

The 7th edition of the award ceremony was organized for 3 Days (26 September to 28 September 2019) at Maan Palace, in Jaipur. Shreyas Talpade was the host of the award night. Other prominent celebrities at the ceremony included Shakti Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Rajesh Puri, Komal Nahta, Aniruddh Dave, Neha Shree, Aniruddh Singh among others. The eighth and ninth edition of the award ceremony were cancelled due to government-imposed covid restrictions.[citation needed]

The 2018 event [9] was organized for 5 Days (25 to 29 September 2018[10][11]) at Maan Palace,[12] in Jaipur. Vatsal Seth[13] was the host of the award night and the celebrities[14] Jeetendra Kapoor, Mithoon Sharma, Neelu Vaghela, Gajendra Chauhan, Anirudh Dave and Sara Khan made their presence. In 2017, the ceremony was held at Deep Smriti Auditorium,[15] on 14 to 16 September 2017.[16][17]

History

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The first awards were presented in 2013 at Rajasthan, India. From then onwards, the awards are held at various locations of Jaipur.

Sanjana Sharma is the founder of Rajasthan Film Festival.[18] In its 6th edition (2018), the RRF has organized this event for 5 days. The event was started with theater competition held on 25–27 September.[19] On 28 September, inter college dance competition was organize where several people from Rajasthani Film Industry[20] shared their thoughts about Rajasthan cinema [21] and on the last day of event (29 September),[22] awards were given to the various categories by RFF.[23]

Award ceremonies

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The following is a listing of all Rajasthan Film Festival Awards ceremonies since 2013

Year Date Best Film Host Venue City Lifetime Achievement Award Chief Guest
2013 28 September 2013 Bhobhar (Rajasthani)
Us Disha Mai (Hindi)
RJ Moniya
Anchor Kabeer
Anchor Mann
Deep Smriti Auditorium Jaipur Jaipur MohanSingh Rathore
Kshitiz Kumar
Ramesh Tiwari
Neelu Vaghela
Gulabo Sapera

O.P. Vyas
Veena Cassettes
Modern Cassettes

Dr.Mahesh Joshi
2014 20 September 2014 Kahani Ek Devi Ki Ashok Banthia

Anchor Kabeer

Deep Smriti Auditorium Jaipur Jaipur Komal Nahta

( Nahta Family )

Shyam Sunder Jalani

T. P. Aggarwal
2015 26 September 2015 Raju Rathod Anup Soni

Arun Bakshi

Meena Nahta

RJ Mohit

Ravinder Upadhyay

Jaipur Bagh Jaipur Mohan Kataria Subhash Ghai

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

2016 24 September 2016 Hivade Me Fute Laadu Aman Verma

RJ Mohit

Maan Palace Jaipur Ikram Rajasthani Javed Akhtar
2017 16 September 2017 Nani Bai Ro Mayro Aman Verma

Mahendra Gaur

Anirudh Dave

Rohit Purohit

Himanshu Soni

RJ Mohit

Deep Smriti Auditorium Jaipur Jaipur Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt[24] Jaiprakash Chouksey
2018 25 to 29 September 2018 Birani Sardar Vatsal Seth Maan Palace Jaipur Bharat Nahta Jeetendra Kapoor

Mithun Sharma

Neelu Vaghela

2019 28 September 2019


Veerangana (In Rajasthani Cinema)

Qismat (In Other Regional Cinema)

Shreyas Talpade Maan Palace Jaipur Shakti Kapoor Komal Nahta

Satish Kaushik

Rajesh Puri

Aniruddh Dave

2020 Not held The Ceremonies Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021
2022 24 September 2022[25] Shankhnaad (In Rajasthani Films)

Hellaro (In Other Regional Films)

Tusshar Kapoor[26]

Komal Nahta[26]

Mahima Chaudhry[26]

Maan Palace Jaipur Sanjay Mishra (actor)[27]
2023 30 September 2023 Subhagi (In Rajasthani Films)

Ayothi (In Other Regional Films)

Aftab Shivdasani

& Neha Dhupia

Deep Smriti Auditorium Jaipur Jaipur Gulshan Grover Govinda
2024 28 September 2024 Bhawani (In Rajasthani Films)

Aattam (In Other Regional Films)

Arbaaz Khan,

Smita Bansal & Mahendra Gaur

Deep Smriti Auditorium Jaipur Jaipur Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain

Awards

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Rajasthani Film ( Category-A)

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  • Best Director
  • Best Writer
  • Best Cinematographer
  • Best Actor in Leading Role
  • Best Actress in Leading Role
  • Best Negative Performance
  • Best Supporting Performance
  • Best Music Director
  • Best lyrics Writer
  • Best Singer (Male)
  • Best Singer (Female)
  • Best Movie

Other Regional Film ( Category-B)

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  • Best Director
  • Best Writer
  • Best Cinematographer
  • Best Actor in Leading Role
  • Best Actress in Leading Role
  • Best Negative Performance
  • Best Supporting Performance
  • Best Music Director
  • Best lyrics Writer
  • Best Singer (Male)
  • Best Singer (Female)
  • Best Movie

Special Award

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  • Life Time Achievement

Jury Members

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S. No. Name of Jury Industry
1
Naresh Malhotra Film Director
2
Indrajit Bansal DOP
3
Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Music
4 Deepak Tijori Actor & Director[28]
5 Sanjay Puran Singh Director

See also

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References

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