Celebrate Cinema @ Whistling Woods International

Whistling Woods International (WWI) is all set to host ‘Celebrate Cinema 2024’ – the annual festival celebrating the world of media & entertainment. It is a platform to connect and interact with the best of the industry experts and learn about the artistic, technical and commercial aspects of the Media & Entertainment industry. A 2-day open to all event, for all cinema lovers and enthusiasts, aspiring media and creative arts professionals, it offers an opportunity to attend celebrity panel discussions, workshops and screenings.​

Celebrate Cinema, which is in its 12th year, was conceptualised by Whistling Woods International in the year 2012, with an idea to pay tribute to the ‘Indian Cinema’ that was entering into its centennial year. To mark the centenary of Indian Cinema, WWI spearheaded the grandest celebration with ‘Cinema 100’. Since then, we have specially dedicated 2 days every year to put forth the grandest history and magnificent advancements of Indian Cinema to all cine lovers, enthusiasts and aspirants, through ‘Celebrate Cinema’. The previous years witnessed the presence of industry guests including Abhishek Bachchan, Annu Kapoor, A.R. Rahman, Athiya Shetty, Boney Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Gauri Shinde, Gulzaar, Hariharan, Hema Malini, Hrithik Roshan, Imtiaz Ali, Jackie Shroff, Karan Johar, Kausar Munir, Mahesh Bhatt, Naseeruddin Shah, Neeraj Ghaywan, Parineeti Chopra, Prakash Jha, Ranveer Singh, Rekha, Rohit Shetty, Shabana Azmi, Sidharth Malhotra, Sonu Nigam, Swanand Kirkire, Sukhwinder Singh, Vidya Balan, Vishal Bhardwaj, Zoya Akhtar to name a few.

HIGHLIGHTS

Panel Discussions & Masterclass:

• Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
  Panel Discussion with the Team of 'Stree 2'
  Guests: Abhishek Banerjee (Actor), Amar Kaushik (Director), Aparshakti Khurana (Actor) & Niren Bhatt (Writer)
  Moderated by: Subhash Ghai (Founder & Chairman, WWI)
  
  
• Time: 02:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  Masterclass with the Team of 'Laapataa Ladies'
  Guests: Kiran Rao (Director), Nitanshi Goel (Actor) & Sneha Desai (Writer)
  Moderated by: Anjum Rajabali (Screenwriter & HOD, Screenwriting, WWI)
  
  
• Time: 4:30 pm onwards
  Film Screening: Binny And Family
  Guests: Anjini Dhawan (Actor), Jayanth Jain (CEO & MD, GM Modular), Mahaveer Jain (Producer), Naman Tripathy (Actor & Writer), Rajesh Kumar (Actor) & Ssanjay Tripaathy (Writer-Director)

• Time: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
  Panel Discussion with the Team of '12th Fail'
  Guests: Medha Shankr (Actor) & Vikrant Massey (Actor)
  Moderated by: Subhash Ghai (Founder & Chairman, WWI)
  
  
• Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  Panel Discussion on 'Cinema for Earth'
  Guests: Guneet Monga (The Elephant Whisperers) & Richie Mehta (Poacher)
  Moderated by: Anjum Rajabali (Screenwriter & HOD, Screenwriting, WWI)
  
  
• Time: 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
  Closing Panel with the Team of 'Amar Singh Chamkila'
  Guests: Imtiaz Ali (Director) & Yashika Sikka (Singer)
  Moderated by: Subhash Ghai (Founder & Chairman, WWI)

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