Asian Film Foundation awards Mr. 'Satyajit Rai Award 2022' to Living Legend Sudhir Nandgaonkar

_An integral and important period of life was spent promoting and spreading film culture_. _His efforts and efforts through his Prabhat Chitra Mandal, his film society movement, are commendable for the promotion and spread of film culture and for the Marathi fans here to watch and discuss good quality films from around the world._

_He worked to connect the Marathi fans with the various global streams of films from around the world by removing the perception that foreign films are Hollywood films. And through Prabhat Chitra Mandal, a film society in Mumbai, he connected the well-informed Marathi lovers here as well as experts in the fields of literature, music and drama to this movement._

_Mumbai's oldest film society 'Prabhat Chitra Mandal', 'Federation of Film Society of India' and the international organization of film critics 'Fipreski' has significant involvement and is a tireless worker and a great organizer. Sudhir Nandgaonkar is famous._

_An important aspect of Sudhir Nandgaonkar's Film Society movement was the magazine 'Vastava Roopvani' which provided quality film content. Also 'Mami' and 'Third Eye Asian Film Festival' are two important and renowned international film festivals. Films from various sectors and streams of India and the world were shot in these festivals. Lovers and connoisseurs of Marathi cinema could watch and study it._

_ Satyajit Rai is the God of the film. So Atal Bihari Vajpayee in politics. Today the world has come a long way digitally and there are countless different media for watching movies. However, organizing the 'Third Eye Asian Film Festival' and keeping the 'Prabhat Chitra Mandal' appropriate in the changing times continues till today._