The Marathi International Film & theatre awards (MIFTA) 2012 will be held in Singapore this year during the period 4th – 7th October 2012. This is the third year of the awards, under the banner of Mhaiskar – MIFTA 2012, which will have travel sponsorship from Kesari Travels. Mr. Mahesh Manjrekar, organizer of MIFTA and Ms. Veena Patil of Kesari travels made an official announcement of this event in a press conference in Mumbai.

Every year, before the main awards function the organizers conduct a curtain raiser event. This year the event will be held at Kashinath Ghanekar auditorium, Thane, between 2nd and 9th September 2012. There will be 10 dramas staged and 10 films screened during the period, which can be viewed by film and drama lovers at reduced rates. On the final day of this event, the nominations for the MIFTA awards will be announced.

Incidentally, Mahesh Manjrekar’s film ‘Kaksparsha’ has received a good response in Singapore. So, expectations for the success of MIFTA have raised high hopes. MIFTA has invited applications from filmmakers and Drama producers online, from 16th July onwards on their website www.miftaawards.com.