The award ceremony of 10th Arogya Chitrapat Mahotsav organised by PM Shah Foundation, took place recently. National Award winning director Sunil Sukthankar was the chief guest and he distributed the prizes to the winners. Ad. Chetan Gandhi was also present on this occasion. Speaking on this occasion, the chief guest said, “During the past days, one had to spend Rs. 13,000/- to buy a reel to make a film of 4 minutes duration. Now, due to digitalisation, film making has become much easier, which is a good news. This has also helped people living at District places to make films.”

In the documentary section, the First prize was won by ‘Rebirth’ directed by Dinesh Vasantrao Aakhade, while in the short film section ‘Aarsa’ written by Ashish Ningurkar and directed by Ganesh Modak, won the first prize. This short film stars talented Shweta Pagar along with Sanket Kashyap, Chaitra Bhujbal, Geetanjali Kambli,Dr. Smita Kasar and Vaishnavi Velapure. Cinematography is by Yogesh Andhare.