21st Third Eye Asian Film Festival concludes in Mumbai

The 21st edition of the Third Eye Asian Film Festival, a cornerstone of Maharashtra’s film culture, started on 10th January 2025 has concluded yesterday at Movie Max Cinemas in Mumbai. This year’s festival held at MovieMax Theatres in Andheri, Sion, and Thane, screened an impressive 61 films from across Asia to cinephiles in Mumbai and Thane. This includes films from countries like China, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, and Bhutan. Renowned lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has been felicitated with the Asian Cinema Culture Award. 

The Satyajit Rai Memorial Award was given to veteran film journalist Rafiq Baghdadi where National award-winning writer Professor Anil Jhankar was given a special award for film writing in memory of Sudhir Nandgaonkar.

The film ‘Gypsy’ won the best film award in the Marathi films category, while Shashi Khandare won the best



director award for the same film. Actor Mangesh Arote bagged the best actor award for ‘Gypsy’ while Shraddha Khanolkar won the best actress award for the film ‘Bhera’. Director Anil Bhalerao of the film ‘Chhabila’ and actor Prithviraj Chavan of the film ‘Cineman’ were honoured with the Special Jury Award. 

In the Indian Cinema category, the film ‘Juiphool’ was selected as the best film at this festival. The Best Director award goes to Samik Roy Chaudhary for the film ‘Beeline’ and Jadumoni Dutta for the film ‘Juiphool’. The best actor award was felicitated to Gaurav Ambre from the film Zunzarpur, and the best actress was Jayashree for the film, The Bird of a Different Feather. Former MP Dr Vinay Sahastrabuddhe, Festival President Kiran Shantaram, and Journalist Sunil Nandgaonkar presented the award to the winners.