'Murga' wins first prize at Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival

Young filmmaker Katyayan Shivpuri, from Maharashtra, won the first prize at the Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival for his work "Murga".
Minister of Information and Broadcasting, M Venkaiah Naidu awarded Katyayan with a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs.
The short film promoting the idea of clean India had "Murga" as the metaphor depicting the victims that citizens have made of themselves and of the children by not keeping the surroundings clean.
The second prize was shared by filmmakers Sudanshu Sharma, KVK Kumar and Akshay Danavale for their films "Nahna Doot," "Chembuku Moodindi" (The Dying Vessel) and "Sarkarmi Rati Wadho!" respectively. The third prize was awarded to six entries.

Congratulating the winners, Naidu said, "The Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival is aimed at generating awareness, and motivating participants and citizens towards the Swachh Bharat Mission through the most interactive medium of cinema."
He also complemented the directors for the creativity and talent shown.

The short films festival was a competition inviting films of duration not more than three minutes.
Producer Vani Tripathi, filmmaker Gitanjali Rao, and advertising personality Prahlad Kakar served as the jury to select the best 20 short films out of the 4346 entries, before deciding the top three.
The minister announced that well-known filmmakers like Madhur Bhandarkar, Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi, Prasoon Pandey, Ramesh Sippy and Shoojit Sircar will support the Swachh Bharat initiative by producing films promoting the movement.