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The Rajasthan Film Festival Award ceremony (also known as the RFF Awards) is a set of awards presented annually to honour both artistic and technical excellence of artistes in Rajasthani cinema as well as in other Regional Cinema of
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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
(except Rajasthan). In order to honour people who have been dedicated to the industry, a Lifetime Achievement Award is also presented at the ceremony. The 10th edition of th
RFF award ceremony
was held from 22 September 2022 to 24 September 2022 at Maan Place, Jaipu
Tusshar Kapoor
and Mahima Chaudhry were the hosts of the evening with Film Critic
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and lifetime Achievement Award was given to Actor Sanjay Mishra. The 9th and 8th edition of Rajasthan Film Festival was not held due to global pandemic of COVID 19. The 7th edition of the award ceremony was organized for 3 Days (26 September to 28 September, 2019) at Maan Palace, in
Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...
. Shreyas Talpade was the host of the award night. Other prominent celebrities at the ceremony included Shakti Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Rajesh Puri, Komal Nahta, Aniruddh Dave, Neha Shree, Aniruddh Singh among others. The eighth and ninth edition of the award ceremony were cancelled due to government-imposed covid restrictions. The 2018 event was organized for 5 Days (25 to 29 September 2018) at Maan Palace, in
Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...
. Vatsal Seth was the host of the award night and the celebrities Jeetendra Kapoor,
Mithoon Sharma Mithun Sharma (born 11 January 1985), also known as Mithoon, is an Indian Hindi film music director, lyricist-composer and singer. Mithoon composed the Hindi song "Tum Hi Ho" from the 2013 Bollywood romantic film ''Aashiqui 2''. Mithoon recei ...
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Neelu Vaghela Neelu Vaghela ( hi, नीलू वाघेला; born 15 April 1970) is an Indian actress, dancer and television personality, well known for her work in the Rajasthani cinema. She is also well known for the role of Santosh Rathi aka Bhabh ...
, Gajendra Chauhan,
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and Sara Khan made their presence. In 2017, the ceremony was held at Deep Smriti Auditorium, on 14 to 16 September 2017.


History

The first awards were presented in 2013 at Rajasthan, India. From then onwards, the awards are held at various locations of Jaipur. Sanjana Sharma is the founder of Rajasthan Film Festival. In its 6th edition (2018), the RRF has organized this event for 5 days. The event was started with theater competition held on 25–27 September. On 28 September, inter college dance competition was organize where several people from Rajasthani Film Industry shared their thoughts about Rajasthan cinema and on the last day of event (29 September), awards were given to the various categories by RFF.


Award ceremonies

The following is a listing of all Rajasthan Film Festival Awards ceremonies since 2013


Awards


Rajasthani Film ( Category-A)

* Best Director * Best Writer * Best Cinematographer * Best Actor in Leading Role * Best Actress in Leading Role * Best Negative Performance * Best Supporting Performance * Best Music Director * Best lyrics Writer * Best Singer (Male) * Best Singer (Female) * Best Movie


Other Regional Film ( Category-B)

* Best Director * Best Writer * Best Cinematographer * Best Actor in Leading Role * Best Actress in Leading Role * Best Negative Performance * Best Supporting Performance * Best Music Director * Best lyrics Writer * Best Singer (Male) * Best Singer (Female) * Best Movie


Special Award

*Life Time Achievement


Jury Members


See also

* 1st Award Show (Rajasthan Film Festival)


References

{{Reflist 2013 establishments in Rajasthan Film festivals in India Rajasthani culture Recurring events established in 2013 Festivals in Rajasthan