Global Indian Film Awards (GIFA) was an awards ceremony held between 2005 and 2007, conceptualized to acknowledge excellence in the Indian Film industry and honour artists in 28 categories across various genres, from acting to film making. It is held in a different country each year. 2005 in
Dubai,
Kuala Lumpur in 2006, and will be held in
Chicago in 2013.
Jury
The jury members for the first awards were
Aziz Mirza,
Om Puri
Om Prakash Puri (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Bengali, Kannada,English, Punjabi and one Telugu film, as well as independent and art films and also starred ...
,
Firoz Nadiadwala,
Kabir Bedi,
Bharti Pradhan Bharti may refer to:
Companies
* Bharti Enterprises, a business conglomerate based in New Delhi, India
** Bharti Airtel, an Indian global telecommunications services company based in New Delhi, India
People
* Sunil Bharti Mittal (born 1957), Ind ...
,
Umesh Mehra and Priti Hiranandani. The ceremony was organised at Dubai's
Al-Wasi Stadium from 25 to 27 January 2005. A football match was also help between the Bollywood actors' team and UAE football team.
The ceremony produced by Global Events, Dubai and is backed by Suniel Shetty, Chairman of Popcorn Entertainment. The jury members are:
Jackie Shroff
Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff (born 1 February 1957), popularly known as Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model. He has been in the Bollywood industry for over four decades, and , has appeared in over 220 films in 13 languages namely Hi ...
,
Rati Agnihotri,
Sajid Nadiadwala,
Sandeep Chowta,
Shyam Benegal
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, and Smita Thackeray.
Mathew Abel, Managing Director and Sameer Khan, Vice President of Global Events, Dubai, Suniel Shetty, Chairman and Jordy Patel Director of Popcorn Entertainment, Mumbai were present for the media briefings.
Trophy
The GIFA trophy made out of 24 ct gold is based on the 5 elements of the universe. The trophy presented to each winner is produced by Citigold Corporation, Australia and certified by a leading global certification house for its purity.
Awards
References
Bollywood film awards
Awards established in 2005
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