As we know, smoking badly affects human health. Surprisingly, majority of the smokers in our society still consider smoking as a stylish habit. The need of the hour is to convey to these targeted viewers, the damage caused to their own health as well as to their dear ones. Festivals where the film has been screened: 1. Pulotsav 2008, 2. Digital Short film Festival 3. First online Digital film Festival (Culture Unplugged Studios) 4. Kala Ghoda Art Festival 2009 5. Shamiyana Short Film Festival 2009 6. Special Jury Award for Vasundhara film festival 2009 Born in Ratnagiri a beautiful town in Maharashtra in 1977. Sanjay Kulkarni came to pune in1995. He graduated in Applied Arts from Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya, in Pune, in 2000. Sanjay began his career by working on projects of Art direction in Films, Serials, and with Advertising Agencies as a Creative Director, while painting simultaneously. Sanjay Kulkarni has won some prestigious awards like Cead (Creative Excellence in advertising and design). His achievements includes, an addition in a prestigious School for art, Canterbury Christ Church University Collage in United Kingdom.The first recognition came when he participated in a Nag foundation exhibition with reputed contemporary National Artists. Greycells Communications, Triplex -2, Right Bhusari Colony, Poud Road, Pune 411 038 Telephone 98222 79891

Pune-based Seagull, a leading advertising agency, has won the 1st prize at the Tag Media in-store network contest. This contest invited entries from all over the country from Advertising Agencies, Design firms, and students to submit Public Service announcements for any cause that they strongly support. Seagull’s entry was a film on Preventing Polio. The winning ads are being aired on the Tag Media Network from 10th January for a month. The Tag Media Network is India’s first National In-store television network with a current reach of over 5 million viewers through their tie-up with National Supermarket chains – Spencers, Foodworld and Fabmall. Seagull won this award ahead of leading advertising groups in the country. The team that created the film were Sameer Desai, MD, Seagull, alongwith N Selva Kumar & Charudatt Chote. The film of 30 secs duration, depicts the polio affected kid’s view of walking. Says Sameer Desai, “At Seagull we believe communication needs to be led by a consumer insight to make it relevant & meaningful. “.
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