Mumbai: The 62nd Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 will be held on January 14, 2017, at the NSCI Dome in Worli here, it was announced on Friday at a press conference attended by Filmfare editor Jitesh Pillai, Karan and actress Alia Bhatt. The televised event will be aired on a later date on Sony Entertainment Television.
Times Group’s Worldwide Media that publishes Filmfare has announced partnership with Jio for its 62nd edition of Filmfare Awards. Actor Shahrukh Khan and Director Karan Johar will host the ceremony and are sure to thrill audiences with their wit and charm. Joining them on stage will be Alia Bhatt as one of the performers of the night. With some great movies under her belt in 2016, this effervescent actress is sure to light up the Filmfare stage.
Talking about the much celebrated awards property entering its 62nd year, Deepak Lamba, CEO of Worldwide Media, said, “Filmfare Awards has been the longest running award franchise with millions of ardent fans; we feel that we owe our followers a magnificent and illustrious show every single year. Infact this year we also introduced a new digital segment, the JIO Filmfare Short Film Awards, the winners of which will be felicitated at the Filmfare Awards ceremony. We have constantly introduced new innovations and additions to the franchise, which truly encompasses Indian cinema as a whole with properties across – North, South, Marathi, Punjabi, East and short films. Filmfare will continue to raise the bar on award shows in India and accompanying us on this vision is JIO, who have been at the forefront of the digital revolution in India.’’
“We are thrilled to partner with Filmfare to bring the 62nd JIO Filmfare Awards 2017 to its viewers,” said Mathew Oommen, President, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited. “Jio is bringing transformational changes in the Indian digital services space to enable a Digital Life for 1.2 billion Indians. In its endeavor to provide the best of entertainment to the audiences, Jio has partnered with Filmfare. In this edition of Filmfare, where the best of entertainment meets the best of innovation, the audiences will experience a show like never before. Powered by Jio, the Filmfare Awards, current and past, will be showcased to consumers across the country in a variety of unique ways on our platforms.”
Filmfare is set to honor the most exceptional performances in Hindi cinema for the year 2016, by bestowing the coveted black lady to the winners yet again. The awards ceremony will be telecast on Sony. This time, a new digital segment, the JIO Filmfare Short Film Awards has also been launched. The winners of this segment will be felicitated at the event.
Karan, who will be on the short film jury, spoke about the virtues of the digital medium, and said, “As a filmmaker, the transition from celluloid to digital has been sometimes an emotional one because we grew up on celluloid and definitely every frame that is painted on celluloid is special to me, but digital is the order of the day.”
Powered by Jio, the Filmfare Awards, current and past, will be showcased to consumers across the country in a variety of unique ways, digitally across the Jio apps with JioTV, JioCinema, JioMusic, and many more.
