Screenwriters Association
Screenwriters Association | |
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| Founded | 1954 |
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| Affiliations | International Affiliation of Writers Guilds |
| Website | www |
The Screenwriters Association (formerly Film Writers' Association) is a labour union based in Mumbai, India.[1] Members are authors, novelists, playwrights, and journalists who work in films, TV, and digital media.
The Screenwriters Association is an autonomous body, for the writers and by the writers.[2]
On September 27, 2020 the Screenwriters Association held its first ever award ceremony, for writers, by writers. [3] The SWA Awards 2020 announced winners in 15 categories, out of 16 categories at an online award ceremony. The list of winners are as below: [4]
TV SHOWS
1. TV Comedy- Best Story: Nitin Keswani for Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
2. TV Comedy- Best Dialogues: Bhavna vyas for Baavle Utaavle
3. TV Comedy- Best Screenplay: Aatish Kapadia for Bhakharwadi (TV series)
4. TV Drama- Best Story: No Award
5. TV Drama- Best Dialogues: Preeti Mamgain for Mere Dad Ki Dulhan
6. TV Drama- Best Screenplay: Kartick Sitaraman for Mere Dad Ki Dulhan
WEB SERIES
7. Web Series- Best Original Drama: Richie Mehta & Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh for Delhi Crime
8. Web Series-Best Original Comedy: Devika Bhagat & Ishita Moitra for Four More Shots Please!
9. Web Series- Best Adaptation: Dhruv Narang, Nihit Bhave, Pooja Tolani and Varun Grover (writer) for Sacred Games (TV series) - Season2
LYRICS
10. TV/Web- Best Lyrics: Zama Habib for the song Ek Chup Tum, Ek Chup Main from the show Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein
11. Feature Films-Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir for the song Teri Mitti from the film Kesari (2019 film)
FEATURE FILMS
12. Best Gender Sensitive Script: Ivan Ayr & Kislay for Soni
13. Feature Films- Best Debut Writer: Ivan Ayr & Kislay for Soni (film)
14. Feature Films- Best Dialogues: Vijay Maurya for Gully Boy
15. Feature Films- Best Story: Anubhav Sinha & Gaurav Solanki for Article 15 (film)
16. Feature Films- Best Screenplay: Anubhav Sinha & Gaurav Solanki for Article 15
The online award ceremony also included stand-up comic acts by Aatish Kapadia and Varun Grover (writer), an illusion act by mentalist Akshay Laxman, a lyrical jugalbandi between lyricists Shellee & Hussain Hydari and two musical performances - one by Rekha Bhardwaj on a song written by Gulzar, and a song composed and sung by Vishal Bhardwaj. [5]
The Jury members for the various jury panels were eminent screenwriters themselves:
Feature Films Jury : Ashok Mishra, Atul Tiwari, Juhi Chaturvedi, Saket Chaudhary, Urmi Juvekar, Vijay Krishna Acharya and Vinay Shukla [6]
Gender Sensitive Jury : Apurva Asrani, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and Leena Yadav [7]
Television Jury : Anand Mahendroo, Ajai Sinha, Kamlesh Pandey, Liliput Faruqui, Manjul Sinha, Purnendu Shekhar and Sanjay Upadhyay [8]
Lyrics Jury : Amit Khanna, Ila Arun, Kausar Munir, Mayur Puri and Panchhi Jalonvi [9]
Web Jury: Jury for Web Series - Original Comedy: Reshu Nath, Shiv Subrahmanyam and Juhi Shekhar
Jury for Web Series - Original Drama: Suhail Tatari, Ruchi Narain and Sweksha Bhagat
Jury for Web Series - Adaptation: Anuraadha Tewari, Anuya Jakatdar and Ketki Pandit [10]
The SWA Awards Committee 2020 was headed by SWA President Robin Bhatt, Gen Secretary Sunil Salgia and EC member Anjum Rajabali. The Chairperson was Sridhar Rangayan [11] and Convener was Richa Singh Gautam.
References
- ^ Chaurasia, Ankita (15 January 2020). "Screenwriter Association drafts a standard release form to help keep things fair and square for writers". Mumbai Mirror/.
- ^ Sahoo, Sudanshu (31 March 2020). "India: Screenwriters Association: The Most Efficient Copyright Protection For Script Writers". mondaq.com/.
- ^ "SWA Awards 2020: 'Article 15', 'Soni', 'Taarak Mehta' Honoured". thequint.com//. 28 September 2020.
- ^ "SWA Awards: Article 15, Netflix film Soni, Mere Dad Ki Dulhan win top honours". firstpost.com. 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Big wins for Article 15, Soni and Gully Boy". thedailyeye.info. 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Screenwriters Association announces nominees for Feature Films category of SWA Awards 2020". indoremirror.in/. 19 September 2020.
- ^ "LGBTQ films will become part of mainstream when we stop othering them: Apurva Asrani". PTI. 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Screenwriters Association announces nominees for TV Shows category of SWA Awards 2020". indiantelevision.com. 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Screen Writer's Association announces nominees for Best Lyricists for SWA Awards 2020". cinestaan.com. 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Screen Writer's Association announces nominees for Web Series category of SWA awards-2020". indiantelevision.com. 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Screen Writer's Association unveils jury for Lyrics category of SWA awards-2020". indiantelevision.com. 9 September 2020.