Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival proudly announces esteemed ‘Associate Partners’ for the 2023 Award Ceremony

Mumbai (Maharashtra): The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival will hold its annual award ceremony to honour India’s entertainment and film industry luminaries. The event, sponsored by the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya, will commemorate the legacy of Dadasaheb Phalke Ji by celebrating the rich heritage of Indian cinema. The award ceremony, which is sponsored by MapmyIndia Mappls, Blue Star, Haldiram’s Nagpur, Max Life Insurance, and IIFL Finance, will take place on February 20th, 2023, at Taj Lands End in Mumbai. The event will be live-streamed on ZEE5, and the World Premiere Telecast will be broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television.

MapmyIndia Mappls: \sMapmyIndia Mappls is India’s leading provider of digital maps, geospatial software, and location-based Internet of Things technology. MapmyIndia strives to improve the lives of many people by working with esteemed customers from the tech world, modern technological start-ups, innovative automotive manufacturers, important government organisations, and many more. Founded in 1995, the company has taken on the laborious task of mapping India’s undulating landscape. MapmyIndia’s noble goal is to create digital map data products and location-based technologies that are accessible to everyone.

Blue Star: As the country’s leading air conditioning and commercial refrigeration company, Blue Star is undoubtedly one of India’s most well-known names. The company has carved a niche in the market, with 7500 stores and 1172 service associates assisting customers in over 900 cities. Blue Star is an expert in the cooling needs of corporate, residential, and commercial customers, and it has entered the residential water purifier market. Aside from products, the company’s philanthropic values align with those of DPIFF, as best exemplified by the Blue Star Foundation, which was founded in 1982 to provide aid in education, health, and poverty.

Haldiram’s Nagpur: Haldiram’s brand name is the legacy of a modest shop in Bikaner founded by Ganga Bishan Agarwal, affectionately known as Haldiram Ji. Today, eight decades later, it has broadened its horizons, scaled up, and even established markets in other countries – all while remaining true to the spirit of serving the most authentic taste of India. Every Indian household relies on the Indian multinational sweets, snack, and restaurant company. Haldiram’s began with the humble USP of bhujia and has grown to include over 400 products and multiple retail chain stores. To this day, the company serves as a great source of entrepreneurial inspiration for the country’s business-minded youth.

Max Life Insurance Company Limited is India’s largest non-bank private-sector life insurer. It is a subsidiary of Max Financial Services and is a joint venture between Max India Ltd and Axis Bank. The Great Place to Work Institute ranked the company 18th among ‘India’s Best Companies to Work For’ in 2021. Max Life Insurance is on a mission to do the right thing and is committed first and foremost to its customers. Through its socioeconomic development initiatives, the company believes in assisting important causes and communities. To support the vision, it has established general health camps, Artificial Limbs, and Polio Caliper camps.

IIFL Finance: IIFL is a major player in the Indian financial services sector. Its subsidiaries include IIFL Home Finance Limited, IIFL Samasta Finance Limited, and IIFL Open Fintech Private Limited. In addition to the aforementioned, the company provides customers with a variety of loans and mortgages. These include gold loans, home loans, business loans, microfinance, capital market finance, and so on. IIFL serves both retail and corporate clients and has a thriving network of 3,119 branches in over 500 cities. The brand, like DPIFF, believes in the values of trust and transparency, which it implements in its unique ‘Seedhi Baat’ approach, which has been widely praised.

DPIFF 2023 has attempted to embark on a journey through the annals of the silver screen, with the goal of highlighting the theme of Cinematic Tourism. The prestigious platform intends to honour India’s diversity with an evening of revelry that will feature cultural splendour from all corners of the country while saluting the spectacular storytellers of the land. Governors, ministers, celebrities, and other dignitaries are expected to attend the ceremony.

The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF) is India’s only independent international film festival, and it exists to celebrate the work of aspiring, young, independent, and professional filmmakers. DPIFF aims to honour film artists who have worked hard and demonstrated true promise, as well as the determination to succeed.

The mission, as always, is to cultivate and promote the art and science of filmmaking through education and cross-cultural awareness. The team believes that cinema and television series are art forms with the power to bridge cultures and illuminate the universality of the human experience.

For more information on the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2023, go to https://www.dpiff.in/.