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Rajasthan Film Festival - RFF | |
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Current: 10th RFF Awards | |
![]() The Official RFF Trophy | |
Awarded for | Award for Excellence in Cinematic Achievements for Regional Cinema of India |
Country | India |
First awarded | 2013 |
Website | https://www.rajasthanfilmfestival.com/ |
Television/radio coverage | |
Produced by | Kseries |
The Rajasthan Film Festival Award ceremony (also known as the RFF Awards) is a set of awards presented annually to honour both artistic and technical excellence of artistes in Rajasthani cinema as well as in other Regional Cinema of India. The awards were instituted in 2013. The 11th award ceremony[1] was held on 30 September 2023[2] at Deep Smriti Auditorium.[3] Aftab Shivdasani and Neha Dhupia did the hosting[4] at the award night[2] and Lifetime Achievement Award[5][6] was given to the Bollywood actor Gulshan Grover. Bollywood Actor Govinda attended the festival as the chief guest.
The theme for the festival was Unity in diversity and 24 awards were awarded in 2 broad categories: for films produced in Rajasthan and for films produced in other regions of India (except Rajasthan). In order to honour people who have been dedicated to the industry, a Lifetime Achievement Award is also presented at the ceremony.
The 10th edition of the RFF award ceremony[7] was held from 22 September 2022 to 24 September 2022 at Maan Place, Jaipur. Tusshar Kapoor[8] and Mahima Chaudhry were the hosts of the evening with Film Critic Komal Nahta and lifetime Achievement Award was given to Actor Sanjay Mishra.
The 9th and 8th edition of Rajasthan Film Festival was not held due to global pandemic of COVID 19.
The 7th edition of the award ceremony was organized for 3 Days (26 September to 28 September 2019) at Maan Palace, in Jaipur. Shreyas Talpade was the host of the award night. Other prominent celebrities at the ceremony included Shakti Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Rajesh Puri, Komal Nahta, Aniruddh Dave, Neha Shree, Aniruddh Singh among others. The eighth and ninth edition of the award ceremony were cancelled due to government-imposed covid restrictions.[citation needed]
The 2018 event [9] was organized for 5 Days (25 to 29 September 2018[10][11]) at Maan Palace,[12] in Jaipur. Vatsal Seth[13] was the host of the award night and the celebrities[14] Jeetendra Kapoor, Mithoon Sharma, Neelu Vaghela, Gajendra Chauhan, Anirudh Dave and Sara Khan made their presence. In 2017, the ceremony was held at Deep Smriti Auditorium,[15] on 14 to 16 September 2017.[16][17]