Address : 503/504, Mount Alps., “B” Wing, Bhakti Park, Wadala (East), Mumbai – 400 037, India.

Mobile No. : + 91 98210 95649

Email I D : supran.sen@gmail.com

Educational Qualification  :  Double Post Graduate and Degree in LAW

1. Started career as an executive (Legal) in a Multi National Company.

2. Served as Legal Adviser, Delhi Development Authority.

3. Served as Manager (Legal) Free Press Group of News Papers.

4. Associated with the Film Industry for the last 41 years holding key positions. Coordinated Film Industry activities and represented the Film Industry, before Government of India and the various State Governments as well as various bodies in the overseas.

5. Participated actively in drafting the amendments to the Copyright Act in the 1980’s and also drafting the awards and film festival buylaws.

6. Positions held in the Entertaining Industry :-

 Secretary General Film Federation of India (Presently holding)

 Secretary General Film and TV Producers Guild of India

 Secretary Indian Motion Pictures Association of India

 Secretary Indian Motion Pictures Distributors Association

 Secretary All India Film Producers Council

 Secretary Theatre Owners Association

 Secretary Indian Film Exporters Association

 Secretary Film Makers combine

7. Founder : –

 Director ( Coordination ) Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI)

 One of the founders of FICCI-FRAMES (The Internationally recognised  conclave on business of entertainment ) 

 Secretary Association of Motion Pictures and TV Programme Producers

(Now Indian Film and Television Producers Council)

 Secretary Indian Federation against copyright theft.

8. Participated in all major International Film Festivals/Markets in India and abroad mainly:-

 CANNES

 BERLIN

 LONDON

 USA (AFM)

 VENICE

 LOCARNO

 ROME

 HONGKONG

 DENMARK

 HUNGARY

 BANGLADESH

9. Presented Papers on various issues concerning Cinematography and Copyright matters in India and following Foreign Countries/cities :-

 Geneva (WIPO) (Switzerland)

 Berlin (Germany)

 Cannes (France)

 Dhaka (Bangladesh) 

 Silicon Valley (USA)

 Paris (France)

 Marrakesh (Morocco) (Paper on Copyright access to disabled ) 

This is part of Indian Copyright Act now. 

10. Part of separate Film delegation/Special invitee to following countries :-

 USA

 UK

 Japan

 Italy

 France

 Denmark – ( Copenhagen ) 

 Hungary – ( Budapest )

 Iran – ( Tehran )

 Israel – ( Jerusalem )

 Italy – ( Venice )

 Italy – ( Rome )

 HongKong

 Thailand – ( Bangkok )

 Austria (Vienna)

 Netherlands (Amsterdam)

 Invited to Argentina for Mar Del Plata Festival but could not go due to   other commitment. 

 Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

11. Presented most coveted Life Time Achievement Award to a Korean Director in Asia Pacific Screen Award in Brisbane (Australia) in 2013.

12. Others

 Consultant Entertainment Division (FICCI)

 Consultant Modi Group of Industries

 Member, Copyright Enforcement Council Government of India

 Board Member (Executive Committee) International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) based in Brussels (Belgium).

13. Felicitations at

 Amrut Mohotsav 

( Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat  Mahamandal : 1996 )

 Golden Jubilee : ( Film Federation of India : 2005 )

 Bhavani Chitra : 2010

 Bioscope Global Film Festival 2014

An important functionary in the recommendations for various Indian Films (amongst 26 languages) (special section) to the National Film Awards and the International Film Festival of India (FIAPF accreditation).

On behalf of FFI, have strategized and created the whole existing system based on Oscar guidelines towards the selection of India’s representative film in the ‘Best Foreign Language’ category at the Academy Awards. Have been successfully doing so for the last 20 years.

Coordinating and acting as the catalyst towards FFI’s recommendations to the Asia Pacific Awards with a pan India approach ensuring a true representative film bunch from India’s 1700+ myriad films.