Awards & Honour

WIMPTSEA members with the outstanding performance and on world level performance have been hogging the headlines all the times. They have been bagging Oscar, BAFTA, GOLDEN REEL Indian National Award, Film fare, IIFA, ZEE Cine, Radio Mirchi and many more Awards every year.

Oscar Winner Resul Pookutty winner of Oscar award for sound mixing in the year 2008 for Slumdog millionaire

LIST OF THE NATIONAL AWARD WINNER MEMBERS

Besides, every year WIMPTSEA honors it’s members with different WIMPTSEA Dhwani Awards as follows:-

1. WIMPTSEA DHWANI MANGESH DESAI LIFE TIME EXCELLENCE AWARD :       

This is the highest award presented every year by the Association. A Salvar Trohhy is given to the recipient with citation. This is given to the member (No age bar), who has an unbeatable track record in the field viz. sound designing, mixing, location sync sound etc. Till date Kuldeep Sood, Sridhar (south), Hitendra Ghosh, S. K. Srivastava and Narendra Singh are honored with this prestigious Award. The name of Legend Sound Recordist Late Mangesh Desai is affixed with this trophy, so it glorifies the recipient.

2. WIMPTSEA DHWANI SHAIKH ABDUL BOOM OPERATOR EXCELLENCE AWARD :

Late Shaikh Abdul was a well-known Boom Operator in the film Industry. In his memory WIMPTSEA has decided excellence Award, which is conferred on a sync sound Boom-operator every year, who has an outstanding performance in the particular year.

3. WIMPTSEA DHWANI BEST VIDEO RECORDIST OF THE YEAR AWARD :

This Award is given to the Video Recordist every year doing excellent work in TV serial and programs in a particular year. The Videos (episodes) are submitted by the Technicians to office and on perpetual screening the right person is chosen by the Award sub-committee. On it’s recommendation the managing committee announces the name of the recipient.

4. WIMPTSEA DHWANI BEST VIDEO BOOM OPERATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD :

This Award is given every year to the Video Boom-Operator doing outstanding work in the field. His/her performance is also adjudged by the same process adopted for Video Recordist.

5. WIMPTSEA DHWANI BEST RECORDIST AWARD :

This is also a specific Award being given to the Sound designers, Mixing Engineers, Sync sound location Sound Recordist etc. every year. Who do perform distinguished work acumen in the particular year in films of any languages viz. either Hindi or any regional language. It is also presented to the member Sound Recordists, who do bag any recognized award from outside i.e. International, National, IIFA, Film fare, Zee Cine & other award presenting bodies.

6. WIMPTSEA DHWANI LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

This Award is given to those senior members, who do complete their 40 years of regular and fair membership of the Association in a particular year. A trophy and citation is given to them by the Guest celebrities present in the ceremony.

7. WIMPTSEA DHWANI SPECIAL BOOM OPERATOR AWARD :

This award is given to those Boom-Operators every year/one or more in recognition and honor to his/her special contribution to those films, which get awards from outside or the Award sub-committee deems fit on his/her performance in other non-awarded films too. The sub-committee selects such members for the Award.

8. WIMPTSEA DHWANI SPECIAL FOLEY ARTIST AWARD :

This award is given every year like other awards to the Foley Artists (one or more awardees) in recognition and honor to his/her special contribution to those films, which get awards from outside or as the sub-committee deems fit in the non-awarded category films too. These technicians are chosen by the Award sub-committee.

From time to time association may introduce other Dhwani awards to other categories which are not included in the aforesaid sections.