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Create Your Own Story and Myth in Life: Celebrated Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali at JSJC Commencement Lecture

Aug 07, 2024

Sonipat (Haryana) [India], August 7: The campus of O.P. Jindal Global University was abuzz with unbridled excitement as renowned film-maker, writer and director Imtiaz Ali arrived to give an unprecedented commencement lecture to the students of the Jindal School of Journalism and Communication. Titled 'why stories matter', Ali's lecture focused on the need to tell one's own stories while focusing on one's individuality and not getting subsumed by one's surroundings. It was held to welcome the eighth cohort of the BA (H) Journalism and Media Studies, third cohort of BA (H) Film and New Media and the second cohort of BA (H) Corporate Communication and public affairs. Speaking to a packed auditorium he said, "Human beings as a species survived because of their ability to tell stories and being imaginative. So, create your own myth. The film industry is full of dreamers and drifters and if you have something meaningful to contribute, you'd be welcomed with open arms just like I was."