In recognition of excellence of their work Bedi Brothers have been awarded several national and international awards for their outstanding work. Recently finished film project of Bedi Films covering the natural history of an elusive animal, hardly seen or studied in the wild the “Fire Cat”- or the Red Panda.
After working for more than two year, they had successfully filmed for the first time in the world the rare hardly seen behaviors of Red Panda including courtship during peak winter, which happens only one day in an year at Singhalila National Park. The one hour film titled “Cherub of the Mist” or "Return of the Firecat" is complete and being released on Discovery Animal Planet.
This is first time in india history for wildlife films, “Cherub of the Mist” or "Return of the Firecat" have bagged 11 international awards and have been nominated for television highest award Emmy® Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Awards as popularly known as TV OSCARS.
2007, It is for the first time ever that Ajay Bedi & Vijay Bedi became "First Indian" to be nominated for "National Academy Awards". "Indain First Wildlife Film" on Red Panda's Return of the Fire cat (Cherub of the Mist) have been nominated for televsion highest award at " 28th Annual Emmy® Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Awards" for "Oustanding Individual Achievement in a Craft- Editing". Third generation Bedi's have taken India's natural history filmmaking to yet another international level, certainly hug land mark in Indain history. |
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| 2007, The film Cherub of the Mist (Return of the Firecat) won, 11 International award at CMS Vatavarn Environment & Wildlife Film Festival for Revelation Award. CMS Vatavaran received 206 films in Ten Indian categories and 54 entries in Six International categories. |
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| 2007, The film Cherub of the Mist won another awards at Durban Wild Talk Africa also knowns as the Roscar Awards for Best Wildlife Production with a Limited Budget. the Festival attracts the global wildlife, travel and cultural filmmaking across the world. |
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| 2007, Young Bedi Brothers, Ajay Bedi & Vijay Bedi had Honorable Mention for their six still pictures for International Photography Awards, the world's most prestigious photography competition. This year's competition received nearly 20,000 entries from over 90 countries. |
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| 2007, The film Cherub of the Mist bagged, THE LORIS Best Asian Wildlife Film at Wildlife Asia Film Festival, Singapore. the festival received over 160 natural history films from 30 countries and region. The film festival is an international wildlife, conservation and environmental film festival on a scale never seen before in Asia. |
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| 2007, Shri Naresh Bedi has won the Whale Award for Outstanding Contribution to Wildlife Filmmaking, at Wildlife Asia Film Festival, Singapore. The Festival has the support of singapore Tourism board (STB) attract about 250 natural filmmakers and boradcasters from 21 countries and regions. |
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| 2007, The film Cherub of the Mist bagged the third PRIX DU PUBLIC Award
(Audience Award), at 17th international nature and environment film festival, FRANCE |
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| 2007, The film Cherub of the Mist bagged the second PRIX DE LA PROTECTION DES ESPECES ANIMALES Award (Award for the Protection of the Endangered Animals), at 17th international nature and environment film festival, FRANCE |
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| 2007, The film Cherub of the Mist bagged the PRIX SPECIAL DU JEUNE PUBLIC Award (Special Award of Young Audience), at 17th international nature and environment film festival, FRANCE |
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2007, Bedi Brothers become first Indian ever to win at 31 years old
World’s Largest and Prestigious Mountain Film Festival
(BANFF) in Canada!The film “Cherub of the Mist” bagged
two prestigious awards – “Best Film on Mountain Environment”
and “Audio Post-Production Scholarship” worth $10,000 CDN”.
The film portrays the life of Red pandas and their struggle for
survival in the mountain ranges of Eastern Himalayas. More than
12000 people participated in the screenings in a week long festival.
The festival is presented by National Geographic and Dunham.
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| 2006, This is the 3rd Green Oscar, an addition to long list of
Bedi Family’s awards and achievements in field of wildlife
photography and conservation. The film “Cherub of the Mist”
on the highly endangered Indian Red Panda won Panda award
in the category “Promoting filmmakers form developing
countries”, Bristol, UK 2006. The film had a tough competition
with 412 films from 45 countries. |
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2006, Bedi Brothers become first Indian ever to win at 29th International Wildlife Film Festival in USA. The film The film “Cherub of the Mist” bagged
two prestigious awards Best Environment & Conservation Film & Merit
award for “Best Animal Behaviour”. The film had to face a tough
competition against 272 films entered in the festival from world
over. |
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| Naresh Bedi was conferred ‘Prithvi Ratan’, Jewel of the
Earth award endorsed by the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) at Vatavaran Film Festival 2005 in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to filmmaking on India’s wildlife and natural history |
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| 2005, The film “The policing Langur” also bagged its second awards in category for “Best Environment and Wildlife Film” at country most renowned environment and wildlife Vatavaran film festival. |
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| 2004 Third generation of Bedi’s - Ajay and Vijay Bedi won “Green Oscars” or “ Panda Award” on their film “The Policing Langur” in the New Comer’s Category at the world’s largest and most prestigious wildlife and environmental film festival Wildscreen held
at Bristol, U.K. |
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1995 Best Film in the Environment category, at the International Video
Festival on Science, Society and Development (IVFEST’95),
India for Ladakh, Desert in the Skies. |
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1994 Special Award for Best Photography and Carlo Mansi Memorial
Trophy at the Trento Mountain Festival, Italy for Behind the Ice Wall. |
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| 1994 Best Environment/Conservation Film in the 40th National Film
Festival, India 1993 for Ladakh, The Forbidden Wilderness. |
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| 1990 Earth Watch Award for artistic achievements at the National
Geographic Society for Dust and Ashes. |
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| 1987 Eastman Kodak Company award for Outstanding Photographic
Achievement 1987 for Saving the Tiger. |
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| 1987,
Naresh Bedi hard work made him the only Indian to get his two tigers films “Saving the tigers” and “Man-Eating Tiger” nominated for British Academy Awards
BAFTA equivalent of Hollywood Oscar. |
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| 1986 Prudential Assurance Award, Wildlife Photographer of the year, 1986 |
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| 1985 Silver Medal at the 28th Annual International Film and Television Festival of New York U.S.A for The Ganges Gharial. |
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| 1985 The Golden Eagle Award at Cine U.S.A. for cinematography of
The Fourth Stage. |
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1985 Gold Medal at the 26th Annual International Film and Television
Festival of New York, U.S.A for The Ganges Gharial. |
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1984 Awarded Special mention at 31st National Film Festival of India for
Cobra-the Snake God. |
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| 1984,
Naresh Bedi was the first Asian to bagged Green Oscar for the country in early 1984 for ‘Best Wildlife Cameraman’ at International Wildlife Film and Television Festival “Wildscreen, UK for the film The Ganges Gharial. It took almost 5 years in making as Ganges Gharial was reduced to alarming figure of only 300. The film captured for the first time the whole breeding cycle of Gharails. |
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