Events - WWI

WWI announces its International Collaboration with University of the Arts London (UAL) to pave a path for future exchanges of global knowledge, research & joint projects

September 27, 2022; Patriotism In Cinema. Celebrate Cinema 2022 at Whistling Woods International Rouses Beautiful Emotions Amongst Industry & Students for The Country

Whistling Woods International School Of Media & Communication Hosted Anaya Mohanty, Executive Vice-president, Endemol Shine Group, For An Exclusive Masterclass On Content Development For Cinema & OTT Platforms

16th Founders’ Day Celebration at Whistling Woods International

July 12, 2022: Event Education Festival pioneered by Whistling Woods International School of Event Management concluded its 3rd edition with a Participation of over 500 Participants

June 23,2022: Fashion Industry veterans Meher Castelino, Hemant Trivedi, Veera Kapur EE graced their presence at Whistling Woods International’ Fashion Graduation Show, AIYANNA 2022

WWI SMC students attended National Seminar on Indian Cinema and Soft Power

WWI School of Animation & Game Design organised the first Himalayan trek to Sar Pass in Himachal Pradesh.

May 16, 2022: Art Exhibition on Women Artists

May 05,2022: Masterclass with Shashank Khaitan

WWI School of Media & Communication Hosted a Confluence of Industry Veterans for an Exclusive 5-Day ‘Masterclass Marathon’

April 22, 2022: 5-Day Annual Screenwriting Workshop by Anjum Rajabali

March 25, 2022: “Persevere and never give up”, Being advised to the 750+ graduates of Whistling Woods International at the 13th convocation

March 5, 2022: Masterclass with Atul Raninga

February 21, 2022: Whistling Woods International Launches School of Sports & Esports Management for the 2022 Intake

March 1-31, 2022: Alumni Engagement Month 2022

Whistling Woods International on the Virtual Production Panel Discussion Organised by SMPTE for IBCSHOW 2021-22.

December 11, 2021: Saira Banu unveiled a huge mural painting of Dilip Kumar on The Wall of Fame at Whistling Woods International on the 99th Birth Anniversary of Dilip Kumar in the presence of Dharmendra

November 19, 2021: Whistling Woods International Signed an Agreement with the University of Greenwich, London for Academic Collaboration

November 12, 2021: Whistling Woods International Announced the Appointment of Vivek Krishnani as an Independent Director to the Board

November 8-15, 2021: SMC students performed 2 plays as a part of their Theatre Week final performances

November 15, 2021: SMC Production Design Miniature Set Exhibition

October 18, 2021: Street Play titled ‘Mental Health’ and ‘The Bullet Proof Personality’ were performed by the WWI Actors’ Studio

Prashant Naik, HOD, School of Filmmaking, Editing, served as a member of South- II Panel of the Feature Film Jury for 67th National Film Awards 2019

AIYANNA 2021: A testament to student’ creativity, setting sustainable trends & bringing traditions to life

August 12, 2021: WWI Alumnus Siddhart Roy was felicitated with ‘The National Youth Award’ 2018-2019 by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India

July 01- 03, 2021: Whistling Woods International School of Event Management Hosted the 2nd Edition of the Event Education Festival – A 3-Day Virtual Celebration of Knowledge & Learning

Whistling Woods International Organised COVID-19 Vaccination Drive for its Staff, Faculty & Students

June 06,2021: Virtual Book Launch | A R Rahman | Kavita Krishnamurthi | Subhash Ghai on Anand Bakshi

March 03, 2021: Ms. Meghna Ghai Puri, President of Whistling Woods International was felicitated for her contribution towards ‘Excellence in Media and Creative Arts Education’ at the Times Leading Icons Award, 2021

February 03, 2021: Whistling Woods International associates with Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation for an industry-academia collaboration to further the cause of Emerging Media content and Cinematic Virtual Reality.

November 26, 27 & 28: Celebrate Cinema 2020

August 03, 2020: Whistling Woods International inaugurated the first online class for School of Music with award-winning music composer duo, Salim-Sulaiman

July 18, 2020: Founders’ Day Celebration – 14 Years of Whistling Woods International

July 21, 2020: WWI’s ode to Anand Bakshi

May 11, 2020: Radio Hoon Main Song Created By The Students Of WWI School Of Music

March 05, 2020: 5th Veda: Resul Pookutty

March 05, 2020: Guest Lecture With Tripti Sahni

March 03, 2020: Guest Session With The Team Of The Film ‘Good Newzz’

February 27-28, 2020: GLIMPSES 2020’ Exhibition by Animation Students

February 24-25, 2020: Guest Lecture With Dr. Andrew Connor – University Of Edinburgh

February 21-22, 2020: WWI Campus Buzzes With Its Annual Festival, Inbox 2020

February 6, 2020: 5th Veda: Sonu Nigam

January 30, 2020: Madhuri Dixit Inaugurates the 11th season of 5th Veda

January 24, 2020: Whistling Woods International celebrates its 12th annual convocation

January 18, 2020: Meghna Ghai Puri – President, WWI was the keynote speaker at SIES College

December 2–13, 2019: Students & Faculty of DEPAUL University, Chicago visited WWI

November 27, 2019: Excellence in Creative & Performing Arts at the 6th FICCI Higher Education Excellence Awards 2019

November 23, 2019: Production Designer and Art Directors visited Set Exhibition at WWI

November 14 – 23, 2019: Students and faculty from the Film Crew Academy, Sweden visited WWI

Mr. Subhash Ghai received Forever Genuine Award at Teacher’s Golden Thistle Award 2019

November 19, 2019: Fire Show by students of WWI Actors’ Studio

November 16 & 17, 2019: Workshop on Basic Introduction to Character Psychology and Indian Mythology with Anjum Rajabali – Veteran Indian Screenwriter and Teacher

November 13, 2019: Marvin Krislov – President, Pace University visited WWI

November 4 – 11, 2019: Students of WWI directed and performed eight plays as part of the Theatre Week

November 2, 2019: Students of WWI School of Design visited Asian Paints Colour – Experience store

October 18-20, 2019: Ravi Gupta – Dean, WWI addressed the students of Communication University of China

October 25, 2019: Mr Rishabh Shah – Co-Founder of IIMUN and 15 young leaders from IIMUN Leadership Team visited WWI

October 23, 2019: WWI paid tribute to Padma Shri Late Ram Mohan – father of the Indian Animation

October 19, 2019: WWI hosted MANTHAN – organised by MHRD and MESC

October 17, 2019: German Ambassador Mr. Walter Linder with other delegates visited Whistling Woods International

October 17, 2019: Students & Teachers of MET Rishikul Vidyalaya visited Whistling Woods International

October 11, 2019: Anjum Rajabali, Head of Screenwriting at Whistling Woods International, awarded the prestigious CILECT Teaching Award 2019 at Moscow, Russia

October 10, 2019: 5th Veda: Madhur Bhandarkar

October 08, 2019: Professor Ashwini Malik presented insights on the challenges of 360 VR at CILECT Congress 2019, Moscow

September 30, 2019: WWI School of Media and Communication celebrated International Podcast Day

September 27, 2019: Design aspirants visit WWI campus

September 27, 2019: WWI School of Performing Arts – Actors’ Studio students performed a play ‘Rustom Sohram’

September 26, 2019: WWI celebrated Cinematographer’s Day (Rajen Kothari Memorial Day)

September 26, 2019: WWI School of Performing Arts – Actors’ Studio Students Performed A Play “The house of Bernard Alba”

September 25, 2019: Delegates from US Consulate General visit Whistling Woods International

September 23, 2019: Mr. Subhash Ghai inaugurated Manthan – an academia meet

September 20 & 21: Celebrate Cinema 2019

September 17, 2019: Production Design Set Exhibition

September 11, 2019: Whistling Woods International celebrated Onam

August 29, 2019: Physical Play– The Balcony of Romeo & Juliet

August 22, 2019: 5th Veda: Satish Kaushik

August 21, 2019: Session by Subhash Ghai with first year students of WWI

August 20, 2019: Session by Subhash Ghai with first year students of WWI

August 19, 2019: Session by Subhash Ghai with first year students of WWI

August 14, 2019: WWI School of Performing Arts – Actors’ Studio students performed a play “DOR”

August 8, 2019: Whistling Woods International celebrates National Handloom Day

August 7, 2019: Anil Kapoor inaugurates the 10th Season of 5th Veda

August 2, 2019: Display on Art Direction for Advertising

July 18, 2019: Whistling Woods International Celebrates Founders’ Day

June 21, 2019: Subhash Ghai, Jackie Shroff, and Palak Muchhal Celebrate International Yoga Day at Whistling Woods International

June 21, 2019: WWI celebrates International Yoga Day with Subhash Ghai, Jackie Shroff & Palak Muchhal

June 20, 2019: Aiyanna – Fashion Graduation Show

June 6, 2019: Whistling Woods International’s students of the music department feliciated by Election Commission of India

June 6, 2019: Mr. Sunil Arora, Election Chief Commissioner applauds Subhash Ghai for “Desh Ke Liye”

April 25, 2019: Whistling Woods International’s (WWI) School of Media and Communication organised ‘Saksham 2019’

April 16, 2019: 5th Veda session with Alka Yagnik

April 15, 2019: Students of WWI School of Media & Communication visit Republic TV

March 29, 2019: Street plays conducted by students of WWI Actors’ Studio

March 1, 2019: 5th Veda session with Shiamak Davar

February 22 & 23, 2019: Inbox 2019 | Whistling Woods International

February 17, 2019: Meghna Ghai Puri was awarded with the ‘Women Super Achievers Award’

February 16, 2019: Whistling Woods International Celebrates Alumni Engagement Month

February 4, 2019: Alumni Engagement Month: Session with Filmmaking Alumni

January 25, 2019: Actors’ Studio students perform plays

January 24, 2019: Whistling Woods International celebrates its 11th Annual Convocation

January 15, 2019: All India Permit in association with Whistling Woods International

December 12, 2018: WWI JIO VR Knowledge Series

November 23, 2018: Actors’ Studio students perform Kalaripayattu

November 21, 2018: Cook Off by the School of Media and Communication students

November 19th, 2018: Whistling Woods International (WWI) hosts CILECT World Congress 2018 to a successful conclusion

November 16, 2018: Student visit by Oberoi International School

November 14th, 2018: Whistling Woods International Hosts India’s First-ever International Congress for World Film Schools – CILECT World Congress 2018

November 5, 2018: Theatre Week by WWI Actors’ Studio

October 11, 2018: 5th Veda: Improv Comedy

September 28th, 2018: Vibrant, Engaging, Interactive! Whistling Woods International enthralls Film & Media enthusiasts over three-day fest

September 27, 2018: 5th Veda: A tribute to Yash Chopra: Celebrate Cinema 2018 inauguration

September 26, 2018: Whistling Woods International celebrates Cinematographers Day in memory of Mr. Rajen Kothari

September 20, 2018: 5th Veda: Mushaira

September 6, 2018: 5th Veda session with Saurabh Shukla

August 31, 2018: 5th Veda session with Naveen Kumar

August 23, 2018: 5th Veda session with Tanmay Bhat

August 18, 2018: Aiyanna – Fashion Graduation Show

August 16, 2018: 5th Veda session with Ehsaan Noorani

August 2, 2018: Whistling Woods International announced Screenwriting Scholarship

August 2, 2018: 5th Veda session with Aamir Khan

June 3, 2018: Inspiration Nepal 2018

May 19, 2018: WWI JIO VR Lab Knowledge Series

May 10 to 25, 2018: 75 Frames – Whistling Woods International pays tribute to the legend Amitabh Bachchan, by hosting a unique exhibition with 75 of his rare and unseen portraits

April 20, 2018: 5th Veda session with Rajkumar Hirani

April 5, 2018: 5th Veda session with Ganesh Acharya

March 15, 2018: 5th Veda session with Asha Bhosle

March 8, 2018: 5th Veda session with Imtiaz Ali

February 15, 2018: 5th Veda session with Pandita Anuradha Pal

February 8, 2018: 5th Veda: ‘Less Than Zero’, A play by Kaizad Gustad

January 31, 2018: 5th Veda: Ankit Tiwari

January 23, 2018: Oye Henry! A play by students of Actors’ Studio

November 3, 2017: Production Design set exhibition by the students of Producing department

October 26, 2017: 5th Veda: Jazz Music

October 12, 2017: 5th Veda: Deepak Mazumdar

October 10, 2017: Rajen Kothari Memorial Lecture by Scholar Raman Shiva Kumar

October 6, 2017: 5th Veda: ‘Bhanvar’ play

September 25, 2017: Over 5000 Media Enthusiasts Witnessed the Action-Packed Two Days of Celebrate Cinema 2017 at Whistling Woods International

September 22, 2017: Whistling Woods International announced ‘Subhash Ghai scholarships for underprivileged students at inaugural evening of it’s Celebrate Cinema 2017

September 21, 2017: Celebrate Cinema 2017 – Inauguration

September 14, 2017: 5th Veda: Mehfil-E-Shayari

September 8, 2017: 5th Veda: Terence Lewis

September 2, 2017: Interaction with DOP C.K.Muraleedharan

August 31, 2017: 5th Veda: Sukhwinder Singh

August 17, 2017: 5th Veda: Rekha Bhardwaj

August 16th, 2017: Acclaimed play ‘YUGPURUSH – MAHATMA’S MAHATMA,’ celebrated its 806th show in association with Whistling Woods International’s 5th Veda Cultural Hub

August 10, 2017: 5th Veda: Improv Comedy Team

August 3, 2017: 5th Veda: Anupam Kher

July 18, 2017: WWI Convocation – Class of 2017

June 21, 2017: “Yoga and Meditation forms an integral part of Whistling Woods International’s education philosophy,” reveals Subhash Ghai on International Yoga Day

May 8, 2017: Times NIE star correspondents visit Whistling Woods International

April 27, 2017: 5th Veda: Kommune

April 19, 2017: 5th Veda: Alka Yagnik

April 13, 2017: 5th Veda: Farah Khan

April 6, 2017: 5th Veda: Manoj Bajpayee

March 25, 2017: Association of Cine & Television, Art Directors & Costume Designers visit WWI

March 23, 2017: 5th Veda: Gulzaar

March 21-23, 2017: Meghna Ghai Puri, President, Whistling Woods International at FICCI FRAMES 2017

March 16, 2017: 5th Veda: Shabana Azmi

March 9, 2017: 5th Veda: Amitabh Bhattacharya

February 28, 2017: 5th Veda: Saroj Khan

February 22, 2017: Whistling Woods International commemorates ‘Celebrating the lives of the Differently-abled’ a week dedicated to celebrate the lives of the differently-abled working professionals

February 16, 2017: 5th Veda: Mika Singh

February 8, 2017: 5th Veda: Piyush Mishra

February 2, 2017: 5th Veda: Vir Das

January 24, 2017: Students & Alumni came together to celebrate a momentous 10 year anniversary of Whistling Woods International

January 12 -13, 2017: Session with Neil Sadwelkar on Digital Strategies and HD Workflow

December 5 -7, 2016: Morning School Star (Ratlam) attended a 3 day workshop on Filmmaking at Whistling Woods International

November 21, 2016: Whistling Woods International launches it’s 8th school – A SCHOOL OF DESIGN in association with France’s premier design school ECV.

November 19-21, 2016: Professionals from Super16 -Copenhagen, Denmark visit Whistling Woods International

November 17, 2016: Masterclass with Anay Goswami

November 15, 2016: North Metropolitan TAFE (Western Australia) visits Whistling Woods International

November 8, 2016: 5th Veda: Shiamak Davar

October 21, 2016: 5th Veda: Javed Ali

October 13, 2016: 5th Veda: Selfie: A play in English

October 12, 2016: Film Forum with the team of Masaan

October 6, 2016: Sony relaunches Sony Media Technology Centre (SMTC) at Whistling Woods International (WWI) with renewed focus on 4K and HDR technology equipment

Sunday, 02 October, 2016: Over 4000 aspirants attended 42 workshops at Celebrate Cinema’16 held at Whistling Woods International, Mumbai

September 29, 2016: Whistling Woods International buzzed with excitement and fervour at the opening of Celebrate Cinema 2016

September 29, 2016: Whistling Woods International inaugurates the 5th edition of Celebrate Cinema with Subhash Ghai, Boman Irani & Anand L Rai

September 22, 2016: Cinematographer’s Day: In fond remembrance of Late Rajen Kothari: Lecture by artist Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh

September 22, 2016: 5th Veda: Rakesh Bedi

September 16, 2016: 5th Veda: Nawazuddin Siddiqui

September 8, 2016: 5th Veda: Ila Arun

September 5, 2016: On the eve of Teachers’ Day, Whistling Woods International’s student was awarded with the Amitabh Bachchan scholarship

September 2, 2016: 5th Veda: Sameer Anjan

August 27, 2016: Whistling Woods International felicitates Spiritual Guru Sri M as he starts off his mission ‘MyTree’ at the Institute’s 5 acre green campus.

August 26, 2016: 5th Veda: The Meet Bros

August 11, 2016: 5th Veda: Pandit Shivkumar Sharma

August 9, 2016: ‘Humble, honest, highly spirited Director of the super-hit film Sultan, Ali Abbas Zafar, delivers an impressive masterclass to 300 students at Whistling Woods International’

August 4, 2016: 5th Veda: Remo D’souza

July 24, 2016: Whistling Woods International joins the Versova beach clean up as a part of the ongoing Swachh Bharat campaign

July 18, 2016: Whistling Woods International celebrates its 9th Annual Convocation with Maestro Vinod Khanna

July 10, 2016: Whistling Woods International School of Fashion presents the 2nd edition of ‘AIYANNA’

June 21, 2016: Tiger Shroff celebrates International Yoga Day with Whistling Woods International students

June 8th 2016: Sony LIV partners with Mukta Arts to showcase Whistling Woods International’s short films

June 4, 2016: Subhash Ghai institutes Lata Mangeshkar scholarship at Whistling Woods International

May 18, 2016: Guest interaction with Pubali Chaudhuri

May 11, 2016: Over 350 donors gathered at country’s largest student-led Blood Donation Camp held at Whistling Woods International

May 05, 2016: 5th Veda: Salim Merchant

April 28, 2016: 5th Veda: Kapil Sharma

April 21, 2016: 5th Veda: Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

8th April 2016: Bhagat Singh Session by Anjum Rajabali

April 7, 2016: 5th Veda: Shaan

April 4, 2016: Interactive session with Franz Kraus – CEO, ARRI, Germany and Thomas Binsert – Sales Director, ARRI, Germany

March 30, 2016: Inspiration 2016 at Bhubaneshwar

March 28, 2016: Whistling Woods kick starts Inspiration 2016 with a full-house at Ahmedabad

March 29, 2016: 5th Veda: Team of Natsamrat

March 28, 2016: Benji gilani Play

March 16, 2016: Whistling Woods International collaborates with Prahlad Kakar School of Branding & Entrepreneurship

March 17, 2016: 5th Veda: Tajmahal Ka Udghatan

March 03, 2016: 5th Veda: Mehfil-e-Shayari

February 26-27, 2016: Whistling Woods International buzzes with fervour, with its annual festival – INBOX

February 18, 2016: 5th Veda: Ahmed Khan

February 11, 2016: 5th Veda: Prasoon Joshi

February 04, 2016: 5th Veda: Hema Malini

January 30, 2016: Fashion Masterclass with Snower Sania

Whistling Woods International to host LGBT film screening

January 24, 2016: 2nd WWI Alumni Day

Subhash Ghai addressed over 200 school principals at the conference ‪‎Plan 2016

December 03, 2015: YouTube Space Mumbai opens at WWI

November 26, 2015: 5th Veda: Johny Lever

October 29, 2015: 5th Veda: Lesle Lewis

October 08, 2015: 5th Veda: Ashley Lobo

September 07, 2015: Whistling Woods Alumni Team Shoots Video for Naveen Kumar Flute Album For Sony Music

September 25, 2015: Cinematographers Day at Whistling Woods

September 24, 2015: 5th Veda: Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

September 14, 2015: Sonu Nigam recreates magic on stage. Leaves audiences enthralled with a stunning closing performance at Whistling Woods’ Annual Event Celebrate Cinema

September 12, 2015: Jackie Shroff and Sooraj Pancholi Caught Together at the Excitement of Celebrate Cinema at Whistling Woods International

September 11, 2015: Celebrate Cinema Day 1 witnesses over 2000 students interact with industry stalwarts at Whistling Woods International

August 27, 2015: 5th Veda: Taufiq Qureshi

August 20, 2015: 5th Veda: Premchand’s Stories Played by WWI Alumni

August 13, 2015: 5th Veda: Mushaira by Super 6 Poets

August 08, 2015: WWSFD Students’ Creation at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2015

August 05, 2015: 5th Veda: Sorabh Pant

August 01, 2015: 5th Veda: Arijit Singh

July 23, 2015: 5th Veda: Shankar Mahadevan

July 11, 2015: Graduation show by students of Whistling Woods School of Fashion & Design

June 21, 2015: Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon performed Yoga at Whistling Woods International

April 28, 2015: 5th Veda: Talat Aziz

April 23, 2015: 5th Veda: Terence Lewis

April 16, 2015: 5th Veda: Kavita Krishnamurti and L.Subramaniam

April 09, 2015: 5th Veda: Omang Kumar

April 06, 2015: 5th Veda: Amadeus

March 26, 2015: 5th Veda: Hariharan

March 19, 2015: 5th Veda: Ketan Mehta

March 17, 2015: 5th Veda: Casablanca

February 05, 2015: 5th Veda: Four stand-up comedians perform at Whistling Woods International

January 29, 2015: WWSFD Students’ Creation in India’s First Condom Fashion Show

July 21, 2012: Shelley Page, Head of International Outreach for DreamWorks Animation