FFACE (Fame Fashion and Creative Excellence)
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| Brand | |
| Industry | Fashion and Film |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, India |
Area served | India |
| Owner | Neil Roy |
| Parent | Royz Media and Entertainment |
| Website |
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Fame Fashion and Creative Excellence (FFACE) [pronounced | feɪs] is eastern India's prominent talent management brand. It is a platform provided to aspiring actors, models, fashion photographers, designers, make-up artists and the like who are meticulously chosen by a distinguished panel of judges from the fashion and film fraternity.[1] Their abilities are showcased through the FFACE Calendar and other FFACE events side by side with eminent Tollywood celebrities and celebrities from different walks of life.[2][3]
The FFACE Team
- Neil Roy - Founder and Owner
- Indroneel Mukherjee (IM) - Director, Fashion
- Shanker Kaul - Head of Marketing and Planning
- Paromita Ghosh (Candid Communication) - Strategic Consultant
- Ranadeep Basu (Dreamshow Experience) - Events Consultant
- Kaustav Saikia - Director, Photography
FFACE Calendar
FFACE Calendar is an annual fashion calendar by budding talents and is a flagship event of FFACE, held within the first quarter of a calendar year. The first edition of the calendar was shot on 18 March 2014 [4] with 7 fresh faces and 2 celebrity actors. It also provided platform to one fresh photographer, one make up artist and one hair stylist.[5] FFACE managed to have widespread circulation of its Calendar in film, fashion and media houses in Kolkata as well as Mumbai.[6] FFACE Calendar has been supported by innumerable celebrities from film, fashion and sports.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
FFACE Calendar Edition 3 will be the start of a first of its kind television reality show to be aired on Music Bangla and Zeal Lifestyle.[13]
Calendar Releases
| S.No | Year | Core Team Members | Models | Celebrities | Shooting Location | Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2014 | Indroneel Mukherjee, Lopamudra Mandal Saha, Samrat Das, Rahul Banerjee |
Risha Mukherjee, Antasheela Ghosh, Ekta Mukherjee, Tanisha De, Nikita Dhamija, Anjali Dasgupta, Priyasha Chaudhuri and Megha Chowdhury |
Calendar Cover - Ridhima Ghosh and Sayani Datta |
Nath Bari - Beleghata, Kolkata | 4 May 2014 at Tantra, Park Hotel [14] |
| S.No | Year | Core Team Members | Models | Celebrities | Shooting Location(s) | Release |
| 2[15] | 2015 | Indroneel Mukherjee, Ujjayini Banerjee, Samrat Das, Rahul Banerjee, Shankar Kaul, Paromita Ghosh |
Akbar Hassan, Enakshi Ghosh, Sreya Pal, Anwesha Das, Ayoshi Talukdar, Ayishi Mukherjee, Swastika Dutta, Tanika Basu, Sravasti Banerjee, Kinkini Dasgupta, Kaushani Das and Moizz Hanif [16] |
Calendar Cover - Mimi Chakraborty Judges - Sharbari Dutta, Sayani Dutta, Satrajit Sen and Raj Chakraborty. |
AIM and Saltlake | 12 March 2015 at Tantra, Park Hotel |
| S.No | Year | Core Team Members | Models | Celebrities | Shooting Location(s) | Release |
| 3 | 2016 | Indroneel Mukherjee, Samrat Das, Shankar Kaul, Paromita Ghosh, Ranadeep Basu |
Tushar Sen, Gourab, Sneha Mitra, Popi Bera, Shreyasree Ghosh, Piyali Saha, Manjuri Dey, Sushmita Pal, Lydia Walters, Arshee Dey, Jass Sarkar and Subhasree Kar [17] |
Judges - Raj Chakraborty, Agnimitra Paul, Sudarshan Chakraborty, Sanjoy Nag and Riecha Sharma Special Guests - Saheb Bhattacharya, Vikram Chatterjee, Rudranil Ghosh, Satrajit Sen, Indrasish Roy, Supriya Devi, Sabitri Chatterjee, Neel Dutta, Mimi Chakraborty Soumendu Roy, Sakti Banerjee and Arati Mukherjee |
Park Hotel, Ranikuthi, Wiseowl, Rush Fitness and Midascure | 9 January 2016 at the Main Banquets, Park Hotel |
FFACE Reality Show
FFACE Calendar launched first of its kind reality show in 2016 with budding talents aspiring to be a part of the glamour world. Over 40 contestants fought for the top 12 positions to feature in the FFACE Calendar through various activities, tasks and eliminations during their 20 days of grooming period. This was televised in a regional channel over 30 episodes.
| Year | Channel Name | Type | Viewership |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Music Bangla | Ground | Regional |
FFACE of Durga
FFACE of Durga was themed on “Women Empowerment”. An exclusive shoot which was arranged with Actor Mimi Chakraborty depicting Goddess Durga along with four fresh faces representing the incarnates of Devi Durga.[18]
MAX Fashion Icon
FFACE had integrated with MAX Fashion Icon since 2015. Akbar Hasan, model of FFACE Calendar 2015 was the first one to be selected to enter the Grand Finale of the Max Fashion Icon 2015 in Delhi. He was styled and groomed by Marc Robinson. The winners of the Max Fashion Icon gets a portfolio shot by Cosmopolitan magazine and will be featured in Cosmopolitan exclusive along with Cash prize worth Rs 2.5 lacs each.[19]
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Akbar Hassan |
| 2016 | Popi Bera |
References
- ↑ "Innovation is Key - Business Standard".
- ↑ "Grand Launch of FFACE Calendar 05.05.2014".
- ↑ "Gomolo on FFACE 25.03.2014".
- ↑ "Star Guide Photography Report".
- ↑ "Washington Bangla Radio 29.04.2014".
- ↑ "Ebela Coverage on FFACE 22.03.2014" (PDF).
- ↑ "Tollywood Dhamaka Report".
- ↑ "SholoanaBangaliana 06.05.2014".
- ↑ "Times of India, Calcutta Times 07.05.2014".
- ↑ "Popular Director, Sportsperson, Singer turn fashion - Business Standard".
- ↑ "Washington Bangla Radio 07.05.2014".
- ↑ "Sholoana 06.04.2014".
- ↑ "Ebela coverage on top 18".
- ↑ "IMDB Event Review".
- ↑ "Journey of FFACE Calendar 2015 starts".
- ↑ "FFACE Calendar 2015 Auditions EBELA ABP".
- ↑ "CNN IBN Bangla".
- ↑ "Business Standard on FFACE 25.03.2014".
- ↑ "City Model Hunt Finalists to contend in global fashion show".