Entering its 17th year, the Jameson Empire Awards is the only film awards to be voted for entirely by film fans. This year, the awards have a distinct Indian flavor as India’s premier director and writer –Anurag Kashyap, known for his edgy and iconic film productions, is the special guest at the glitzy high-profile ceremony in London on March 23, 2012. Anurag Kashyap hosted the first ever Jameson Cult Film Club party in Mumbai today at Trilogy along with announcing the two shortlisted winners of the Jameson Done in Sixy Seconds contest.

Commenting on the association of Jameson Empire Awards with Mr. Anurag Kashyap, Bikram Basu - Vice-President Marketing, Pernod Ricard India said, “Films are an integral part of the Jameson brand world since 1998. The association started with the critically acclaimed Jameson Short Film Award. It is a great honor for us to have Anurag Kashyap, to represent the Indian film industry at the Jameson Empire Awards in London this year.”

The Jameson Empire Award is an accolade bestowed by Jameson and Empire, Britain's

biggest selling film magazine, to recognize excellence of professionals in the local and global film industry.

The readers of the Empire magazine will vote for the awards and the winners will be awarded in an annual ceremony - the Jameson Empire Awards on March 23, 2012 in London.

The first awards ceremony was held on 1996, to honor outstanding film achievements of the 1995 film season. The most recent ceremony was held at Grosvenor House Hotel on March 27, 2011.

Jameson Irish Whiskey: Established by John Jameson in 1780, Jameson is triple distilled, twice as smooth Irish Whiskey. Not just a whiskey from one Single Distillery, Jameson is the world's Number one Irish Whiskey. Jameson Irish Whiskey is distilled three times to deliver exceptional smoothness that is what makes Jameson unique to American Whiskeys, which are typically only distilled once, and Scotch whiskies, which are usually distilled twice. This tradition began in 1780 with the Great Master Distiller John Jameson, who worked out that three distillations was best for his Jameson Irish Whiskey.

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap hosts Jameson Cult film club party in India images

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