A Second Hand Life @PSBTIndia
A Second Hand Life  @PSBTIndia
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Winner of awards at Dolna Banya and Delhi and screened at over fifteen film festivals, including at Abu Dhabi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Geneva, Mumbai, Singapor and Srinagar, an exploration of the hazardous side of information technology and e-waste.

Directed by Nutan Manmohan | 2004
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Nutan Manmohan began as a journalist with TV Today’s Newstrack and was Vice President, News and Current Affairs, Star TV, followed by India Bureau Chief for Focus Asia Star World. Her children’s series Zara Hat Ke received the Best Children’s Programme Award at the Pinnacle TV Awards; her film A Second Hand Life the Best Environment Film at Vatavaran Festival and The Last Flight the Wild Wing OBE Award in UK.

Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_M....

PSBT was a not-for-profit that nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/ci..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2..., https://www.thehindu.com/features/cin..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2...)

PSBT was led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra.

Credits
Cinematographer: Aamir Baker
Editor: Piyush Sharma
Music Composers: Sameer Prasad, Nishant Mudgal
Narrators: Anusha Bose, Rajan Kumar

Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India.
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Last updated: June 2020
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