Being Bhaijaan @PSBTIndia
Being Bhaijaan  @PSBTIndia
Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Exploring masculinity through small town men and their love for Salman Khan. Screened at Bangalore, Delhi, Kathmandu, Mumbai, New York and Prague, among others.

Directed by Shabani Hassanwalia and Samreen Farooqui | 2014
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Shabani Hassanwalia and Samreen Farooqui founded Hit and Run Films in 2005, an independent video production unit, which engages with changing socio-political-personal realities through documentaries, video art and intervention films. They were Associate Directors and Editors of Star, by Dibakar Banerjee, as part of the Bombay Talkies omnibus, celebrating the 100 years of Indian Cinema.

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 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Mehrotra).

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, civilsocietyonline.com/cinema/psbt-story-630-films-230-awards-400-filmmakers/, psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/OnGlobalScreens-Article.pdf, thehindu.com/features/cinema/in-the-channels-of-trust/article3942019.ece, psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PSBT-Real-Films-on-Real-India.jpg)

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: Riju Das
Editors: Samreen Farooqui, Shabani Hassanwalia

Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India.
psbt.org/; ddindia.gov.in

For festival and screening queries, please write to us at distribution@psbt.org

Last updated: June 2020
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