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Decoding his melodies and songs, an account of the artist's tryst with music and life. Selected at festivals at Gaithersburg, Goa, Madrid, Playa, Seoul, Stuttgart and Thessaloniki.
Directed by Deepti Sivan | 2017
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Deepti Pillay Sivan is a Law graduate, who has been an actor, model, anchor and television host. She has worked as a Production Designer on documentaries for National Geographic Channel, Al Jazeera and PSBT and non-features for the Government of India. Deepti has also worked as a Programming Head for Sun TV Network, commissioning fiction and non-fiction content.
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 is a not-for-profit that has nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it has 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 is 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
Cinematographers: Manoj Pillai, Anil Kumar C J
Editor: Sony Sasankan
Sound Recprdist: Ritesh Kumar
Music Composer: Alphonse Joseph
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
Decoding his melodies and songs, an account of the artist's tryst with music and life. Selected at festivals at Gaithersburg, Goa, Madrid, Playa, Seoul, Stuttgart and Thessaloniki.
Directed by Deepti Sivan | 2017
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Deepti Pillay Sivan is a Law graduate, who has been an actor, model, anchor and television host. She has worked as a Production Designer on documentaries for National Geographic Channel, Al Jazeera and PSBT and non-features for the Government of India. Deepti has also worked as a Programming Head for Sun TV Network, commissioning fiction and non-fiction content.
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 is a not-for-profit that has nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it has 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 is 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
Cinematographers: Manoj Pillai, Anil Kumar C J
Editor: Sony Sasankan
Sound Recprdist: Ritesh Kumar
Music Composer: Alphonse Joseph
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
