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Children at the Gandhi Ashram School, Kalimpong, find hope, joy, meaning and excellence in Western Classical Music. Winner of two National Awards and screened at Syracuse and Trivandrum, among other festivals.
Directed by Trisha Das and Madhur Das | 2003
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Trisha Das has directed and written over 40 films and her work has been broadcast and screened at various fora, including the Discovery Channel, the Star Network, the Doordarshan channels and several international film festivals.
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
Script Writer: Trisha Das
Cinematographer: Aseem Mishra
Sound Recordist: Vaidyanathan
Editor: Harish Chander
Narrators: Munish Bhardwaj, Ambika Varma, Chetan Vohra, Trisha Das
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: May 2020
Children at the Gandhi Ashram School, Kalimpong, find hope, joy, meaning and excellence in Western Classical Music. Winner of two National Awards and screened at Syracuse and Trivandrum, among other festivals.
Directed by Trisha Das and Madhur Das | 2003
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Trisha Das has directed and written over 40 films and her work has been broadcast and screened at various fora, including the Discovery Channel, the Star Network, the Doordarshan channels and several international film festivals.
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
Script Writer: Trisha Das
Cinematographer: Aseem Mishra
Sound Recordist: Vaidyanathan
Editor: Harish Chander
Narrators: Munish Bhardwaj, Ambika Varma, Chetan Vohra, Trisha Das
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: May 2020
