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National Award Winner that investigates the impact of presticides on the food chain and human lives. Screened at festivals in Delhi, Geneva, Madurai, Mumbai, Pune and Thrissur.
Directed by Sumit Khanna | 2006
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Sumit Khanna started his career as assistant to directors Aziz Mirza, Saeed Mirza and Meghna Gulzar on various feature films and documentaries. He has since made numerous documentaries and corporate films. Associate Producer on the acclaimed film Parzania, his independent films include The Man who Dwarfed the Mountains, All Rise for your Honour and A Movement, A World, A Cinema - the Indian New Wave.
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: Sanjay Agarwal
Sound Recordist: Vipin Bhati
Editor: Rajesh Parmar
Assistant: Ruchi Shrivastava
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
National Award Winner that investigates the impact of presticides on the food chain and human lives. Screened at festivals in Delhi, Geneva, Madurai, Mumbai, Pune and Thrissur.
Directed by Sumit Khanna | 2006
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Sumit Khanna started his career as assistant to directors Aziz Mirza, Saeed Mirza and Meghna Gulzar on various feature films and documentaries. He has since made numerous documentaries and corporate films. Associate Producer on the acclaimed film Parzania, his independent films include The Man who Dwarfed the Mountains, All Rise for your Honour and A Movement, A World, A Cinema - the Indian New Wave.
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: Sanjay Agarwal
Sound Recordist: Vipin Bhati
Editor: Rajesh Parmar
Assistant: Ruchi Shrivastava
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
