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In a region where the native language is often overlooked, a young Bundelkhandi rapper works tirelessly on his first album. As he faces financial struggles and a lack of resources, the question remains: will he be able to make it and at what cost?
Grant Winner, PSBT Doc_Commune 2023-24
Directed by Kallol Mukherjee | 2024
Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra
Awards and Festivals:
13th Annual DC South Asia Film Festival – Winner, Best Music Documentary 2024
8th DokuBaku International Documentary Film Festival2024
13th International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA) Toronto 2024
19th Tasveer Film Festival 2024
14th Film South Asia, Kathmandu 2024
13th Dharamshala International Film Festival 2024
26th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2024
Rome Documentary Film Festival 2024
Jury Prize, 11th Smita Patil International Film Festival, Pune 2025
Best Editing and Best Documentary, 5th Vindhya International Film Festivalm2025
IZDOC - Izmir Documentary Film Festival, Turkey 2025
25th Kala Ghoda Art Festival, Mumbai 2025
Nepal International Film Festival 2025
Curated Section, 16th Bangalore International Film Festival 2025
Festival des Cinémas Indiens de Toulouse 2025
17th Habitat Film Festival 2025
New York Indian Film Festival 2025
Kallol Mukherjee is a Mumbai-based filmmaker from Jabalpur, who recently served as an Associate Director on an OTT documentary series co-produced by Juggernaut and Applause Entertainment. His student short documentary "Khori" received accolades at IDSFFK 2022 and “Badariya” at IDSFFK 2023. His feature film "Who am I?"—for which he also penned the screenplay and dialogues—was released in theatres and streamed on JioCinema. Currently, he works as an Associate Creative Director for a feature documentary film for DocuBay OTT. "Mic Drop" is his debut short documentary by PSBT, India.
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 also serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama.
PSBT is a not-for-profit that nurtures and supports 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.
PSBT is led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Sharmila Tagore and Kiran Karnik. Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen, Aruna Vasudev and Fali Nariman were also Trustees in their lifetimes.
Since 2025, Aparna Sanyal has been leading PSBT as Director. She is a national award-winning filmmaker, and an experienced broadcast professional who has held leadership roles in various media organisations, including the India Chapter of the International Association of Women in Radio & Television.
This film is a part of PSBT's mentoring initiative, Doc_Commune. Launched in 2021, the programme offers a dedicated space for young filmmakers to engage with experienced professionals, refine their projects, and build a supportive community. Through a series of masterclasses, feedback sessions, and conversations, Doc_Commune encourages creative exploration while offering practical guidance on the documentary process. It serves as a bridge between early-career filmmakers and the larger documentary ecosystem. Harjas Singh works on Doc_Commune as Assistant Producer.
Credits
Director: Kallol Mukherjee
Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra
Executive Producer: Aparna Sanyal
Co-Producers: Harsh Agarwal, Aditya Grover
Assistant Producer: Harjas Singh
Director of Photography: Yash Dubey
Additional Camera: Kallol Mukherjee
Editor: Kamal Gupta (Cuts and Curves)
Co-editor: Ankit Barman (Cuts and Curves)
Location Sound Recordist: Kallol Mukherjee
Sound Designer: Jahnab Roy
Sound Editor: Parag Shinde
Colourist: Salik Waquas (Color Culture)
Music: Septune (Vinayak Dubey)
Footprint Crew: Vijay FPC, Darshan FPC, FPC ANK, Monty Thakur, Rohit Chourasiya, Anurag Yadav, Sourabh Barman, Snehil Singh
Produced by PSBT
psbt.org/; psbt.org/doc_commune
For festival, screening, and sale queries, please write to distribution[at]psbt[dot]org
Last updated: October 2025
In a region where the native language is often overlooked, a young Bundelkhandi rapper works tirelessly on his first album. As he faces financial struggles and a lack of resources, the question remains: will he be able to make it and at what cost?
Grant Winner, PSBT Doc_Commune 2023-24
Directed by Kallol Mukherjee | 2024
Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra
Awards and Festivals:
13th Annual DC South Asia Film Festival – Winner, Best Music Documentary 2024
8th DokuBaku International Documentary Film Festival2024
13th International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA) Toronto 2024
19th Tasveer Film Festival 2024
14th Film South Asia, Kathmandu 2024
13th Dharamshala International Film Festival 2024
26th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2024
Rome Documentary Film Festival 2024
Jury Prize, 11th Smita Patil International Film Festival, Pune 2025
Best Editing and Best Documentary, 5th Vindhya International Film Festivalm2025
IZDOC - Izmir Documentary Film Festival, Turkey 2025
25th Kala Ghoda Art Festival, Mumbai 2025
Nepal International Film Festival 2025
Curated Section, 16th Bangalore International Film Festival 2025
Festival des Cinémas Indiens de Toulouse 2025
17th Habitat Film Festival 2025
New York Indian Film Festival 2025
Kallol Mukherjee is a Mumbai-based filmmaker from Jabalpur, who recently served as an Associate Director on an OTT documentary series co-produced by Juggernaut and Applause Entertainment. His student short documentary "Khori" received accolades at IDSFFK 2022 and “Badariya” at IDSFFK 2023. His feature film "Who am I?"—for which he also penned the screenplay and dialogues—was released in theatres and streamed on JioCinema. Currently, he works as an Associate Creative Director for a feature documentary film for DocuBay OTT. "Mic Drop" is his debut short documentary by PSBT, India.
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 also serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama.
PSBT is a not-for-profit that nurtures and supports 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.
PSBT is led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Sharmila Tagore and Kiran Karnik. Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen, Aruna Vasudev and Fali Nariman were also Trustees in their lifetimes.
Since 2025, Aparna Sanyal has been leading PSBT as Director. She is a national award-winning filmmaker, and an experienced broadcast professional who has held leadership roles in various media organisations, including the India Chapter of the International Association of Women in Radio & Television.
This film is a part of PSBT's mentoring initiative, Doc_Commune. Launched in 2021, the programme offers a dedicated space for young filmmakers to engage with experienced professionals, refine their projects, and build a supportive community. Through a series of masterclasses, feedback sessions, and conversations, Doc_Commune encourages creative exploration while offering practical guidance on the documentary process. It serves as a bridge between early-career filmmakers and the larger documentary ecosystem. Harjas Singh works on Doc_Commune as Assistant Producer.
Credits
Director: Kallol Mukherjee
Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra
Executive Producer: Aparna Sanyal
Co-Producers: Harsh Agarwal, Aditya Grover
Assistant Producer: Harjas Singh
Director of Photography: Yash Dubey
Additional Camera: Kallol Mukherjee
Editor: Kamal Gupta (Cuts and Curves)
Co-editor: Ankit Barman (Cuts and Curves)
Location Sound Recordist: Kallol Mukherjee
Sound Designer: Jahnab Roy
Sound Editor: Parag Shinde
Colourist: Salik Waquas (Color Culture)
Music: Septune (Vinayak Dubey)
Footprint Crew: Vijay FPC, Darshan FPC, FPC ANK, Monty Thakur, Rohit Chourasiya, Anurag Yadav, Sourabh Barman, Snehil Singh
Produced by PSBT
psbt.org/; psbt.org/doc_commune
For festival, screening, and sale queries, please write to distribution[at]psbt[dot]org
Last updated: October 2025
