Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
Screened at Berlin, Brisbane, Ontario and Thrissur, histories of the erstwhile Prabhat Film Company and its evolution into the Film and Television Institute.
Directed by Samarth Dixit and Jessica Sadana | 2014
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Samarth Dixit graduated in English Literature and pursued Film Editing at the Film and Television Institute of India. He has been working on independent projects as editor and assistant director. This is his first feature length directorial venture.
A graduate from from Delhi University, and Film and Television Institute of India, Jessica Sadana studied Film Direction at the FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic.
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: Jessica Sadana
Sound Recordist: Gautam Nair
Editor: Samarth Dixit
Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with the Films Division.
psbt.org/; filmsdivision.org
For festival and screening queries, please write to us at distribution@psbt.org
Last updated: July 2020
Screened at Berlin, Brisbane, Ontario and Thrissur, histories of the erstwhile Prabhat Film Company and its evolution into the Film and Television Institute.
Directed by Samarth Dixit and Jessica Sadana | 2014
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Samarth Dixit graduated in English Literature and pursued Film Editing at the Film and Television Institute of India. He has been working on independent projects as editor and assistant director. This is his first feature length directorial venture.
A graduate from from Delhi University, and Film and Television Institute of India, Jessica Sadana studied Film Direction at the FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic.
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: Jessica Sadana
Sound Recordist: Gautam Nair
Editor: Samarth Dixit
Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with the Films Division.
psbt.org/; filmsdivision.org
For festival and screening queries, please write to us at distribution@psbt.org
Last updated: July 2020
