The Sound of Silence @PSBTIndia
The Sound of Silence  @PSBTIndia
Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 41 minutes ago
Glimpses of routine discrimination and the culture of silence around violence against women across campuses of Kerala. Screened at festivals in Harare, Johannesburg, Madrid and Thrissur.

Directed by Bina Paul | 2018
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Bina Paul graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India with a specialisation in Editing. She has edited over 35 feature films and is a recipient of two National and numerous State Awards. Bina has been the Artistic Director of the International Film Festival of Kerala for over a decade and has served on the juries of various international film festivals, including those at Locarno, Durban, Morocco and Berlin.

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
Associate Director, Researcher: Rakhee Savithri
Cinematographers: Fowzia Fatima, Abhijith Sreekantan
Sound Recordist, Designer: Anandrag Veyattumal
Sound Mixer: T Krishanunni
Sound Editors: Rajeev Viswabaran, Rakesh Nair
Editor, Colourist: Ajay Kuyiloor
Music Composer: Arun Sidharrth
Poems: Anitha Thampi
Narrator: Celin K V

Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India.
psbt.org/; ddindia.gov.in

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Last updated: August 2020
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