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A glimpse into the tedious and fascinating process of salt-making, through the stories of its makers – the Agariyas of Kutch. Screened at Los Angeles, Mumbai, Moscow and Seoul.
Directed by Dinesh Lakhanpal | 2019
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Dinesh Lakhanpal is a creative writer-turned-journalist-turned filmmaker, who has to his credit more than seventy documentaries and short films and several feature films. He has won four international and two national awards. As a freelance contributor to almost all leading Hindi and English newspapers and magazines in India, he writes regularly on subjects as varied as food, agriculture, cinema, art, literature and traditional crafts.
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
Researcher, Script Writer: Dinesh Lakhanpal
Cinematographers: Rinku S. Mandhal, Neeraj Tiwari
Sound Recordist: Thomas Varghese
Editor: Charitra Raj
Associate Editors: Arindam Taneja, Harsh Kanojia
Music Composer: Rajib Mona
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: June 2020
A glimpse into the tedious and fascinating process of salt-making, through the stories of its makers – the Agariyas of Kutch. Screened at Los Angeles, Mumbai, Moscow and Seoul.
Directed by Dinesh Lakhanpal | 2019
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Dinesh Lakhanpal is a creative writer-turned-journalist-turned filmmaker, who has to his credit more than seventy documentaries and short films and several feature films. He has won four international and two national awards. As a freelance contributor to almost all leading Hindi and English newspapers and magazines in India, he writes regularly on subjects as varied as food, agriculture, cinema, art, literature and traditional crafts.
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
Researcher, Script Writer: Dinesh Lakhanpal
Cinematographers: Rinku S. Mandhal, Neeraj Tiwari
Sound Recordist: Thomas Varghese
Editor: Charitra Raj
Associate Editors: Arindam Taneja, Harsh Kanojia
Music Composer: Rajib Mona
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: June 2020
