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Winner of the National Film Award and awards at Burlington, Delhi, Jakarta and Karachi, the story of Shah Jahan, Mehru Nisha and Afroz Jamala from the Nizammudin Basti, who embark on a journey of self-discovery, when they decide to join a gym. Selected at over fifteen film festivals, including at California, Johannesburg, Harare, Madrid, Mumbai, Prague, Seattle, Seoul, Stuttgart and Thiruvananthapuram.
Directed by Juhi Bhatt | 2017
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Juhi Bhatt is a freelance filmmaker who has worked on documentaries, television commercials, TV shows and corporate films, on themes including environment, women’s rights, urban infrastructure and financial literacy in rural areas. She has written and directed for organisations such as UNICEF, SAARC, SEWA, among others.
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 is a not-for-profit that has nurtured and supported 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. (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 is 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: Alok Verma
Sound Recordist: Shailendra Singh
Editor: Alok Verma
Music Composers: Zubair Sabir Qawwal, Sarfaraz Sabri Qawwal, BenSound.com
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
Winner of the National Film Award and awards at Burlington, Delhi, Jakarta and Karachi, the story of Shah Jahan, Mehru Nisha and Afroz Jamala from the Nizammudin Basti, who embark on a journey of self-discovery, when they decide to join a gym. Selected at over fifteen film festivals, including at California, Johannesburg, Harare, Madrid, Mumbai, Prague, Seattle, Seoul, Stuttgart and Thiruvananthapuram.
Directed by Juhi Bhatt | 2017
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Juhi Bhatt is a freelance filmmaker who has worked on documentaries, television commercials, TV shows and corporate films, on themes including environment, women’s rights, urban infrastructure and financial literacy in rural areas. She has written and directed for organisations such as UNICEF, SAARC, SEWA, among others.
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 is a not-for-profit that has nurtured and supported 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. (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 is 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: Alok Verma
Sound Recordist: Shailendra Singh
Editor: Alok Verma
Music Composers: Zubair Sabir Qawwal, Sarfaraz Sabri Qawwal, BenSound.com
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
