Films Notice - April-June, 2006  
     
 
       
  01/04/06

Fight Piracy Today: Entertainment Kal Ho Na Ho

The film is a holistic and authoritative document on various issues relating to piracy in the filmmaking and the music industry in India. Director: Sanjay Sivan

 
       
  08/04/06

The Seedkeepers

The film looks at the transformation of Dalit women’s lives through their involement in an ecological movement for sustainable farming in Andhra Pradesh. Director: Farida Pacha

 
       
  15/04/06

Malana- A Lost Identity

The film explores the notion of freedom in relation to Malana, a tiny village in Himachal, supposedly inhabited by descendents of Aleexander’s army. How individual freedom has been sacrificed to save their socio-cultural freedom. Director: Aparna Katara Sharma

 
       
  22/04/06

Gharat

A film on the traditional “gharats or watermills” of Garwhal aimed at increasing awareness of tapping low cost power from existing watermills in the mountains and thereby achieving decentralized sustainable economic development. Director: Pankaj Rishi Kumar

 
       
  29/04/06

Yeh Gulsitan Hamara…

The film examines the deep rooted fears of religious communities living in segregation in Ujjain and the surrounding areas and the cultural, political and economic reasons for doing so. Director: Fareeda Mehta

 
       
  06/05/06

More Men in Black

A film about the struggle of 10, 000 migrant oil-recliamers-on-cycles from Allahabad working to clean and recycle toxic black-oil from the drains of industrial Delhi. Director: Sudhir Gupta

 
       
  13/05/06

Elephant: God or Destroyer

A life on the life and times of the Indian elephants. Director: Krishnendu Bose

 
       
  20/05/06

If you pause in a Museum of craft

A cinematic document of the reflections of the urban middle class on varied images and experiences of being in a museum and the concealed stories of the people behind the art and crafts. Director: Sameera Jain

 
       
  27/05/06

Life Imprisonment

The film looks at the issue of domestic violence in India, its causes, consequences and various manifestations through the experience of some victims, their families and counselors. Director: Denize Rodricks

 
       
  03/06/06

The Fragile Web

An exploration of the interdependence of all life forms on earth-a fragile web of life-which binds us together in a unique relationship –each strand dependent on the earth for survival. Director: Mike H. Pandey

 
       
  10/06/06

The Way To Dusty Death

A moving account of the victims of Silicosis in Gujrat. Director: Syed Fayaz

 
       
  17/06/06

Sixth Sheikh’s Sixth Sheep’s Sick

The film looks at the lifestyle of people working in call Centres in Kolkata and their mechanism for coping with virtual environment. Director: Bharath Murthy and Sreejith Karanavar

 
       
  24/06/06

WAPSI’ (the Returning…)

For most Indian’s & Pakistani’s a visit to each others’ country is a journey of return of various kinds- to nostalgia, hate, metaphor and reality. This film is one such travelogue, a song of hope, love, longing and betrayal. Director: Ajay Raina

 
       
 
     
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