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13 PM  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : VINAY RAI ]
[ Theme : History ]
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A chronicle of the lives of Indian Prime Ministers through the ages as represented by the witty strokes of cartoons, in an effort to truly understand the Indian masses and their leaders.

   
A QUESTION OF TOMORROW  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : MOHI-UD-DIN MIRZA ]
[ Theme : History , Ethnography/ Anthropology ]
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The story of the vanishing tribe of Brogpas of the Himalayas, descendents of Alexander the Great's army - their threatened life style and their future prospects in the modern world.

   
CITYSCAPES DELHI   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : MEERA DEWAN ]
[ Theme : History , Urbanscapes ]
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The film documents Delhi's collapsing urban environment and recalls the city's best loved 19th century chronicler Mirza Ghalib.

   
DELHI DIARY 2001   (55 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : RANJANI MAZUMDAR ]
[ Theme : History , Conflict ]
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The film attempts to understand the impact of the imposition of Emergency (1975-77) and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 on the lives of people in the city of Delhi, scarring them with the memory of terror

   
DEMOCRACY: EXERCISE ONE   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : JAGAN SHAH ]
[ Theme : History ]
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The film attempts to answer the question whether our much flaunted diversity is actually a challenge to the basic objective of our freedom movement: the establishment of an egalitarian society.

   
EER...STORIES IN STONE  (52 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : SHRIPRAKASH ]
[ Theme : Ethnography/ Anthropology , History ]
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The Film is an attempt to document the unwritten histories of the tribal people in India and explore the ways in which communities have understood, recorded and kept alive their histories, with little access to the written word on the one hand and a presence in mainstream history on the other.


HAWAMAHAL  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : VIPIN VIJAY ]
[ Theme : History , Media/ Film ]
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A self-reflexive film on the evolution of radio in India, which neutralised nationalism but evoked archaic tribal ghosts of the most vigorous brand.

 

- Best Documentary, John Abraham National Awards, Signs, 2005
- Official Selection, Karachi International Film Festival, 2003

- Official Selection, Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2004



   
JOURNEY THROUGH LINES: INDIA REFLECTS   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : VINAY RAI ]
[ Theme : History ]
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Through the eyes of cartoonists the film chronicles democracy in India from its nascent stages to the recent times, under the leadership of different Prime Ministers.

   
LEARNING IN EXILE  (26 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : APRAJITA SARCAR, JIGME YESHI, AKBAR QUADRI & AZAM QUADRI ]
[ Theme : History , Conflict ]
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The Dalai Lama as the hope of freedom, through the eyes of a second generation Tibetan living in exile.


   
NAACHNI: THE DANCING WOMEN OF RURAL BENGAL   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : RAJA MITRA ]
[ Theme : History , Culture & Tradition ]
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The film traces the lives of dancing girls (Naachnis), their origin, history, their socio-economic condition, their performance and music.

   
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