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NOBODY LIES IN A TEMPLE   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : H. B. MURALIDHARA & SEEMA MURALIDHARA ]
[ Theme : Biography , Development ]
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A film that tells the story of Ralegan Siddhi, the village of Anna Hazare that has overcome drought through collective action.

   
OF LIFE AND DEATH   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : K. BIKRAM SINGH ]
[ Theme : Biography , Culture & Tradition ]
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Through the life and experience of Maharajin Bua, perhaps the only woman in India who has been performing the last rites and cremating the dead at Allahabad’s Rasoolabad Ghat for the last 75 years, this film explores the relationship of death to life, our response to our own impending death and the deaths of others.

   
OF RHETORIC AND REALITY   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : PRAMOD MATHUR ]
[ Theme : Development , Biography ]
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An account of the pioneering self-reliance campaign initiated by Nanaji Deshmukh to regenerate rural areas of Madhya Pradesh into thriving centres of economic activity.

   
ON AN EXPRESS HIGHWAY   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : REENA MOHAN ]
[ Theme : Women In Leadership Roles , Biography ]
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The film traces the journey of a 33 year old woman who gave up the material world for the austere life of a Jain sadhvi.

   
ONE DAY WITH RINPOCHE   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : RITU SARIN & TENZING SONAM ]
[ Theme : Biography ]
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The story of 20-year old Phara Khentrul Rinpoche, an insight into what it means to be a young incarnate lama living in exile at the dawn of 21st century.

   
ONE IN A MILLION  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : REENA MOHAN ]
[ Theme : Biography , Women In Leadership Roles ]
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The 73rd amendment to the Constitution of India has ensured that 33% of the seats in all local governing bodies are to be reserved for women. In last 13 years, over 1 million women have been elected to their 'gram panchayats'. This is the story of one such woman, Maya Sorte, a 37 year old Dalit from Vadwal, Maharashtra. Maya's empathy for people and commitment to her work has ensured that she has been elected for a second term in her village 'gram panchayat'.

   
SEEING FREEDOM   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : A. RAVI SHANKAR ]
[ Theme : Biography ]
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The profile of Ranchod Soni, a person with visual impairment, who has overcome the limitations of blindness through his efforts, and is helping others to try and achieve the same.

   
SEX LIES AND A BOOK   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : SANJEEV SIVAN ]
[ Theme : Biography , Women In Leadership Roles ]
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The story of Nalini Jameela, 52, an ordinary street sex worker who penned her 'Autobiography of a Sex Worker', wherein, with cynical precision, she exposes the male dominated society, which strips the seller and spares the buyer.

   
SHANKAR  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : SUMIT OSMAND SHAW ]
[ Theme : Biography , HIV/ AIDS ]
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A glimpse into the life of Shankar who is HIV positive – an ordinary man in the bustling humanity of a big city, armed only with the humble motives of eking out an existence for him & his adolescent son, Pavan.

   
SHARIRA - CHANDRALEKHA'sS EXPLORATIONS IN DANCE   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : EIN LALL ]
[ Theme : Biography , Arts & Crafts ]
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The film draws on three major works, Shree, Raga and Sharira produced by choreographer Chandralekha over the last decade, 1992 – 2002. It depicts Chandralekha’s unwavering faith in her mission to set free the body allowing movement to flow freely and seamlessly.

   
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