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MAJULI: THE SECOND DWARKA

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• published: 21 Dec 2016
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A film on the critical need for conservation and preservation of Majuli Island, the repository of a unique culture. Director - APARNA KATARA SHARMA ; Producer & Commissioning Editor - RAJIV MEHROTRA Aparna has been involved in both the performance and backstage aspects of a variety of music, theatre and film projects. Since 1987, she has been directing documentaries and current affair programmes on subjects such as social development, environment, Kashmir and human rights, some of which have been screened at international platforms. Rajiv Mehrotra, is an independent filmmaker and Managing Trustee of PSBT. His work has won more than two hundred awards and has had more than fourteen hundred film festival screenings. He is Trustee and Secretary of The Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama established with the Nobel Peace Prize. Rajiv's nine books have been published in 50 editions/languages. PSBT (The Public Service Broadcasting Trust) The Public Service Broadcasting Trust, India, commissions, produces and mentors 50+ independent documentary films a year. Our work wins international critical claim. Thus far, on an average, for every film we support, there are two film festival selections by professional juries around the world and we win an award for every two to three of them. We are a not-for-profit based in New Delhi that works to create and sustain a credible independent niche space for public service broadcasting in India. We work with extremely modest budgets and technologies, about two thirds of our filmmakers are starting out talents from across the country, fifty per cent are women. We have been/ are primarily funded by Prasar Bharati, India’s national public broadcaster via its television wing Doordarshan (DD) and before this, the External Publicity and Public Diplomacy Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, the Films Division and private Foundations. PSBT is managed by a core Programme Team that includes Executive Producers Tulika Srivastava and Ridhima Mehra with Sandeep Bhatt and others . It is overseen by a distinguished Board of Trustees who include Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Fali Nariman, Kiran Karnik, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, Sunita Narain, and CEO, Prasar Bharati. CREDITS CAMERA: Suleiman Siddiqui EDITING: Hitesh Kumar SOUND: Mithun Produced by PSBT supported by The Films Division ,The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting , Government of India http://www.psbt.org/ ; http://filmsdivision.org/ Festival, screening and purchase queries: distribution@psbt.org