http://www.psbt.org/ Directed by Nidhi Tuli and Ashraf Abbas | 37 min. | 2009 Producer & Commissioning Editor - Rajiv Mehrotra Who says freedom struggle is all about guns and revolution? TIPA, in Mcleodganj, is one of the oldest performing arts institute outside Tibet, where each individual, whether student or teacher, has a story to tell: a story of struggle, pathos, spirituality and hope… hope to keep Tibet alive. Nidhi is a script writer and documentary filmmaker. She was awarded the Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship to pursue Masters’ in Feature Film Screenwriting from the Royal Holloway, University of London, 2003-04. While at UK, she won the Raindance Film Pitch Competition at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2004. She co-wrote dialogues for Mansoor Khan’s Josh and Rohan Sippy’s Kuch Naa Kaho. Nidhi has directed and produced the much acclaimed documentary Ladies Special that won the John Abraham National Award in 2005 and the George Ragot love the train Award at Cine Rail Paris in 2009. Other films directed by her include Art in Exile, TIPA, Of Friendship, Films and Swords and The Saint of Chitrakoot. Her television show Khata Rahe Mera Dil on Food Food was awarded the best Travel Show at the recently held Indian Telly Awards. Ashraf Abbas is currently the head of Promos/films at CNBC TV-18. He was recently awarded a Promax Award for one of his films. He has extensive experience in advertising through his association with Lock Stock and Barrel films as an Executive Producer and Production Designer. About PSBT The Public Service Broadcasting Trust, India, commissions, produces and mentors 60+ independent documentary films a year. Our library of 600 docus have been screened at more than 750 film festivals worldwide, winning close to 200 awards. 50 percent of docs are made by women and two thirds starting out filmmakers. We are a not-for-profit based in New Delhi that works to create and sustain a credible space for public service broadcasting in India, nurturing a media that is independent, participatory, pluralistic and democratic. PSBT empowers independent Indian filmmakers to make movies that explore both personal narratives and social issues. The films are screened on national public television in India and used as educational tools to cultivate public awareness on issues ranging from the challenges of diversity and development, democracy and gender to the right to education and food; from interpreting the relevance of Indian’s rich civilisational heritage, its history, religion and traditions to exploring contemporary culture. PSBT has been supporting video journalism of passion and integrity through its documentaries for 15 years. We are primarily funded by Prasar Bharati, India’s national public broadcaster via its television wing Doordarshan (DD), the Films Division, External Publicity and Public Diplomacy Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, UNESCO and the Ford Foundation, amongst others. PSBT hosts the annual Open Frame Film Festival to celebrate its commitment to freedom of expression, screening works from around the world that embody the highest standards of Indie filmmaking. PSBT is managed by a core team led by the Managing Trustee, Rajiv Mehrotra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Mehrotra ) supported by Executive Producers Tulika Srivastava & Ridhima Mehra and a small team of three others. It is overseen by a distinguished Board of Trustees who include Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Aruna Vasudev, Fali Nariman, Kiran Karnik, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, Sunita Narain, and Jawhar Sircar ( Ceo Prasar Bharati). CREDITS CAMERA: Ashraf Abbas, Rigden EDITING:Nishanth Radhakrishnan, Manoj Kannoth SOUND: Dileepkumar Festival, screening and purchase queries: distribution@psbt.org

• published: 12 Feb 2015
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