125th ANNIVERSARY: MISSION COLLEGE

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Made on the occasion of the 125th Anniversary of St. Stephen’s College, this personal commentary explores the multifarious aspects of a renowned institution. Directed by ADITYA BASU; Producer & Commissioning Editor - RAJIV MEHROTRA, PSBT Aditya is an independent filmmaker who has worked as an assistant director in Mumbai on films such as Jhoom Barabar Jhoom and Chandni Chowk to China, assisted Vishal Bharadwaj on script research and worked on other television programmes. This is his debut film. 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: Kumar, Magesh, Aditya EDITING: Sajal Singh SOUND: Satish NARRATION: Aditya Basu Produced by PSBT in partnership with Doordarshan http://www.psbt.org/ ; http://www.ddindia.gov.in/ Festival, screening and purchase queries: distribution@psbt.org