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Arun Chadha
Arun Chadha was born in Meerut (India) in 1950. After graduation in Arts, he studied at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. He is married and lives with his family in New Delhi. His films have won the national award for best documentary twice and his films have been shown in many international festivals.
Works
- Ek Sapna Sach
- Temple Of Goddess Earth
- The Shame Is Not Mine
- Swayam
Rajesh S Jala
Rajesh Jala,age39,is a Kashmiri Indian filmmaker based in Delhi, has been making documentaries for more than a decade.
Works
- Children of Pyre
Documentary on the lives of seven untouchable kids who live in inhuman conditions at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi is one of the most powerful and harrowing experiences of life . It is a stunning documentary, following the lives of seven untouchable kids who live in inhuman conditions, facing the fires at Manikarnika Ghat, tossing back body parts into the pyres, stealing the colourful shrouds that they re-sell to merchants in Varanasi and facing abuse from adults. Jala’s film is a very honest and brave effort. It’s a vision of hell on earth. The film’s international sales rights have been acquired by Fortissimo.
- Floating lamp of the shadow valley
Leena Manimekalai
Leena Manimekalai is an independent filmmaker, based in Chennai, South India. She has made about ten independent documentaries, short and experimental films including Mathamma(2003), Parai(2004), Break the Shackles(2004), Love Lost(2005), Connecting Lines(2005), Altar(2006), Waves After Waves(2006),A Hole in the Bucket(2007), Goddesses(2007). Leena Manimekalai is an engineering graduate turned film-maker. After training in the creative field under renowned film-makers like Bharatiraaja, Cheran and C. Jerrold and gathering extensive experience as a television producer and anchor, she directed several award-winning short-films and documentaries. She is also a much acclaimed street theatre artist,actor(two international award winning short fiction and one feature fiction films), writer(Political Columnist), poet(two anthologies till date) and editor of Thirai, an alternative Tamizh film monthly.
Works
- Mathamma
- Parai
- Break the Shackles
- Love Lost
- Connecting Lines
- Altar
- Waves After Waves
- Goddesses
- A Hole In The Bucket
Shashwati Talukdar
Shashwati Talukdar has made several films and videos which have been screened at venues including the Margaret Mead Festival, Mediopolis–Berlin, the Whitney Biennial, Kiasma Museum of Art in Helsinki and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. She has been supported by entities including the Jerome Foundation, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, New York State Foundation of the Arts. She was awarded the James T. Yee Mentorship Award from NAATA (2002) and the Project Involve Fellowship (2003) from IFP/New York. Shashwati was born in Dehra Dun, India and has an MFA from Temple University, Philadelphia. Currently, she resides in New York.
Works
- Any Number You Want
- Eunuch Alley
- Geometry Lover
- Mahasweta Devi
- Snake-Byte
- Tahini and Tears
- Hooch and Hamlet in Chharanagar
- Bollywood Terror
- Acting Like a Thief
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