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| Films for Change |
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Films for Change is an initiative of Voluntary Health Association of India. The objective of Films for Change is to produce films that capture social issues of concern in a popular format. It aims to bring together people who are committed to human and universal development and who have faith in the medium of films as a vehicle of social change. It
provides them with a platform to come together in solidarity and work towards a better world.
Over the last 15 years, the Films for Change has perfected the amalgamation of information, entertainment and message of social change. |
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Among our initially productions were two teleserials like SHIELA, KASBA, telefilms like ANANT', APARAJITA and a political documentary, DISTANT THUNDER, on the problems of insurgency in the North-East. All these films received huge response leading to their adoption in many regional languages and repeated telecast by Doordarshan and other channels. PATHS ARE MADE BY WALKING,
made for World Health Organization, as a curtain raiser for Global Conference on Health Promotion in Bangkok received International acclaim.
Some of the recent films produced are, Promises to Keep a film for WHO-SEARO, andGiving Away So Much for So Little, a documentary film on tendu leaf pluckers. We now propose to use this valuable experience in the arena of mainstream feature films in multiple Indian languages to capture contemporary and burning social, political and economic issues. |
| Synopsis of few releases |
THEIR STORY
'Their Story’, based on narrative of Alok Mukhopadhyay, sensitively captures the lives of key motivators and leaders of an Extremist Movement. It movingly tells the story of their complex journey from being a happy go lucky individuals to “Extremists”, sensitively portraying their trials, tribulations and dilemmas. The movie takes you through the genesis of the current complex political situation and perhaps what is a way forward…
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ANANT
ANANT revolves around the life of four HIV+ patients. The music is by Jagjit Singh and the star cast includes Deepti Naval, Kanwaljeet Singh and Seema Biswas. ANANT was premiered by Star TV on the World AIDS Day for the South-East Asian Region. It had a viewership of 170 million people and received rave reviews. The film is based on a story by Alok Mukhopadhyay. Raman Kumar and Anurag Basu were part of Direction team. |
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APARAJTIA
APARAJITA explores the issue of gender discrimination through the life of an adolescent girl her trials and tribulations in the quest for education and self-reliance.
Directed by Raman Kumar, the films cast includes Kanwaljeet Singh, Avtar Gill, Renuka Shahne, Seema Biswas and Divya Dutta. The film is based on a story by Alok Mukhopadhyay. The film was dubbed in 22 langugages by Government of India for telecasting all over the country. |
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SHEILA
SHEILA is a story of a womens struggle in a male dominated scoeity. A 26 episode tele-serial, SHEILA is a professional production with popular artists providing the right mix of entertainment, information and content. It received a high TRP rating during its telecast on Doordarshan. Gauging its popularity, Doordarshan subsequently dubbed it various regional langugages for telecast at the local stations. |
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| Videos and Films Produced: |
| Films produced on a popular format: |
Political documentaries: |
| • Aparajita |
• Distant Thunder |
| • Anant |
• Turning their Lives to Ashes |
| • Naya Savera |
• Giving Away so Much for so Little |
| • Armaan |
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| • Prateeksha |
Oriented videos: |
| • Nazariya |
• Herbal Medicine |
| • Promises to Keep |
• Pills, Policies & Profits |
| Story based teleserials: |
• Milks or Murder |
| • Sheila |
• Neo-Natal |
| • Kasba |
• Aaj Ki Na Samajhi Kal Ki Pareshani |
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Have a great idea for a film? Want to screen your documentary?
Email us at ceo@vhai.org
or write to us at:
Voluntary Health Association Of India:
B-40, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110016,
Tel: 011-47004300; 26518071/72,
Fax: 011-26853708,
E.mail: ceo@vhai.org
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