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From: The Vikalp Archive <vikalp....@gmail.com>
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Paromita Vohra
DEVI PICTURES
www.parodevi.com
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"हम हैं दीवाने फिर कैसा डर"
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Vikalp @ Alliance
(30 min, Short fiction)
Sudha, an old woman, survives her remaining days on scraps of leftover food, abuse from her son and watching the world from the countless windows of her ancestral house.
It's Diwali. For two days now, she's noticed a man, Bilal, outside her window waiting for someone. With unabashed curiosity, Sudha keeps vigil on Bilal. When Bilal catches her staring and confronts her, she audaciously invites him in for a glass of water.
'Do Pahar' is about the unlikely bond that develops between an old woman and a hit man. As the afternoon progresses in wait for Bilal's target, Sudha kindles in him humanity and a few forgotten memories of his childhood while he, in turn, instills in her a new-found fortitude.
Written & Directed by: Shazia Srivastava, Sharifa Roy
Cast: Rohini Hattangadi, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Kavita Jadhav, Jayant Gadekar
Director of Photography: Neeraj Sahay
Editor: Amitava Singha
(58 min, Documentary)
"There's nothing to stop anyone from learning anything. Where is it written that just because you can't read and write, you can't become an engineer?
- Bunker Roy, founder of the Barefoot College, Tilonia
Middle aged village women from Tanzania, Zanzibar, Liberia, Malawi, South Sudan, Bhutan and Peru land in an Indian village to learn how to construct solar electrical systems. They have never travelled anywhere before. Most are barely literate, some can manage a little broken English while many of them only speak their own mother tongue. Their instructors are simple folk from Tilonia, Rajasthan who possess no degrees. Over six months, these two unlikely groups bond over concepts such as solar panels, circuit boards, charge controllers and electrical resistance.
They are participating in a unique programme designed by the Barefoot College, a pathbreaking institution that has revolutionised the lives of many thousands of poor people all over the world since it was founded in 1977.
The film follows one batch of women trainees on a life-altering six month journey. Starting with a bewildered arrival at an unfamiliar international airport, learning to deal with sabji-roti and "oil jyaada-jyaada" while figuring out how to fit tiny components into circuit boards and connect wires to batteries, creating a sensation at the Pushkar camel fair, working through the unfamiliar winter chill, swapping songs and stories of life back home, they finally return triumphant as Barefoot Solar Engineers, bringing light into remote villages where electricity has so far been only a dream.
Director: Yasmin Kidwai
Cinematographer: Harmeet Basur
Editor: Jabeen Merchant
Music: Amit Kilam and Rahul Ram
Sound Design: Mohandas V. P.
presents
Two films, one fiction and the other documentary. Starring grandmothers with many unexpected ideas.
DO PAHAR and NO PROBLEM...
Shazia
Srivastava was inspired by the life of her feisty grandmother while
writing her short film; while Yasmin Kidwai, researching in Rajasthan,
knew that nobody would believe the incredible tale of Tilonia's Barefoot
women engineers unless they saw it for themselves!
DO PAHAR
(30 min, Short fiction)
Sudha, an old woman, survives her remaining days on scraps of leftover food, abuse from her son and watching the world from the countless windows of her ancestral house.
It's Diwali. For two days now, she's noticed a man, Bilal, outside her window waiting for someone. With unabashed curiosity, Sudha keeps vigil on Bilal. When Bilal catches her staring and confronts her, she audaciously invites him in for a glass of water.
'Do Pahar' is about the unlikely bond that develops between an old woman and a hit man. As the afternoon progresses in wait for Bilal's target, Sudha kindles in him humanity and a few forgotten memories of his childhood while he, in turn, instills in her a new-found fortitude.
Cast: Rohini Hattangadi, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Kavita Jadhav, Jayant Gadekar
Director of Photography: Neeraj Sahay
Editor: Amitava Singha
Sound Design: Rajendra Hegde
NO PROBLEM: SIX MONTHS WITH THE BAREFOOT GRANDMAMAS
(58 min, Documentary)
"There's nothing to stop anyone from learning anything. Where is it written that just because you can't read and write, you can't become an engineer?
- Bunker Roy, founder of the Barefoot College, Tilonia
Middle aged village women from Tanzania, Zanzibar, Liberia, Malawi, South Sudan, Bhutan and Peru land in an Indian village to learn how to construct solar electrical systems. They have never travelled anywhere before. Most are barely literate, some can manage a little broken English while many of them only speak their own mother tongue. Their instructors are simple folk from Tilonia, Rajasthan who possess no degrees. Over six months, these two unlikely groups bond over concepts such as solar panels, circuit boards, charge controllers and electrical resistance.
They are participating in a unique programme designed by the Barefoot College, a pathbreaking institution that has revolutionised the lives of many thousands of poor people all over the world since it was founded in 1977.
The film follows one batch of women trainees on a life-altering six month journey. Starting with a bewildered arrival at an unfamiliar international airport, learning to deal with sabji-roti and "oil jyaada-jyaada" while figuring out how to fit tiny components into circuit boards and connect wires to batteries, creating a sensation at the Pushkar camel fair, working through the unfamiliar winter chill, swapping songs and stories of life back home, they finally return triumphant as Barefoot Solar Engineers, bringing light into remote villages where electricity has so far been only a dream.
Director: Yasmin Kidwai
Cinematographer: Harmeet Basur
Editor: Jabeen Merchant
Music: Amit Kilam and Rahul Ram
Sound Design: Mohandas V. P.
On
Friday, October 18
6:30 pm
at
Alliance Franscaise de Bombay, Theosophy Hall, New Marine Lines, Near Churchgate Station, Mumbai
The filmmakers and crew of both films will be present to interact with the audience.
The screening is open to all. Please do come, and spread the word.
The screening is open to all. Please do come, and spread the word.
Paromita Vohra
DEVI PICTURES
www.parodevi.com
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