Kathputli

The conditions of the artists of Kathputli Colony and why the younger generation does not want to carry on with its forefathers’ profession. Screened at Delhi. Directed by Sudheer Gupta | 2006 Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra Sudheer Gupta specialised in Film Direction from FTII and pursued a Ph. D in commercial Hindi Cinema at the Centre of Historical Studies, JNU. He has made several independently researched, directed and produced documentary films. Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_M.... PSBT was a not-for-profit that nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/ci..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2..., https://www.thehindu.com/features/cin..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2...) PSBT was led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra. Credits Cinematographer: Sudheer Gupta Editor: Amit Kumar Sound Recordists: Sudheer, Von Sound Processor and Mixer: K S Sivadas Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India. http://www.psbt.org/; http://www.ddindia.gov.in/ For festival and screening queries, please write to us at [email protected] Last updated: June 2020