Almoriana

A cinematic document of Dussehra in the Himalayan town of Almora. Awarded at Chennai and screened at Nainital.

Directed by Vasudha Joshi | 2000
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Vasudha Joshi was a TV journalist and has been making documentaries for over two decades, which include Voices from Baliapal (National Award and Golden Conch), Follow the Rainbow, (Valais Award, Geneva) Mahila Samakhya, UP (Silver Conch), For Maya (Anandalok Editor's Choice Award) and Girl Song (International Association Of Women In Radio And Television Awards), among others.

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....

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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: Ranjan Palit
Editor: Rajib Aditya
Sound Recordist: Suresh Rajamani

Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India.
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Last updated: June 2020