The Pangti Story

Winner of four awards, including the National Film Award, Official Selection at the International Public Television Conference, Thessaloniki, and screened at festivals across Bangalore, Budapest, California, Delhi, Kolkata, Krakow, Lihula, Pokhara, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur, the story of the transformation of Pangti, a small village in Nagaland, that once slaughtered thousands of visiting Amur Falcons and today is their most fervent preservationist.

Directed by Sesino Yhoshu | 2016
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Sesino Yhoshu is a filmmaker from Nagaland who specialised in Electronic Cinematography from FTII, followed by a Master's in Documentary from Royal Holloway, London. She has made several films. Her film Apfütsa was screened at the National Portrait Gallery, London and The Rubin Museum, New York.

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
Cinematographers: Sesino Yhoshü, Megotsolie Dolie
Sound Recordist, Editor: Neithonuo Tungoe
Music Composer: Jonathan Lushai

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Last updated: June 2020