Some Roots Grow Upwards

Ratan Thiyam's pathbreaking work in the Theatre of Roots Movement, drawing deeply on the traditions of Manipur. Winner of Awards at the UGC Awards and screened at seventeen film festivals, including at Ahmedabad, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bangalore, Delhi, Ghent, Karachi, Kathmandu, Milan, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram.

Directed by Kavita Joshi and Malati Rao | 2002
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Kavita Joshi conceptualised and produced Abhiyan, an environment series and also We the People, a set of films on Indian ecology.

Malati Rao has been making documentaries for over a decade, several of which have been broadcast on public television. She holds an MFA degree in Film and Media Arts from Temple University, USA, and an MA in Mass Communication from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.

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: Shanker Raman
Editors: Monica Bhasin, Supratik Roy
Sound Recordist: Girjashanker Vohra

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Last updated: August 2020