Some Stories around Witches

Stories of some people in Odisha, accused, ostracised and tortured for being ‘witches’, pointing to a deeper crisis. Screened at festivals in Cumberland, Golemog, Harare, Kiev, Mumbai and Thrissur.

Directed by Lipika Singh Darai | 2015
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Winner of three National Film Awards, Lipika Singh Darai is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India. After working in Mumbai for a few years, she returned to her home state, Odisha, to make 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: Indraneel Lahiri
Sound Recordists: Indraneel Lahiri, Archis Maan
Editor: Lipika Singh Darai

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