2000-2009

NM0475 : Nari Adalat

This is a unique adalat which is held under a neem tree. This Nari Adalat is being conducted by a non government organisation "Mahila Samakhya" which works with local woman in 322 villages of Vadodara district in Gujarat. In this adalat justice is being given to both men and women. This is an outstanding example of what can be done outside formal women and structures.

NM0434 : Bodo - Samasya

The Bodo’s the largest plain tribe live mainly in the Kokrajhar district of Northern Assam and belong to the Tibet Burmese mongoloid group. This Bodos calims to be the original inhabitants of ancient Assam known as Kamrupa. This News Magazine brings out the life & struggle of the Bodo people and their agitation for a separate state of bodyline.

NM0427 : A Wish Come True ( Tathastu )

This film shows the work of "Make a Wish Foundation" which fulfills the wishes of terminally ill children regardless of race, religion or socio-economic status. The motto behind this is to give a little cheer and few moments of happiness to these children as we can't give them life.

NM0402 : Public Sector - A New Look

This film is about the reforms that were urgently needed to save the sinking ship of the public sector. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee addressed the problem and laid down policies that gave approval for joint ventures to sick units and allowed management control and decision making authority to those units which were doing well in order to strengthen themselves to meet the demands of the nest century.

A Journey With Kakmaras

The film deals with nomadic tribes Kakmaras life style.

Sadhei Kala Chhau Dance

This film highlights the manner in which the sadhei kala chhau dance form and their traditions have developed with a classical base from the code of Bharata's Natyashastra, which is unique.

NM0467 : Khajuraho Millennium

In the year 2000 Khajuraho temple completed their thousand years of existence on this occasion there was a yearlong celebration and various artists from different fields got together to study and discuss the heritage of Khajurajho temples. This film is a record of this great event.

NM0462 : Struggle for Identity

This film in a nutshell brings out the history of the struggle undertaken by the tribals of chotanagpur belt, which was part of earlier south Bihar, carved out of which ultimately resulted in the birth of a new state Jharkhand.

Dagar

Dhrupad is the oldest surviving form of Hindustani classical music and the Dagars, who have been singing for twenty generations are responsible more than anyone else for keeping it alive. Times have changed but the Dagars have tenaciously not allowed the pristine Dhrupad to be diluted or distorted. This film on the Dagars is a slow meditative journey that fuses the depth and quiet of the traditional with the hurly-burly of the modern.

A Few Things I Know About Her

Mirabai is a cultural icon and her images and stories swamp our popular culture. The conflicts expressed in her poetry however, do not always tally with this popularly held belief. The film explores some of these contradictions. We discover some alternate traditions of Mira and a personal connection is formed with this "Mystic Saint", who lived and died 500 years ago. We travel from the towns and villages of Rajasthan to the vast desert, in search of Mira. All the characters we meet have been living with Mira in different ways and in the telling of her story, they often tell us their own.

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