100 DAYS AFTER TSUNAMI & 200 DAYS AFTER TSUNAMI (2005)
Language : English Duration : 27 minutes Format : Betacam SP
Produced with Olivier Allais for PlanetFinance, France and India

The films focus on the village of Seruthur in the area of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu in south India. PlanetFinance India took on the challenge of setting up a foundation for micro-credit in an environment where devastated people were inundated with charity and aid. The first film looks at the ground scenario in the tsunami affected village. The second film shows how the community got engaged in the process of self-decision-making and empowered to make choices that suited them.

ENTERPRISE (2005)
Language : Hindi Duration : 27 minutes Format : Beta-SP
Produced for UNDP, India and Planning Commission, Government of India

The film is a set of three features from the eastern region of India, W. Bengal, Tripura and Assam. The stories highlight best practice examples of developmental models for education, self-employment and income-generation for remote tribal groups. These models are viewed as having the potential to be replicated in other regions. The film is to be used for informing policy planners and officials in various government departments.

EXPANDING OPTIONS: MEDICAL ABORTION (2005)
Language : English Duration : 18 minutes Format : Beta-SP
Produced for IPAS and Population Council of India

This is a training-cum-information film on the pill-regimen for abortion targeted at obstetricians and gynaecologists in India. At the request of the funding organizations / NGOs, the film utilizes a fiction-based storyline to carry various aspects of hardcore medical / clinical information. In a country where illegal abortion practice is widespread, the film aims to influence attitudinal change to ensure safe and legal practice norms.

VIDEO BASICS (Three films) (2003-4)
Language : English Duration : 29 minutes Format : Beta-SP
Produced for Public Service Broadcasting Trust and UNESCO

A series of how-to films for young film-makers on shooting, sound recording and editing. The films focus on those technical aspects that would enable a film-maker to develop a director's mind while using hardware or supervising a crew. The aim is to reiterate some basics that are essential for comfortable story-telling but are getting lost in the burgeoning world of easy-access film-making.

OF RHETORIC AND REALITY (2003)
Language : English Duration : 29 minutes Format : Beta-SP
Produced for Public Service Broadcasting Trust and Doordarshan

While it is said, India lives in her seven lakh villages, the urban-rural divide has actually reached grotesque proportions. Founder of Deen Dayal Research Institute, social worker, 86-year-old Nanaji Deshmukh, says the disparity is a sign of a lack of humanism. He is pioneering a self-reliance campaign to regenerate rural areas into thriving centers of economic activity in Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh. A project, covering 500 villages in a radius of 50 kilometres that is now poised for ISO certification.