"PULSE OF A NATION" (2001)
Language : English & Hindi Duration : 18 minutes Format : Betacam SP
Produced for Measure Communication, Population Reference Bureau, Washington D.C.


The film encapsulates the changing dynamics of population issues over the decade of the nineties in India. It is based on the findings of the National Family Health Surveys - 1 & 2 (NFHS), which were conducted under the aegis of USAID, India, ORC Macro (Washington), Population Reference Bureau (Washington) and the Indian Institute of Population Sciences (India).

"NO MORE NOW…" (2001)
Language : English & Hindi Duration : 20 minutes Format : Betacam SP
Produced for Futures Group International, The Policy Project, Washington D.C.

The films give a status of the issue of population growth in Madhya Pradesh in its social and implementation context. The thrust of these films was to essentially utilise the Hindi version at the village level through the Panchayati Raj Institutions (democratically elected village councils).

"NO MORE NOW…" (2001)
Language : Hindi Duration : 2-3 minutes spots Format : Betacam SP
Produced for Futures Group International, The Policy Project, Washington D.C.

These spots, with population messages, were made for dissemination of information in a popular mode. Four zonal styles of folk music and singers were identified for this purpose. And the messages were blended into the basic style and structure of the folk songs.

"GIFT OF THE GODDESS" (2000-2001)
Language : German Duration : 29 minutes Format : Betacam SP
A ZDF (Germany) production by Meinolf Fritzen in collaboration with SPOTFILMS

The film views the status of the Ganga down from the Gangotri Glacier to Kanpur and Varanasi. It is a sojourn with Veer Bhadra Misra, a scientist, temple priest and environmental activist and Rakesh Jaiswal, an environmentalist fighting legal battles. It weaves a world of devotion for the Ganges as goddess, with the reality of pollution and a rapidly receding glacier.

"PEOPLE…NOT NUMBERS" (1999-2000)
Language : English & Hindi Duration : 17 minutes Format : Betacam SP
Produced for Futures Group International, The Policy Project,
Washington D.C.

The films have been made for discussion groups of policy makers and grassroot workers. It highlights the new population policy of Rajasthan in context of holistic development and the need to concentrate on client-orientation in family welfare programmes.

"ON THE FENCE: Chipko Movement Re-visited" (1997)
Language : English Duration : 29 minutes Format : Betacam SP
Produced for Public Service Communication Initiative (PSCI) - National Network, Doordarshan, India

On the occassion of 25 years of the environmental movement, Chipko, the film revisits the Kumaon-Garhwal region in the northern Himalaya. It emphasises the active role of women in this grass-roots movement, which has been one of the major factors for its success.

OZONE: India and the Montreal Protocol Treaty (1995)
Language : English Duration : 30 minutes Format : Betacam SP
Produced for Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India

This is an information film about the Montreal Protocol, to which India is also a signatory. The aim was to create awareness within different groups of people in India about the implications of the treaty and future action. The film targetted small and medium industries who manufacture and use CFCs.

TERRAVIEW (1993-94)
Language : English Duration : 3-5 minutes - 52 capsules
Format : Betacam SP
Produced in collaboration with Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) for
National Network, Doordarshan, India

This is a series of awareness-raising features on energy and environment issues in India. Details in section TERRAVIEW under Films

CHECK MATE: India's Family Planning Programme (1993)
Language : English Duration : 29 minutes Format : U-matic
Produced for National Network, Doordarshan, India

This current affairs programme traverses 3 different regions of India to examine the phenomenon of growing population and the problems in tackling its growth. It is an appraisal of the Family Planning programme of India, with relevance to the socio-cultural, economic and geographical status of various regions.

BREAK POINT: India and Climate Change (1992)
Language : English Duration : 29 minutes Format : U-Matic
Produced for National Network, Doordarshan, India

Climate change has been a major concern from the beginning of 1992, primarily due to the UN Conference on Environment & Development at Rio de Janeiro. This current affairs programme is a status appraisal of the post-Rio environment scenario so far as India and other developing countries are concerned. Specially in the perspective of developmental goals and global warning.

THE BISHNOIS (1991)
Language : German Duration : 29 minutes Format : Betacam SP
Produced for ZDF (Meinolf Fritzen), German Television

The Bishnois of Rajasthan in western India are one of the oldest ecologically-aware, practising environmentalists in India. Four of their 29 religious tenets are related to environmental beliefs.

END OF THE TRAIL (1988)
Language : English Duration : 30 minutes Format : U-Matic
Produced for the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage,
National Network, Doordarshan, India

The programme is about Himalayan shepherds who follow the cycle of transhumance. The family of this particular shepherd, (like others) has followed the same trail for many generations upto 14,000 ft. every summer. These ecologically-aware pastoralists now face grazing problems in winter due to increased cultivation and new forest- protection policies. Young shepherds are faced with difficult choices between traditional practices and the viability of survival.

"BEWAR": SHIFTING CULTIVATION (1982) *
Language : Hindi Duration : 30 minutes Format : 16mm Eastman
Film Produced for Delhi Television, Doordarshan, India

The film deals with the problems tribals face when made to change over to settled agriculture. Shifting cultivation, a common practice among the tribals of Central India, was maintained with traditional wisdom. Increased population and external pressures have convoluted the sensibility of shifting cultivation practices.

"AUR KAB TAK": UNTIL WHEN *
"KUNDAN KA SAPNA": KUNDAN'S DREAM *
"EK CHHOTISI BAAT": JUST A LITTLE FACT *
"KANIKA KI KAHANI": THE STORY OF KANIKA *
(1979-1981)
Language : Hindi Duration : 15 minutes - 4 films Format : B&W 16mm
Produced for Delhi Television, Doordarshan, India

A series of dramatised films cut to ballad music made for a rural audience. The films contain messages related to nutrition, migration and population explosion.

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