Aaj School Javanu Che Tamare? (Are you going to School today?)

The challenges of teaching and learning in Dungarpur district of Rajasthan. Award winner at Lagos and selected at festivals in Bangalore, Chennai, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Lahore, Madurai, Messinia, St. Petersburg and Thrissur.
Directed by Anupama Srinivasan | 2019
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Anupama Srinivasan is a Delhi based freelance filmmaker. An alumna of Harvard University and the Film and Television Institution of India, she has been making documentaries for twenty years. Her films I Wonder, On my Own and On my Own Again have been screened at major film festivals across the world. Anupama was the Director of the IAWRT Asian Womens Film Festival for three years (2013-15), and of the Peace Builders International Film Festival in 2016.
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 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, www.civilsocietyonline.com/ci..., psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2..., www.thehindu.com/features/cin..., 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
Assistant Director: Kashish Badar
Script Writer, Cinematographer, Editor: Anupama Srinivasan
Location Recordist, Post-Production Sound Designer: Sandeep Singh
Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with the Films Division.
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Last updated: June 2020