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Asopalav: Music videos for the Ministry of Human Resource Development
For this project, 30 music videos on issues ranging from women’s empowerment, education, functional literacy, gender and communal tolerance were created in Hindi and Gujarati for the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Adult Literacy Programme, Government of India.
Kya Yeh Ek Sapna Hai? (Is it a Dream?)
This half hour dance video for the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, was based on Mrinalini Sarabhai’s original poem on the dream for a country without hatred and violence, inequality, corruption or environmental pollution.
Parivartan ki Kahaniya
A 13 part serial in Hindi about rural women‚s issues in a fictionalized form, for DECU, ISRO
Kasuki Diary
A 13 part serial in Hindi about rural women’s issues in a fictionalized form, for DECU, ISRO
Thigdu
A telefilm based on a work by Gujarati writer Suresh Joshi for Doordarshan 1 national programme.
Five films on women Sarpanches
A series of five films on women sarpanches or rural leaders doing exemplary work in the field of environment, for UNDP, Viksat
Vikas No Suraj, Pragati Na Panthe, Kranti, Nava Rasta Navi Vasant, Na Haari Te Nari
Peaceworks
An audio CD with Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Javed Akhtar, Fazal Qureshi, Louis Banks, Shubha Mudgal, Gauhar Raza and Indian Ocean to combat right wing forces; a music video to accompany it.
Fillers
A series of 30 fillers for the Ministry of Health, Government of Gujarat, for broadcast on all regional channels.