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Producers Vibha Bakshi, Nitin Shingal and Kirti were vocal about the burning issues that are haunting the humanity and shared their inspiring stories with media and film enthusiasts at IFFI 2019 in Non-feature section.
A filmmaker and journalist Vibha Bakshi has come out with a powerful gender rights film that was screened to a full house opening the Indian Panorama section at the 50th IFFI. Bakshi’s film received a standing ovation for the sensitive portrayal of extraordinary stories of ordinary heroes from Haryana. As the director and producer of non-feature film ‘Son Rise’, Bakshi highlighted her tough journey of two years where she had to be in Haryana and shoot her film which focusses on changing the narrative of the universal issue of gender bias societal mindset. Set in Haryana, a strong patriarchal society, with a highly skewed sex ration due to rampant illegal sex determination and female feticide, ‘Son Rise’ became the magic, bringing out not only voices of discrimination but of courage and strength. “We must involve men and boys in building a gender-equal society. The global initiative emphasizes the importance of our goal towards a gender-equal world and demonstrates how we all can play our part in this global movement,” urged Bakshi.
Nitin Shingal’s non-feature film ‘Letters’ is a story that emote the emotions of battlefields. “It’s a narrative that brings a lot of depth to the soldiers and is a tribute to them and their families,” said Shingal who was inspired by Dev Anand’s life and recalled how Dev used to sensor letters by soldiers. The letters are censored before they reach from the soldiers on the warfront to their families living in remote villages. It is only through these letters that the families come to know about the wellbeing of those who fight on the borders. Shingal who has centered on this concept, feels that every hard hitting story has to be put but before the audience but it depends on the budget too which decides if it is a documentary, short film or non-feature film. Kirti’s diploma film, ‘Mamatva’ narrates the story of a midwife who helps women in her village deliver babies, but she herself is deprived of motherhood. The film shot in the local Brij language speaks of the woes of women who cannot bear children and hence come into the negative focus of the society.
