Abhivyakti 2010 Update

Abhivyakti 2010: Student Section

Films @ 5:45 pm on 30 April

Dowry ‘Heavier Then Life’ , English/Hindi, 5 mins, student project Patna Women’s College, Department of Communicative English with Media studies.
Director : Mehrazun Neesa Haque
This is a film about most important mal-practice ‘the dowry harassment’ in India.

Hamara Adhikar, Hindi, 2:30 mins, Post graduate student workshop project, Advantage Media Academy, Patna
Director, Camera Work, Editing, Script: Kunal Kumar and Vikram Kumar
This film raises the question about children, some who are getting everything at right time and the others who want education, but are left out.


Bridging The Gap, English/ Hindi, 3: 43 min, final group assessment for the M. A. degree in Media and Cultural Studies, TISS, Mumbai.

Director: Shilpi Gulati and Shranaya Gautam

The film looks at the importance of universal primary education as a part of millennium development goals. It stresses the importance of not just universal primary education but necessity of expanding the definition of primary education to include different kind of knowledge building processes. This should include assuring equal opportunities for all children according to their needs, capacity and ability.


Kisse Kahu, Hindi 2 min 16 sec, Post graduate student workshop project, Advantage Media Academy, Patna
Director, Camera Work, Editing, Script: Pankaj Kumar Jha, Manish Kumar, Samdarshi Priyam, Harikesh

Synopsis: The film focuses on the life of landless people and wishes to draw attention public towards this.

Inside Out (Edited Version),English, Hindi, 14:45 min, final group assessment for the M. A. degree in Media and Cultural Studies, TISS, Mumbai.
Director: Divya Cowasji, Shilpi Gulati

The film was born out of angst that even in the 21st century in a city as liberal and safe as Mumbai, women’s access to public space is limited and largely regulated to the sphere of purposefulness. But what happens when she just wants to be and how does she negotiate the patriarchal norms that constantly confine her. How thin is the line of acceptable conducts in public, can she ever cross the line? Can a woman ever access public spaces as freely as a man? The film also pleads for a need to experience the city purposelessly and in doing so, the need to reclaim the unfettered access to public space.

Films @ 5:45 pm on 1 May

Anmol Jeevan , Hindi, 2:30min, Post graduate student workshop project, Advantage Media Academy, Patna

Director, Camera Work, Editing, Script: Shilpi Kumari, Siya Mishra, Puja Kumari, Vidya, Ashutosh Kr

Human life is very precious, don’t waste it.

Where is Kishore?, English/Hindi, 6:30 min, final group assessment for the M. A. degree in Media and Cultural Studies, TISS, Mumbai.

Director, Camera Work, Editing, Script: Nikhil Titus, Shaira Shetty, Sneha Anand

Dharavi is often termed as Asia’s largest ‘slum’. The area is now slated for ‘redevelopment’ in an attempt to transform this valuable and large piece of real estate into high towers. The film explores the various spaces in Koliwada, Dharavi through the photographs taken by a young resident named Kishore who attended a photography workshop but did not attend the final workshop of the works. Through these pictures the film tries to put together a child’s image of little fishing village now surrounded by the city.

BANJAR MANN, Hindi, 5 Mins, Post Graduate student production, University Of Allahabad, Allahabad

Director : Tanushri

This music video represents the life of those women of Indian Society who are confronting with very hard struggle for lively hood. Though they perform all the tough tasks, they are always considered less then women. Everything is barren(banjar) for them but even knowing they perform their duties with full dedication.

352: Remembering Emergency, English/ Hindi, 17 min, final group assessment for the M. A. degree in Media and Cultural Studies, TISS, Mumbai.

Director, Camera work, Script: Sanjay Pratap, Ashwani Falnikar, Nandita Thomas, Nikhil Titus

In the largest democracy, ironically a period of 19 years is missing from public memory. It was during this period that internal emergency was instituted in India. The 17 minutes long film is critical look at this place that suspended fundamental rights for the common man and imposed harsh laws upon the media. Today, many of those measures are still looked upon as important for the development of the nation. The film is bundle of questions put across cartoons, archival materials and interviews.

Films @ 5:00 pm on 2 May

Suvarna, Hindi, 17min 40 sec, Student film post graduate production of National Institute of Design

Director: Rudro Bhandari,

Suvarna tells the story of a woman and her relentless pursuit of innocent desires. Set in the sleepy town of 1980’s Patna, a lonely lower middle class housewife, takes solace in her desire for fake jewellery. Her husband trying to make ends meet doesn’t mind his wife’s fetish until a series of unfortunate events reveals a bitter truth.

Unfulfilled Dreams, English, 2 mins, Post graduate student workshop project, Advantage Media Academy, Patna

Director, Camera work, Script: Nilima Mitra, Kehkashna Kuraishi, Shadab Mallick, Saurabh kumar, Dilkash

The film shows scenario of child labour how they are struggling and striving for food and shelter.


Mera Astitva, Hindi, 2 mins 9 sec, Post graduate student workshop project, Advantage Media Academy, Patna

Director, Camera work, Script: Anupam , Shivani, Ashwini

Synopsis: This is story of trees as told by them. This shows the importance of trees in our lives and how we have been destroying our saviors.

Beautiful People, Hindi, 3 :45 min, Amateur film, Class XI Mass Media student, Open School.

Film by: Manoj Kumar
Amateur music based video. It is an appeal to include all children including the disabled under the umbrella of education.


Children’s Show, Hindi, 22 mins, children’s workshop film by 24 kids aged 9 to 16 from Bihar Bal Bhawan, Kilkari.

This is a collection of short films made by children during a 10 day video workshop at Kilkari.