The filmmaker’s personal journey as an adopted child.

Directed by Raabiya Jayaram | 2012

Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Raabiya Jayaram is a filmmaker who has worked primarily in the fields of rural development, agriculture, health, education, Right to information and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. She has worked in areas of Rajasthan, Bihar, Assam, Sierra Leone and Ethiopia.

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_M….

PSBT is a not-for-profit that has nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it has 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, https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/ci…, https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2…, https://www.thehindu.com/features/cin…, https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2…)

PSBT is 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

Cinematographer: Anurag Singh

Editor: Raabiya Jayaram

Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with the Films Division. http://www.psbt.org/; https://filmsdivision.org/

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Last updated: June 2020