The Film explores how the three thousand year old festival of Navroz is celebrated in India by the Parsi and Irani communities.

Directed by Divya Cowaji | 2015
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Trained at the School of Media and Cultural Studies (TISS), Divya Cowasji’s body of work engages with issues of gender, public space and documenting oral histories of minority communities in India. In addition to her independent films, she has collaborated with NGOs and institutions across the country, generating archival, training and research material showcased as films, audio visual exhibits and online archives.

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 [ Ссылка ]).

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, [ Ссылка ], [ Ссылка ], [ Ссылка ], [ Ссылка ])

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
Cinematographers: Divya Cowasji, Jall Cowasji
Editor, Colorist: Jall Cowasji
Music Composers: Dennis Rybkin, Colin Sweeny
Script Writer: Divya Cowasji

Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with the External Publicity and Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs
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Last updated: July 2020

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