[Reader-list] [DFA NewsLetter] Fwd: Delhi Screening: Morality TV aur Loving Jehad:Ek Manohar Kahani

[Rahul Roy]

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From: Paromita Vohra <parodevi at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Subject: Delhi Screening: Morality TV aur Loving Jehad:Ek Manohar Kahani
To: Paromita Vohra <parodevi at gmail.com>


PSBT will hold a screening of this film in Delhi. Please do try to see it
and let others who may be interested know

WHEN: TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2009, 6.30 PM
WHERE: GULMOHAR HALL, INDIA HABITAT CENTRE, LODHI ROAD NEW DELHI - 110003
Telephone: +91-11-24682001-24682009

ABOUT THE FILM
MORALITY TV AUR LOVING JEHAD: EK MANOHAR KAHANI
(MORALITY  TV AND THE LOVING JEHAD: A THRILLING TALE)
(31 MIN. COLOUR, DV, HINDI WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES)

SYNOPSIS
In the winter of 2005 Indians switched on their TV sets to watch yet another
³breaking news² story, but one which shocked them. In the town of Meerut,
police officers, mostly women, swooped down on lovers in a park and began to
beat them up. Along with them they took photographers and news cameramen
with the promise of an exclusive sting operation. As images of the operation
played again and again on every news channel, Meerut saw some of the couples
run away out of fear and shame and serial protests for and against the
event, which also made the news for some days.

What is the story of this news story? The film looks outside the frames that
weave the frenetic tapestry of Breaking News on India¹s news channels to
uncover a town¹s complex dynamics ­ the fear of love, the constant scrutiny
and control of women¹s mobility and sexuality, a history of communal
violence, caste brutalization and feudal equations. Assuming the tone of
pulp fiction and tabloid features it examines the legacy of this kind of
story telling, from the relishing accounts of true crime magazines like
Manohar Kahaniyan to the double morality of pulp detective fiction to the
tabloid news on Indian TV, to unfold a thrilling but disturbing tale of its
own.

CREDITS
Producer: PSBT, Director and Writer: Paromita Vohra, Camera: Avijit Mukul
Kishore
Editing: Sankalp Meshram, Sound: Samina Mishra, Music: Chirantan Bhatt,
Narrator: Lovleen Mishra

TO READ MORE ABOUT THE FILM
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/05/04/stories/2008050450110400.htm
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_what-ails-breaking-news_1175188



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Paromita Vohra
DEVI PICTURES
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Andheri (E)
Bombay 400093
Tel: 91.22.28377960
Cell: 91.9819377960
Email:parodevi at gmail.com <Email%3Aparodevi at gmail.com>

"The Emperor has no clothes"

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