[Reader-list] Vikalp at Prithvi presents 'Lakshmi and Me' | Jan 31, 7 pm, Juhu, Bombay

[Chandni Parekh]

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Vikalp at Prithvi Presents

LAKSHMI AND ME
 
“What sin did I commit to be born a woman?” Lakshmi wonders aloud. A 21-year-old 
housemaid in Mumbai, she works ten hours a day, seven days a week. One of her 
employers is Nishtha Jain, who begins to make a documentary that explores their 
relationship. Nishtha films Lakshmi at home, and at work in various houses. 
Lakshmi’s is a precarious existence to begin with; illness and romance compound 
her problems in unexpected ways. Nishtha films through a year and a half of 
dramatic changes. The process of filming has its own impact on the unfolding 
events and on their relationship. As Nishtha is drawn deeper into Lakshmi’s 
life, she is forced to question many of the things she has taken for granted.

Crew:
Direction             Nishtha Jain
Editing                 Rikke Selin Lorentzen
CinematographyDeepti Gupta, Rakesh Haridas
Location Sound  Subasish Roy
Sound Design     Niraj Gera
Producers           Smriti Nevatia, Iikka Vehkalahti, Karoline Leth, Kristiina 
Pervila

Awards:
Best Documentary, Bucharest International Film Festival 2008
Best Long Documentary, Flahertiana International Film Festival, Perm, Russia 
2008
Jury Special Prize, Cinema Vérité International Film Festival, Tehran 2008
Best Documentary, Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival, New York 2008
Special Prize, Golden Apricot Film Festival, Yerevan 2008
Jury Special Mention, Doc Planete Review, Warsaw 2008
Silver Prize, Jeevika South Asian Film Festival, New Delhi 2008
Best Documentary, Indian Producers' Association Award (IDPA) 2007 
Nominee, Silver Wolf Award International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam 
(IDFA) 2007
 
www.raintreefilms.net

www.lakshmiandme.com
 
The film-maker will join us for the screening and the Q&A session!

On Monday, 31 January, 7 PM
At Prithvi House, Opp Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Mumbai 
Admission Free, On A First-Come-First-Seated Basis

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