Events

Gajra Kottary on creating impactful and challenging characters in her serials at Elevate 2K18

Gajra Kottary, Television Writer of Balika Vadhu fame speaks at Elevate 2K18, Mumbai. She talked about how she and her team touched various issues in Balika Vadhu that were sensitive. One being menstruation, how women are still made to sleep on the floor and that it was received with mixed reactions. Gajra said storytelling needs to link to social issues organically. It was a very thorough discussion with brilliant and insightful thoughts.

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Debroop Chakraborty shares his experience making 'A Clean Game' at Elevate 2K18

Debroop Chakraborty from ACEE speaks at Elevate 2K18, Mumbai.
He presented the short film, A Clean Game made by the kids he had mentored in Rajasthan. He shared his experience working with the kids while making the film and some interesting anecdotes from the field.

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Denver Fernandes shares his experience making the short film Lokya at Elevate 2K18

Denver Fernandes from ACEE speaks at Elevate 2K18. He presented the short film, Lokya made by the kids he had mentored in Rajasthan. He shared his experience while making the film with kids from Rajasthan, especially on a sensitive topic like menstruation. He said how the people in Rajasthan were very supportive and helped the team in identifying locations and shooting the film at various places. 

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Elevate 2015

To empower the creative leadership of the media and entertainment industries of India with accurate information on key health, legal, gender and social issues through expert advice, to track change and to measure the impact across all platforms.

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Gajara Kottary on role of experts in content creation

Gajra Kottary is an author and award winning scriptwriter. She has published two short story collections titled Fragile Victories and The Last laugh, and two novels - Broken Melodies in 2011 and Once Upon a Star in 2015 to critical acclaim.

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Impact Awards at Elevate 2015 for the TV Series 'Hamari Sister Didi'

Hamari Sister Didi was a natural vehicle for medical and health stories which were shown with the sensitivity and accuracy demanded of them.

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Impact Awards at Elevate 2015 for the TV Series 'Udann'

Udaan is an Indian television drama show, which premiered on 18 August 2014,and airs on Colors TV channel.

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Impact Awards at Elevate 2015 for the TV Series 'Balika Vadhu'

Balika Vadhu - Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte (English: Child Bride - Strong Relationships of Tender Age), commonly abbreviated as Balika Vadhu, is an Indian television drama series that premiered on 21 July 2008 on Colors TV.

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Impact Awards at Elevate 2015 Anu Ranjan

The Beti Project was launched to counter the evil of Female Foeticide which is prevalent in the country. The Beti Project continues to be strong champion of gender equity in the country.

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April 20 2024

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KALEIDOSCOPE: A TALE SET IN THE TIMES OF ANARCHY

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April 18 2024