VIBHA BAKSHI PRODUCER & CO-DIRECTOR WITH
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MARYANN DE LEO ACADEMY AWARDS, LA 2004
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DAUGHTERS OF MOTHER INDIA
Focusses on the issue of rape and gender violence in India.
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Winner of National Film Award 2015
Awarded by the President of India
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Oscar in the category of Best Documentary Short Subject at the
76th Academy Awards 2004
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The film is part of the United States Government's Emmy Award winning
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Academy
Award
winner Maryann De Leo presents
DAUGHTERS OF MOTHER INDIA
a film by Vibha Bakshi
Winner
National Film Award
for Best Film on
Social Issues
2015
Awarded by the President of India
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Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International
Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian
Government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.
Every year, a National Panel appointed by the Government selects the
winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the
President of India presents the Awards. This is followed by the
inauguration of the National Film Festival, where the award-winning films
are screened for the public.
The National Awards hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of
Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting Awards for the best films in
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Due to the national scale of the National Film Awards, it is considered the
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BREAKING THE SILENCE
DIRECTOR VIBHA
BAKSHI
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ATTAR SINGH SAINI | EDITOR HEMANTI SARKAR
SECOND UNIT CAMERA KARAN TOLANI | LOCATION SOUND VIRAJ SELOT
MUSIC BAPI TUTUL | SOUND DESIGN BOBY JOHN | PRODUCTION ABHISHEK YAMSANWAR
PRODUCED BY VIBHA BAKSHI & VISHAL BAKSHI
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER MARYANN DE LEO
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Academy Award® winner Maryann De Leo presents
DAUGHTERS OF MOTHER INDIA
a film by Vibha Bakshi
Language English | Duration 45 Minutes
Production Year 2014 | Country India
DAUGHTERS OF MOTHER INDIA
'Daughters of Mother India' is an Indian filmmaker's journey
through the aftermath of the horrific rape and murder of a 23
year old medical intern in Delhi on 16th December 2012. For
weeks mass protests filled the streets of India and the country
witnessed 'gender consciousness' and extraordinary solidarity
by the ordinary citizens - like never before.
The eyes of the world were on India and country's rampant
gender violence, that suddenly hit the world's headlines almost
on a daily basis.
This new documentary goes inside the Indian society, the
Government and looks at the swift and radical changes being
made in the Police, the Judiciary and community groups, who
are provoking for the first time, a national dialogue on the
current sexist attitudes of Indian society and how to change
them.
Winner
National Film Award
for Best Film on
Social Issues
2015
For the first time, in the long history of the Police force, the
Police Commissioner of the Capital of India, Delhi granted
permission for a camera to be allowed inside the Delhi Police
Control and Command room.
Awarded by the President of India
DIRECTOR VIBHA
BAKSHI
SINGH SAINI | EDITOR HEMANTI SARKAR
SECOND UNIT CAMERA KARAN TOLANI | LOCATION SOUND VIRAJ SELOT
MUSIC BAPI TUTUL | SOUND DESIGN BOBY JOHN | PRODUCTION ABHISHEK YAMSANWAR
PRODUCED BY VIBHA BAKSHI & VISHAL BAKSHI
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER MARYANN DE LEO
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ATTAR
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Our special thanks to the following
people featured in the film
Additional Solicitor General Supreme Court
Ms Indira Jaising
Member of the Anti Rape Recommendation Committee
Former Justice Leila Seth Commissioner of Police, Delhi
Mr Neeraj Kumar Winner
National Film Award
for Best Film on
Social Issues
2015
Awarded by the President of India
Our sincere thanks to
five year old rape survivor Gudiya
and her family for being part of this film
and for their courage and conviction
to stand up for change
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Head of Delhi Police Unit for Women and Children
Ms Suman Nalwa
Commissioner of Police Law and Order, Delhi
Mr Deepak Mishra
Head of Delhi Police Control and Command Room
Mr Paldan
Sociologist and Professor
Dr Dipankar Gupta
Activist
Dr Kiran Bedi
Principal of Sanskriti School
Dr Abha Sahgal
Social Analyst
Dr Syed Mubin Zehra
Activist and Founder of Asmita Theatre Group
Mr Arvind Gaur
Police Officers from Delhi Police
Students from Jawaharlal Nehru University
Faculty and Students of Sanskriti School
Dramatists of Asmita Theatre Group
Doctors, Counsellors and NGO taking care of Gudiya
People of Delhi
GENDER SENSITIZATION OF THE POLICE FORCE IN INDIA
Filmmaker Vibha Bakshi receives a standing ovation from Commissioner of Police Delhi, Mr. Neeraj Kumar.
For the first time, Commissioner of Police Delhi, Mr. Neeraj Kumar granted persmission for a camera to be allowed
inside the Delhi Police Control and Command room, right after the brutal rape and murder of Nirbhaya
“ I strongly recommend that the movie be screened for Police personnel in order to sensitize them to the increased
need for a change in Society.”
Director Ms Aruna Bahuguna, National Police Academy
(Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India)
Over thousand Police Officers at ‘Daughters of Mother India’ screening
at IMAX theater, Hyderabad
Commissioner of Police, Mumbai,
Mr Rakesh Maria, pledges leadership and commitment on
the issue of women safety at the screening of ‘Daughters of
Mother India’.
“Terrorizing women is yet another form of Terrorism.”
Chief of Anti Terrrorism, Mr Himanshu Roy, speaker at the
screening of ‘Daughters of Mother India’
Top brass of the Mumbai Police force attend the Mumbai Premiere of
‘Daughters of Mother India’.
POLICY MAKERS FELICITATE MAKERS OF
‘DAUGHTERS OF MOTHER INDIA’
The Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Devendra Fadnavis (equal to the Governor in the United States)
unveils the Women Safety campaign created by makers of
'Daughters of Mother India'
Director /Producer of the National Award winning film
'Daughters of Mother India' Vibha Bakshi being felicitated by
the Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Honoured to be felicitated by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis for the Women Safety campaign created
by makers of 'Daughters of Mother India' - Winner of the National Award 2015.
A dozen Police officers who investigated some of the most brutal and disturbing incidents of sexual assault including the
Shakti Mill case have spoken for the first time of their emotions while conducting the investigations.
The campaign was created for Mumbai city, the financial
capital of India with a population of nearly 20 million people
The Chief Minister in his address said that this campaign
should reach everyone- so people are able to see the human
side of the Police
Written by Srinath Raghvendra Rao | Mumbai | Published on:March 18, 2015
Documentary captures emotional distress of
cops probing sexual crimes
Over the last two months, Bakshi and her team have spoken to the investigators
of the Shakti Mills gangrape of an intern photojournalist and the gangrape of a
rag-picker in Mulund by nine men - both in 2013.
A dozen policemen and women who investigated some of the most brutal and disturbing
incidents of sexual assault in the city in the
past two years have spoken for the first time
of their emotions while conducting their investigations. A near-complete 9-minute film on
them will soon air in film theaters in the
segment before feature films.
“I wanted to document a case that had attracted a large amount of media focus, another
that did not find as much mention in spite of
being just as brutal and a third that had the
police baffled for a long time. After speaking
to the cops, I found that each case was dealt
with the same amount of seriousness,”
Bakshi said.
The yet untitled film is the latest work of
city-based filmmaker Vibha Bakshi, who
filmed the aftermath of the 2012 gangrape in
New Delhi in her 2014 documentary Daughters Of Mother India.
The film comprises three segments, one
devoted to each case, and has only police
personnel speaking to the camera. Bakshi
said that she chose four personnel for each
case. “There was a constable, a woman
officer, the lead investigating officer and
senior inspector. We shot at the police
stations so that they would feel comfortable.
We spent a day and half shooting each case,”
she said.
Over the last two months, Bakshi and her
team have spoken to the investigators of the
Shakti Mills gangrape of an intern photojournalist and the gangrape of a rag-picker in
Mulund by nine men – both in 2013. She has
also interviewed policemen who hunted for
Ayaz Ansari, the one-eyed man who molested young girls in Mumbai for an entire year
before being arrested in 2014.
She recalled that shooting with the officer who
investigated the Mulund gangrape proved
most eye-opening. “The perpetrators were
convinced that the woman would be turned
away if she approached the police. She was
in a very bad state, but the female officer
made sure she got a proper medical test
done. When we spoke to her, she left the
crew stunned. She said, ‘I will fight for the
woman.’ The entire team made sure that they
had a water-tight case.”
The Shakti Mills gangrape investigators are
heard on camera praising the 22-year-old
victim’s composure in the aftermath of the
tragedy. “The investigating officer gives all
credit to the survivor,” Bakshi said. “A crime
branch constable says that he would have
chased the rapists even if he hadn’t been a
policeman,” Bakshi recounts.
While filming the team behind the serial
molestor probe, Bakshi said that she found
them working on the case as if they were
parents. “One constable said that he would
be haunted every day by the delay in catching
the accused. He would think, Who’s next?”
Who will the accused prey on tomorrow?’”
Bakshi said. She added, “One officer admitted that he was ashamed of his failure to
catch the accused because he had two
daughters himself,” she said. With the film
almost complete and awaiting viewing by
Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria, Bakshi
said that she has already received a seal of
approval by law firm Majlis. “They work on the
ground and have represented the Shakti Mills
survivor. So for them to tell to us that it a very
responsible film is a very good feeling,”
Bakshi said.
Academy Award® winner Maryann De Leo presents
DAUGHTERS OF MOTHER INDIA
a film by Vibha Bakshi
Winner
National Film Award
for Best Film on
Social Issues
2015
Awarded by the President of India
INDIA BREAKS HER SILENCE
One rape film gets banned, other gets National Award
THE TIMES OF INDIA
First team to gain access to the Delhi Police Control and Command room
The jury described the 45-minute film as “explicitly and determinedly turning
the spotlight on the burning issue of rape in the country and the brutal
mentality that drives it.”
Touching tale with the cinematography as impactful as the plot
Mumbai: 1,200 ‘influencers’ to gather on Delhi gang rape anniversary
Documentary captures emotional distress of cops probing sexual crimes
The tsunami that did sweep the nation has been captured by
filmmaker Vibha Bakshi
-Deepa Gahlot award-winning film and theatre critic
Wake up Bollywood! We need more films like 'Daughters of Mother India'
- RJ Jeeturaaj Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM
Four hundred cops from the Mumbai Police along with two of its most flamboyant
officers, Police Commissioner and Anti Terror Squad Chief, came together at the
premiere of 'Daughters of Mother India'
'Daughters of Mother India' in syllabus of 200 Maharashtra schools
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