Kaithi, Ek Itihaas

The gradual extinction of Kaithi, a script once widely used in Bihar and Northern India. Screened at festivals in Delhi, Ooty and Thrissur.

Directed by Shridhar Sudhir | 2018
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Shridhar Sudhir is a post-graduate of Film and Video Communication from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, and Visual Communication from College of Art, New Delhi. He spent part of his early years in a residential school in Pilani and then in Varanasi, which provided him diverse exposure and experiences.

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_M....

PSBT is a not-for-profit that has nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it has 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, https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/ci..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2..., https://www.thehindu.com/features/cin..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2...)

PSBT is 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
Assistant Director: Rhea Mathews
Cinematographer, Editor: Shridhar Sudhir
Sound Designer, Editor, Mixer: Asheesh Pandya
Sound Recordist: A. Bhaskar Rao

Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India.
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Last updated: June 2020