All The Worlds' a Stage

The struggles of marginalisation faced by the internationally successful performers Sidi Goma. Awards at Kabul, Kathmandu, Trivandrum and Indore and screened at festivals in Tartu, San Diego, Zanzibar, Leeds and Delhi, etc.

Directed by Nirmal Chander | 2009
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Nirmal Chander is an award winning filmmaker who has been working for over two decades in the field of documentaries as producer, director, cinematographer, researcher, script writer and editor. His films Dreaming Taj Mahal, Sab Lila Hai, The Face Behind the Mask, Zikr Us Parivash Ka and Moti Bagh, among others, have been lauded for their humanistic approach and have travelled to many international film festivals.

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 was a not-for-profit that nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it 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 was 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
Cinematographer and Location Sound Recordist: Nirmal Chander
Editors: Nirmal Chander, Reena Mohan
Sound Designer and Mixer: Boby John

Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India.
http://www.psbt.org/; http://www.ddindia.gov.in/

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Last updated: May 2020