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The Jungle Gang
(16 min/2009)
First ever Indian Wildlife film for children. Three animal friends Kuttu, Bhoora and Bo explore the life of the Indian Rhino, it’s habitat, threats and conservation efforts. Commissioned by WWF-India. Won at the Chinh India Kids Film Festival in Delhi 2009.


Where is My Home?
(6.38 min/ 2008)
In the last few years, sea levels have been rising in the Sunderbans , West Bengal. The rise is about 3mm as against the global average of 2mm. Our story is about Anjona, this 13-year-old girl, who defines the human face of this environmental disaster in the making. She is another environmental migrant, like the thousands before her, who is vulnerable and powerless against the fury of the sea. Commissioned by NDTV 24X7

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…There is a Fire in Your Forest
(58 min/1999-2001)
Documentary film on Kanha National Park and it's conflict with people, funded by Swiss Aid

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Apna Jungle Apni Kahani
(33min/2001)
Short film in Hindi on the people's conservation movement around Sariska Tiger Reserve.

Courting Nature
(20 min/1997)
Documentary film for Centre Environmental Law, WWF A film on Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary and Bitarkanika

Corbett at 60
(20 min/1996)
Documentary for Uttar Pradesh Forest Department on the diamond jubilee of Corbett National Park

Costing the Earth
(30 min/1996)
Pilot episode for weekly environment programme for Business India Television

Save Bhittarkanika
(40 min/1996)
Documentary on Bhittarkanika Sanctuary for Doordarshan

Stories for Environment Magazine
Environment Stories for weekly ECOLOGIC magazine on Environment for Business India Television (TVI)


Tiger Crisis
(63 min/2007)
Tiger- the death chronicles, this 63-min documentary funded by PSBT brutally and honestly assesses, for the first time, the tiger's future in India. Won the Wildlife Conservation Award at 4th Vatavaran Film Festival in Delhi. A children’s version is being made with the award money. Shown on Doordarshan, National Network in September. Nominated for Planet in Focus Competitive Film Festival, Toronto, Canada in Oct 2007.
Selected for the 10th Mumbai International Film Festival in Feb 2008 and EARTH VISION 16th Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival In March 2008.
Won The Merit Award for Conservation Message at the 31st Annual International Wildlife Film Festival (IWFF) "USA – Montana" in May 2008

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Elephant - a God in Distress
(30 min/1999)
Documentary film on elephants and their survival crisis

Elephant - The Last Giants on Earth
(44 min/1994)
Wildlife documentary on elephant conservation for the Ministry of Environment and Forests. Selected for the International Wildlife Festival (WWF), Bangalore 1994. Selected for competition in EarthVision, Global Environment Film Festival, Tokyo, 1994. Selected for competition in International Documentary Festival on Science and Environment, Trivandrum, 1995. Selected for Bombay International Documentary Film Festival, 1996. Screened at Elephant Conference, Johannesburg, May 1997

Fate of the Elephant
(30 min/1994)
Documentary on elephant poaching for Doordarshan. (Telecast first time in August 1994)

Heads and Tails
(30 min/1995)
Weekly television magazine on animal rights for Maneka Gandhi on Doordarshan-I

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Whose Water?
(26 min/2002)
Film on India's water policy and people's initiatives with regard to water management. Funded by UNDP for Tarun Bharat Sangh. Screened in WSSD, Johannesburg, 2002.

Talon Mein Taal
(30 min/2004)
Film on conservation and interpretation of Bhoj Wetland, Bhopal for Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad


Cry of the Forest

(27 min/2001)
Documenary on people–park conflict funded by Public Service Broadcasting Trust - Doordarshan

Wings of Change
(30 min/1996)
Film on people-Keoladeo National Park (Bharatpur) conflict resolution for Bombay Natural History Society

World Wide Wildlife and Environment Fund for Nature (WWF)
(1 min/1995-96)
Shown on Doordarshan-I


Creeks of Conflict
(30 min/1996)
Independent documentary (copyright with EarthCare) on destruction of mangrove forest in Bhitarkanika Sanctuary (Telecast on Doordarshan in August 1998). Selected for Okomedia Environment Film Festival in Germany

Terraview
(5 min/1995-96)
Environment spots for Tata Energy Research Institute, shown on Doordarshan-I

The Green Show
(30 min/1995)
Weekly environment television magazine for Development Alternatives on Doordarshan-III

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