INDIA’S STORY OF RESOLVE, ACTIVISM AND HOPE
NATION OBSERVES NIRBHAYA’S 3RD DEATH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
WITH POLICE, JUDICIARY, ACADEMIA AND ACTIVISTS, NEW DELHI
Emotional and Full House Delhi Screening of ‘Daughters of Mother India’ on the eve of Nirbhaya’s death anniversary that shook the nation’s conscience. Film screening followed by a standing ovation that lasted half an hour while the stakeholders of society addressed the audience.
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‘DAUGHTERS OF MOTHER INDIA’
‘Daughters of Mother India’
in syllabus of 200 Maharashtra schools
“ 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)
Police across India are screening the film
to gender sensitize the force
A never before in the world where the Police have come together to join forces and take an active stand against the issue of gender violence.
The film is being screened across the Police force in India, starting with the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai with a police force of 50,000 officers and Commissioner of Police in India’s capital Delhi, which has the largest Police force in India comprising of 80,000 officers.
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.
For the first time, 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 of their emotions while conducting their investigations.
The campaign was released by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in Mumbai for 22 million Mumbai residents.
3 films at 3 minute each are showing across all theaters in Mumbai since March 2015
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POLICY MAKERS FELICITATE MAKERS OF ‘DAUGHTERS OF MOTHER INDIA’
(equal to the Governor in the United States) for creating the Women Safety campaign for Mumbai.
Present at the recent TEDxWalled City 2015 in the city, Ted speaker Vibha Bakshi, director/producer of the film that won the National Award addressed the audience regarding the need for gender equality. The 62nd National Award-winning documentary titled Daughters of Mother India had not just received accolades, but hearts of the people worldwide.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
On 23rd September, a day after the International Peace Day, Bhavishya Yaan students of the GK Marg Municipal School were taken through a screening of ‘Daughters of Mother India’, which won the National Film Award for best film by the President of India.
We wanted to extend our heartfelt gratitude to you for coming and sharing your incredible film with us. It must have been extremely difficult to shoot and the end product is just phenomenal. We haven’t been able to stop thinking about it and discussing it with everyone we meet.
We are really inspired by you, changing the world one story at a time!
With warmest wishes, All of us at Goldman Sachs
Weber Shandwick, the global Public Relations film is supporting the film and the movement.
“We believe in the change that Vibha Bakshi sees in the Indian psyche and law enforcement around women’s security in India. By supporting Daughters of Mother India, we hope to help create a successful movement that will mobilise the people in India and sensitise the rest of the world.”
Valerie Pinto, CEO, Weber Shandwick India
The Indian Information Technology Industry and its leaders who are the largest employers of women work force in the country have come together in support of the film and the movement for change.
Congratulations once again on having the conviction to take this up.
The tremendous audience turn out is a reflection of
how urgent the issue is and relevant socially to our country.
WIPRO looks forward to supporting the movement of change.
Thank you for such a wonderful work. It is my hope, your work does indeed create
a revolution needed to bring equality and rights of women
to the forefront in India and globally.
Your documentary and your passion for this topic are infectious.
We all can make a difference. It will take a century and generation
and little by little we can drive change.
Ajit Prabhu
Chairman & CEO
QuEST Global Services
