My Home India
Director: Anjali Bhushan Starring: Kira Banasinska, Wanda Novicka-Kashikar, Wanda Kuras, Jocelyn de Waller, Zbigniew Buras, Longina Frackiewicz, Krystyna Koziell, Colonel Gaikwad, Madhu Kotak Run time: 45 mins | Recommended Certificate: PG Language: English, Polish with English subtitles | Year: 2019 | Country: India/Poland
Strand: EXTRA-ORDINARY LIVES
This inspirational documentary will have you in tears and every Indian glowing with pride. The film essentially uncovers a little-known story of unimaginable humanity, generosity and kindness. Towards the end of WW2 the Polish ambassadorial team in Bombay, led by the determined heroine, Kira Banasinska and supported by local Indian communities including the principalities of Kolhapur, Jamnagar and several others, dispatched a convoy of food relief and other essentials, thousands of miles to Iran, where Polish refugees from Soviet Siberian labour camps had found their way on foot and were suffering, mal-nourished. An expedition was planned with a novel idea, to bring 5,500 women and children back into India in the supplies trucks. This expedition was not so simple. It took Kira’s resilience and indefatigable energy as a Red Cross leader, to create refuge for them and welcome them to a dedicated settlement in India in three critical places, Vallivade, Panchgani and Jamnagar. Over 70 years later a number of now elderly Polish people return to a town, Vallivade, on the outskirts of Kolhapur, Maharashtra and Panchgani, where they were able to find safety and discover the joys of childhood.
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Q&A with Director Anjali Bhushan
Director
Anjali Bhushan
Anjali Bhushan has directed and produced three documentaries My Home India, Smiling Woman of Banda and India’s Daughter (under dispute). To her credit as a film technician are Kuch Kuch Hota Hai as Chief Assistant Director, Kismet Konnection as writer, Dharm as Associate Director and Shivaay as Creative Producer. Her recent credits as Vice President Creative for T-series include Satya Meva Jayate, Hate Story, Batti Gul Meter Challu, Blackmail, Fanney Khan, Batla House, Marjaanvaan, Kabir Singh, Street Dancer 3D, Saina, Shafakhana, Arjun Patiala, Jhund amongst many other films yet to be announced.
She is also developing next tranche of Theatrical and Digital films for Netflix, Google and other OTT platforms for T-series. She has also developed digital series scripts and music video concepts and helped execute several Music Videos as part of her mandate at T-series.
Film Screenings
London | London School of Economics
June 25, 2019 6:30 pm
Q&A with special guest
London | Polish Social and Cultural Association POSK
June 27, 2019 7:00 pm
Q&A with special guest
London | Genesis Cinema
June 28, 2019 6:30 pm
Q&A with special guest
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