SON RISE

SON RISE is filmed in rural Haryana, a strongly patriarchal state, bordering India’s capital, New Delhi. Illegal, yet rampant female foeticide, has led to the eerie absence of girls in hundreds of villages, giving the region the notorious title ‘The land of Daughter Killers’ (kuri mar khshetar). This sex-ratio imbalance has resulted in the dangerous increase of unmarried men, and the trafficking of “brides” from other parts of India. In turn, this has led to a worsening law and order situation, with an unprecedented epidemic of crimes against women.

Exposing these darkest corners, the film maker finds, all may not be lost: In this unlikeliest place, she follows ‘ordinary’ men doing the ‘extraordinary’ in the struggle for women’s rights and gender justice. From a forward-thinking village chief and father of two daughters, fighting for women to enter the male-dominated arena of local-politics – to a farmer who, in an arranged marriage, defies society by marrying a gang rape survivor.

Can these glimmers of a changing paradigm in SON RISE be the rays of hope we have been looking for?

Daughters of Mother India

‘Daughters of Mother India’ is an Indian filmmaker’s journey through the aftermath of the horrific rape and murder of a

23 year old medical intern in Delhi on 16th December 2012. This documentary goes inside the Indian society, the Government and looks at the swift and radical changes being made in the Police, the Judiciary and community groups, who are provoking a national dialogue on the current sexist attitudes of Indian society and how to change them.

For the first time in the history of the Police, cameras were allowed inside the Delhi Police Control and Command room, right after the rape and murder of Nirbhaya.

Attar Singh Saini

Director of Photography

Attar Singh Saini’s long and extensive work experience and love for his craft has made him an integral part of the Indian Film Industry.

He is a graduate from Film & TV Institute of India, Pune (1992 batch), which is one of the premier film Schools of Asia. Saini is an active member and office bearer for Cinematographer’s Combine.