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THE SNAKE CHARMER
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The Snake Charmer follows Bollywood star Aamir Khan on a journey through India’s television and film industry, as he attempts to change the way Indians perceive and treat women.

Aamir Khan is one of the leading Bollywood actors in India today.  He became a star of Hindi cinema in the 1980’s, and his films have been the highest grossing Bollywood films of all time. Until recently, Khan was used to portraying macho men on a quest for vengeance and belonged to an industry accused of encouraging sexual violence against women.

Yet in 2012, Khan’s career took a strange turn, when he created ‘Satyamev Jayate’, the first prime time TV show in India to expose the country’s most critical social issues – from rape to female feticides and dowry killings.

The documentary follows Khan on a journey through India’s TV and Bollywood film industry, from the set of ‘Satyamev Jayate’, to the filming of his new Bollywood blockbuster ‘Dangal’, the biopic of a father who encourages his young daughters to take up wrestling and make their own choices in life.

TV Version: 48/57′

FILM FESTIVALS

2017 | Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival // Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival

CREDITS

PRODUCED BY: FOREST TROOP AND ANEMON PRODUCTIONS

IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH: Al JAZEERA, ERT

IN ASSOCIATION WITH: SVT, YLE, DR, CYBC

WITH THE SUPPORT OF: THE MEDIA PROGRAMME OF THE EU

CINEMATOGRAPHY: MICHALIS ARISTOMENOPOULOS

SOUND: STELIOS KOUPETORIS, ANITA KUSHWAHA, MOHAN DAS, SATISH

EDITING: THODORIS ARMAOS

ORIGINAL SCORE: TIAGO BENZINHO, SPYROS AND MICHALIS MOSCHOUTIS

PRODUCTION MANAGER: ELENI CHRISTODOULOU

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: FLORA GREGORY

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS  / INDIA:  SVATI CHAKRAVARTY BHATKAL, ANUPAMA BOSE, MIRIAM CHANDY MENACHERRY

FIELD PRODUCER / RESEARCH: GEORGIA ANAGNOU

ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY: CHRISTOPHOROS LOUPAS, STELIOS PISSAS

CAMERA: DIMITRIS MICHALAKIS, BRETT JUTKIEWICZ, ASHRAF ISLABUDDIN

SOUND DESIGNER & RE-RECORDING MIXER: STELIOS KOUPETORIS, JAMES FELTHAM

PRODUCERS: REA APOSTOLIDES, YURI AVEROF, NINA MARIA PASCHALIDOU

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: NINA MARIA PASCHALIDOU

WORLD DISTRIBUTION: Aquatic Films

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

The Youth Jury Awards at Thessaloniki Int. Documentary Festival, 2017

Nominee for the Prix Europa Award (TV Documentary) 2017

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