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Sat 03 Aug 2019 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Chuskit

A feisty, paraplegic girl living in a remote village in Ladakh fights her tradition-bound grandfather to go to school

Director

Priya Ramasubban
Filmmaker

Date & Time

Saturday Sat, 3 Aug 2019

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Location

Bangalore International Centre
7, 4th Main Road, Domlur II Stage
Bangalore, Karnataka 560071 India

Contact

[email protected]

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89 Minutes | Ladakh | 2018

Ladhaki with English subtitles

Director- Priya Ramasubban, will be present at the screening.

Synopsis:

Chuskit‘s dream of going to school is cut short when she is rendered paraplegic after an accident. Confined to life indoors, she continues to harbout hopes of going to school, but her tradition-bound grandfather feels otherwise. Caught in the middle of their struggle are her parents and brother, who respect the grandfather’s old world views, but also want to keep Chuskit‘s spirit alive. A thoroughly charming, family-friendly treat from a part of our country that we rarely see on screen.
Director’s Note:
Conversations with my sister, Vidya, sowed the seeds for my film ‘Chuskit’. Vidya has worked with the differently abled in Ladakh for almost a decade. She was instrumental in sending Sonam, a nine-year-old with cerebral palsy to school despite the arduous terrain in her remote Himalayan village. While working with Sonam, Vidya learnt of other such children who yearned to lead as normal a childhood as they could. Their stories were filled with pathos and hardships, yet not one of the children gave up their quest to go to school. That is why I shaped Chuskit’s character to be unrelenting and gave her the spunk to triumph over adversity. For most children outside the West, life as a differently abled person is tough at best and excruciatingly hard at worst. My wish is that a small measure of hope and inspiration will stay with audiences when they walk away from my film.

Director

Priya Ramasubban

Filmmaker

Priya Ramasubban is a reputed filmmaker who has traveled the world for over fifteen years making films for National Geographic, Discovery, History Channel and other major international broadcasters. She is a storyteller at heart and has the ability to deal with complex subjects in a nuanced way allowing for textured interpretation. She has written and directed Lost Kings of Israel (National Geographic), Divine Delinquents (National Geographic), several episodes on the long-running series Digging for the Truth (History Channel), episodes on the series Into the Unknown (Discovery Channel), an episode on Monster Fish (National Geographic) and several others notable productions. Priya was one of the six people chosen from all over India as a part of a screenwriter’s lab organized by the National Film Development Corporation where she recieved an opportunity to evolve her story for Chuskit under the mentorship of award-winning Dutch writer Jolein Laarman.