Shabnam Virmani

Shabnam Virmani
Education Times Research Foundation School for Journalism, New Delhi
Cornell University,USA
Alma mater Times Research Foundation School for Journalism, Cornell University, US
Occupation Documentary film maker
Known for Co-founder of the Drishti Media Collective
Artist-in-Residence at the Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore
Director – Kabir Project
Documentary Films
Journalism

Shabnam Virmani is a documentary film maker and artist in residence at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore since 2002. Co-founder of the Drishti Media Arts and Human Rights collective, she has directed several documentaries, some of which have won awards. In 2002, she co-directed an award-winning community radio program with the Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan in Gujarat.[1]

Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein, a documentary film by Shabnam Virmani on the poet-saint as part of her Kabir Project, has won the Special Jury Prize at the 58th National Awards, June 2011.[2]

She was conferred this award for,"An insightful film that introduces us to the various cults that have grown around Kabir, the mystic weaver and saint. It explores the nuances of India's argumentative tradition as exemplified by Kabir's dohas and traces the eventful journey of one man caught in an Orwellian dilemma as he is elevated to the status of a cult leader, torn between the inevitable trappings of hierarchy that run paradoxical to the simple philosophy of Kabir".[3]

Awards and nominations

Had-Anhad (Bounded-Boundless)

Journeys with Ram and Kabir

Chalo Hamara Des (Come to My Country)

Journeys with Kabir and Friends

Koi Sunta Hai (Someone Listens)

Journeys with Kumar and Kabir

Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein (In the Market Stands Kabir)

Journeys with Kabir and Friends

When Women Unite:The Story of an Uprising/Aadavallu Ekamaite

Tu Zinda Hai!/To Be Alive!

Umati Umang ni Damri/Hopes Soaring High

Kunjal Paanje Kutch Ji (Sarus Crane of our Kutch)

Radio production

Notes

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