Janani's Juliet

Entry to the Oscars and winner of four awards, including at Trivandrum and Thrissur, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to the love story of Kausalya and Shankar, by Indianostrum, exploring the implications of caste, class and gender in a world where love struggles to survive. Screened at festivals at Auroville, Bhubaneswar, Kathmandu, Kolkata and Madurai.
Directed by Pankaj Rishi Kumar | 2019
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Pankaj Rishi Kumar graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India with a specialisation in Film Editing. After editing numerous documentaries and TV serials, he made his first film Kumar Talkies. Subsequently, he has become a one-man crew, producing, directing, shooting and editing his own films, which have screened at film festivals the world over. Pankaj has won grants from Hubert Bals, IFA, Jan Vrijman, AND (Korea), Banff, Majlis, Sarai and Pad.ma. An alumnus of the Asian Film Academy (Pusan) and Berlin Talents, Pankaj also curates and teaches.
Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_M....
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Credits
Associate Director, Line Producer, Sound Recordist: C. Vinayak Ram
Cinematographer, Sound Designer, Editor: Pankaj Rishi Kumar
Script Writer: Ambika Gupta
Sound Mixer: Pritam Das
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Last updated: June 2020