India’s far-right BJP government has been ruling for the elite for the past six years. The richest 10% now own 77% of the national wealth, while over 130 million Indians still live in extreme poverty, an economic gap that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is continuing to widen through his neoliberal project. redfish travelled to several key states in India to discover the extent of Modi’s cronyism. Last year, nearly 400 girls and women in India were injured or killed in acid attacks. But one group of survivors is not asking for charity. Instead, they have defied mainstream media accounts portraying them as helpless victims, opening a café just minutes from the Taj Mahal that they use to raise awareness about acid attacks. The women who run the café, called Sheroes’ Hangout, consider themselves feminists and fighters, and apart from serving tea and coffee to tourists, they seek out new survivors to teach them how to heal and reclaim their lives. Sheroes documents the arrival of a new survivor to the café as she struggles to overcome her shame and embrace her inner and outer beauty. The film is about memories - a record of places, people and professions that once gone will never return, and of the mysterious beauty of the man-made ruins that mark the transition from the Calcutta of authentic tradition to the new one of "modernity". It's a very personal story told through the eyes of a photographer. This 75-year-old woman is India's oldest martial arts teacher An Indian scientist has invented a life-changing male contraceptive, known as RISUG, a reversible male contraceptive, could cost as little as $10. He has spent 40 years trying to realize Risug (Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance). Unlike vasectomies, RISUG can be reversed with another injection. The drug doesn’t have any side effects, and could cost as little as $10 in poor countries and those who cannot afford to use condoms. This affordable method could take a sizable chunk out of the $20 billion market for female contraceptives worldwide and from now on the burden of contraception wouldn't falls on the shoulders of women anymore.
Mithun P.
India11 reviews
Top Services
News Shooter / Video Journalist
5 reviewsDocumentary DP
4 reviewsMobile Journalist / Livestreamer
Equipment
Video
- 2K video camera
- Full HD video camera
- DSLR or equivalent
- 4K video camera
- GoPro or equivalent
Audio
- External recorder
- Wireless lavalier mic
- Shotgun mic
Miscellaneous
- Lighting kit
- Stabilizer
- Shoulder rig
About Mithun
Mithun Pramanik is a Kolkata-based filmmaker with more than a decade of experience covering regional news and making fiction and documentary films. He has played every role in the production process, including director, director of photography, producer, and editor. While covering news, Mithun often works as a one-man band, shooting, producing and editing all of his own work. He played a key role as a producer and editor in the film 'Fists of Fury' which won a Gracie award for Al Jazeera America in 2014 and he got 42nd Annual Tele Award for his short documentary on Indian Acid attack survivor in 2021. He has dedicated much of the last four years filming India's indigenous peoples, known as Adivasis. His coverage in India ranges from women's rights, to politics and human rights issues.
Top Projects
LADY WARRIOR
- Documentary DP
- Reporter / Journalist
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Field Producer
- Video Editor - Documentary
This 75-year-old woman is India's oldest martial arts teacher
Produced for Zinc on Storyhunter
August 2017
Napkin Man
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - News
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Menstruation is a taboo subject in India. Muruganantham, an Indian inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad making machine & has innovated grass-roots mechanisms for generating awareness about traditional unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India. He has started a revolution in india, selling 1,300 machines & has begun exporting them to developing countries all over the world.
Produced for Zinc on Storyhunter
January 2017
IndiaJMUattack
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
The livestreaming about huge protests happened in Indian for attacking JNU students in Delhi.
Kingdom of the Little People
- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Production Company
- Video Editor - Documentary
It’s a hard life for dwarfs in India. They’re looked down upon everywhere they go. Many of them used to work in circuses as clowns. But 50 dwarves from Assam became part of the worlds only all dwarves theatre group called ‘Mirror’ – Thanks to Prabitra Rava. Today through theatre the Little actors have found respect, dignity & love. They’re now setting up a village with houses fit to themselves.
Produced for Zinc on Storyhunter
April 2017
Modi's Neoliberalism: Oligarchy vs. India's Working Class
- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
India’s far-right BJP government has been ruling for the elite for the past six years. The richest 10% now own 77% of the national wealth, while over 130 million Indians still live in extreme poverty, an economic gap that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is continuing to widen through his neoliberal project. redfish travelled to several key states in India to discover the extent of Modi’s cronyism.
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Pre-Production
- Creative Director
- Fixer
- Production Company
- Translator
Production Support
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- Field Producer
- Production Assistant
- Commercial DP
- Documentary DP
- Drone Operator
- Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Reporter / Journalist
Post-Production
- Colorist
- Video Editor - Commercial
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Video Editor - News
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