Ame Gunthi Jindagi (We Wove a Life)
A woman journalist finds a diary of an old woman, dead alone in her home. She unravels the story of a woman who 40 years ago left her village home to chase a dream to create a business of garments and embroideries to help rural women. A look into the life of a woman who broke tradition to chase her dream.
Mallika Sarabhai in conversation with Dr. Mehrunnisa M. Desai (President, Ahmedabad Muslim Women’s Association, Domestic Violence Helpline 1091, expert in women’s empowerment and backward classes)
Right to Information Act: Ratilal Vaniya was unaware how much P.F. was due to him after 12 years. The RTI was able to help him acquire the information.
Self Help Group: Through their savings with the Kalyan SHG, Salal village women were able to create a business of hand-rolling incense.
A woman is able to successfully get her husband punished for the abuse he has inflicted upon her, with the help of her mother-in-law and the police.
Director: Nisarg Trivedi
Cameraperson: Yadavan Chandran
Editor: Nilang Jariwala
Cast: Harita Shah
Mr. C. D. Parikh (Chief Executive, Apang Manav Mandal, expert on the education of disabled people)
Water: Taraben Permar, sarpanch of Mehmoodpura village, with help of the NGO Swargirna Gram Vikas Sanstha, built a Rs 2 lakh road into the village, a place for washing laundry and a water reservoir for livestock. With help of the Sarda Jal Sanchay Yojana government scheme, check dams were built, and through the B.R.C. Yojana, a water tank for the village school was built.
Self Help Group: The Shree Chamunda SHG, run by eleven women, begins a business weaving wheatgrass to create various appliances and wares.
Water: With the help of NGO SWATI, the villagers of
A woman is able to successfully get her husband punished for the abuse he has inflicted upon her, with the help of her mother-in-law and the police.
Director: Nisarg Trivedi
Cameraperson: Yadavan Chandran
Editor: Nilang Jariwala
Cast: Harita Shah
Aditi Desai in conversation with Mr. Akil Paul (Director, Sense International, expert on deafblind people)
Self Help Group: Nagneshwari SHG formed a savings group; from their savings they were able to create a water reservoir for livestock.
Right to Information Act:
Self Help Group: Gayatri SHG in the Salal village created a business from their savings to embroider stones into saris.
Aditi Desai in conversation with Mr. Ilesh Raval (Incharge Specialist Educator, Prerana Sanastha Manthbudhi Balakoni Thalim Shala, expert on educational development of disabled children)
Water: Moviya village took advantage of a government scheme created by the District Rural Development Agency with the help of the Water and Sanitation Management Organization, which granted the village Rs. 48 crores. They were able to build a 45 lakh litre capacity water pump and a 20 lakh litre water tank.
Self Help Group: Abika SHG helps its members set up savings and loans so that they may set up various small scale businesses.
Water: With help from Sarda Jal Sanchay Yojana government scheme, Panchvada village members contributed 40% of funds to build 60 check dams. Under the Sector E-Form scheme,
Navi Kshitijo - Lakshmiben
The story of Navi Kshitijo, who had lost her entire family’s savings more than once through theft and con, perseveres and regains financial stability for her family by utilizing a savings account in a bank as well as making use of her mobile phone to help expand her business.
Director: Hridaynath Gharekhan
Chief Assistant Director: Dipika Goenka
Assistant Director: Vijay Rajput
Cameraperson: Ashish Prajapati
Editor: Jayesh Gadivi
Cast: Shilpa Thaker, Ratnabhai Rabari, Imtiaz Sheikh, Prakash Bhatia, Minaben Prajapati, Binaben Shah, Ninaben Shah, Dipikaben Patel, Jhanvi Patel, Chandranil, Devanshi
Mallika Sarabhai in conversation with Shri Bushan Punani (Executive Director, Blind People’s Association, expert on educational development of disabled people)
Ranjanben Bhatt
This is the true story of a woman who has devoted her entire life to making dolls and how the dolls have become an integral part of her effort to propagate the social message of self-dependency and economic independence.
Director: Daxin Bajrange-Chhara
Cameraperson: Hemang Pathak
Editor: Nishit Jadawala
Cast: Bijal Vyas (Ranjanben), Tushar Kodekar (Press Reporter), Dinesh Bhatt (Grand Father), Kanta Bhatt (Grand Mother)
Anubandh Pt III
A couple is forced to break their ties to each other when the man is emotionally blackmailed into marrying another woman whom he does not love. His true love tells the story of their struggle so that their love would not have been in vain.
Director: Hridaynath Gharekhan
Chief Assistant Director: Dipika Goenka
Assistant Director: Vijay Rajput
Cameraperson: Ashish Prajapati
Editor: Jaydeep Gadhavi
Cast: Yashswini Yagnik, Sunil Vaghela, Upasana Trivedi, Pragnyaben Trivedi, Sarala Chowksi, Bankim Patel, Jayesh Patel, Radha Shah, Jayesh Rabari, Shailesh Prajapati
Anubandh Pt II
A couple is forced to break their ties to each other when the man is emotionally blackmailed into marrying another woman whom he does not love. His true love tells the story of their struggle so that their love would not have been in vain.
Director: Hridaynath Gharekhan
Chief Assistant Director: Dipika Goenka
Assistant Director: Vijay Rajput
Cameraperson: Ashish Prajapati
Editor: Jaydeep Gadhavi
Cast: Yashswini Yagnik, Sunil Vaghela, Upasana Trivedi, Pragnyaben Trivedi, Sarala Chowksi, Bankim Patel, Jayesh Patel, Radha Shah, Jayesh Rabari, Shailesh Prajapati
Aditi Desai in conversation with Ranjit Gadhavi (Director, Madhyam, expert on using communication technologies for social change)
Success Story: Taraben Goyal, post-woman.
Water: How the 15 member water committee of Vankal village solved their water problem.
Success Story: How Bharatiben Bodhu sells panipuri to run her household.
Anubandh Pt I
A couple is forced to break their ties to each other when the man is emotionally blackmailed into marrying another woman whom he does not love. His true love tells the story of their struggle so that their love would not have been in vain.
Director: Hridaynath Gharekhan
Chief Assistant Director: Dipika Goenka
Assistant Director: Vijay Rajput
Cameraperson: Ashish Prajapati
Editor: Jaydeep Gadhavi
Cast: Yashswini Yagnik, Sunil Vaghela, Upasana Trivedi, Pragnyaben Trivedi, Sarala Chowksi, Bankim Patel, Jayesh Patel, Radha Shah, Jayesh Rabari, Shailesh Prajapati
Aditi Desai in conversation with R. P. Mehta (Director, Center for Entrepreneur Development, expert on entrepreneurial issues)
Success Story: Manjula Mistry-embroidering a future.
Health: Jilla Gram Panchayat Health Scheme offers information and guidance to village women.
Self Help Group: Leelaben and Manguben of the Shri Harshid SHG saved Rs 50 each month and have taken a loan of Rs 15000 to start a convenience store.
While a married couple is struggling to make their “dream home” a reality, the husband begins to think that his wife is spending money unnecessarily and is not “maintaining” the home as he thinks she should, regardless of the fact that she holds a fulltime job. His ego is bruised by the fact that she brings home a higher salary than he, and he unconsciously lets this affect his attitude towards his wife.
Director: Nisarg Trivedi
Cameraperson: M. Roopesh
Editor: Nilang Jariwala
Cast: Bhoomi Shukla
Aditi Desai in conversation with Natubhai Barot (Director, Sarvangin Gramvikas Sanstha, expert on women’s financial self help groups)
