The Other Men in Blue
The story of the courage and passion of blind cricketers in India.
Directed by Tathagat Prakash, Navagat Prakash | 2019
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
An alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India, Tathagat Prakash is a producer, film director and screenwriter who has helmed several projects for top Indian media houses such as UTV, Star India, Network 18 and Times Television Network.
Navagat Prakash is a post-graduate in Cinematography from the Film and Television Institute of India, working as an independent cinematographer and director. He has worked on feature films such as Hichki and Karwaan and shot the documentaries on music composer Khayyam, the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar and a travelogue. He has also worked on advertising films for brands such as Google, Airtel, Puma and Amazon.
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_M....
PSBT was a not-for-profit that nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/ci..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2..., https://www.thehindu.com/features/cin..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2...)
PSBT was led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra.
Credits
Researchers: Navagat Prakash, Suresh Sharma
Cinematographer: Navagat Prakash
Sound Recordist: Gaurav Singh
Editors: Aseem Sinha, Tathagat Prakash
Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India.
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Last updated: June 2020