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Raghu Rai

Raghu Rai
- An Unframed Portrait

Raghu Rai is the father of Indian photography. His story is told by young Avani Rai, who has to fight for her own voice in the shadow of her father.

Raghu Rai has been photographing India for 50 years. He has captured many of the major events of India’s history from political conflicts to the everyday realities of the people. His photos on Bhopal disaster, India Gandhi,  Mother Theresa and Dalai Lama are world famous.


Technical Specifications

Year 2017
Length
55 min
Director Avani Rai
Producers Iikka Vehkalahti, Gurmeet Rai, Anurag Kayshap, Torstein Grude
Languages
Hindi, English
Production companies
IV FILMS, CRCI and Piraya Film
Production countries
India - Finland - Norway
Sales/Distribution International Sales
Autlook Filmsales
Format
DCP
World Premiere
IDFA, Amsterdam, 18.11.2017
IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8842320/


Awards

Sole Luna Doc Film Festival 2018: Soundrivemotion award - Best Soundtrack

Festivals

2017

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam

2018

Norwegian Documentary Film Festival
Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
Sole Luna Doc Film Festival


Gallery


Credits

Director
Avani Rai

Producer
Iikka Vehkalahti

Cinemaphotography

Avani Rai

Editors
Menno Boerema
Archana Padhke

Music
Naren Chandavarkar
Benedict Taylor

Executive producers
Gurmeet Rai
Anurag Kayshap

Co-producer
Torstein Grude

Writers
Avani Rai
Iikka Vehkalahti

Assistant producers
Archana Padhke
Aloke Mitra

Office Manager
Oddleiv Vik

Production Assistant
Amit Chauhan

Assistant Editor
Pranitha Manga

Additional Cinematography
Shanker Raman
Avinash Arun
Swapnil Sonawane
Tapan Basu
Archana Phadke

Camera Attendants
Shivlal Yadav
Atish Jadhav

Camera Equipment
Accord Equips

Sound Recordist
Ashok Kumar

Sound design
Susmit ‘Bob’ Nath

Sound Editor
Surya Samaddar/Aural Mayhem Studio

Sound Studio
AuralMayhem Studio

Foley
Mohammed Iqbal
Mohammed Aquib
Sharukh Sayyed
Datta Prasad/Purple Grape Studios

Sound Mixing
Olli Pärnänen/Meguru Films Sound

Colorist and VXF Artist
Tom Chr. Lilletvedt/Hinterland

Graphics
Tom Chr. Lilletvedt/Hinterland

Post Production Manager
Joakim Hauge/Hinterland

Photographs
Raghu Rai Foundation

Special Thanks
Rahul Jain
Abhro Banerjee
Rajesh Bansal
Asif Burza
Shreyas Beltangdy
Nandita Das
Parshati Dutta
Deepti D’Cunha
Hans Robert Eisenhauer
Nandan Giri
Tassaduq Hussain
Zoya Hussain
Sami Joukahainen
Uzer Khan
Wasim Khan
Abhay Kumar
Sid Meer
Guneet Monga
Tuomas Onttonen
Purvai Rai
Shanker Raman
Manpreet Sangha

A co-production with
Piraya Film/Torstein Grude

in the cooperation with
ARTE France/Fabrice Puchault,Keren Michael
IDFA Bertha Fund Europe/Isabel Arrate
AVEK/Outi Rousu
KRO-NCRV/Laetitia Schoofs

with the support of
Film Bazaar India
Al-Arabiya News Channel/Mohamed Soueid
TVO/Naomi Boxer
SVT/Emilie Persson
Yle/Erkko Lyytinen
MCOT/Sudtida Tiyapaiboonsin
Stiftelsen Matriark
Fritt Ord
Filmkraft Rogaland
Hinterland

International Distribution
Autlook

© 2017
IV FILMS, CRCI and Piraya Film