Shabnam Virmani is a documentary film maker and artist in residence at
the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore since
2002. Co-founder of the Drishti Media Arts and Human Rights
collective, she has directed several documentaries, some of which have
won awards. In 2002, she co-directed an award-winning community radio
program with the Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan in Gujarat.Kabira Khada
Bazaar Mein, a documentary film by Shabnam Virmani on the poet-saint
as part of her Kabir Project, has won the Special Jury Prize at the
58th National Awards, June 2011.She was conferred this award for,"An
insightful film that introduces us to the various cults that have
grown around Kabir, the mystic weaver and saint. It explores the
nuances of India's argumentative tradition as exemplified by Kabir's
dohas and traces the eventful journey of one man caught in an
Orwellian dilemma as he is elevated to the status of a cult leader,
torn between the inevitable trappings of hierarchy that run
paradoxical to the simple philosophy of Kabir".
the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore since
2002. Co-founder of the Drishti Media Arts and Human Rights
collective, she has directed several documentaries, some of which have
won awards. In 2002, she co-directed an award-winning community radio
program with the Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan in Gujarat.Kabira Khada
Bazaar Mein, a documentary film by Shabnam Virmani on the poet-saint
as part of her Kabir Project, has won the Special Jury Prize at the
58th National Awards, June 2011.She was conferred this award for,"An
insightful film that introduces us to the various cults that have
grown around Kabir, the mystic weaver and saint. It explores the
nuances of India's argumentative tradition as exemplified by Kabir's
dohas and traces the eventful journey of one man caught in an
Orwellian dilemma as he is elevated to the status of a cult leader,
torn between the inevitable trappings of hierarchy that run
paradoxical to the simple philosophy of Kabir".
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