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SARANG-THE PEACOCK-22 min 1999

The film examines the Indian peafowl from hatching to adulthood through a story told by the camera. 'Sarang' in Hindi, is a word which has multiple meanings, one of which is the peacock. Some of the other meanings are, sun, clouds, frogs, snakes etc. All these form an integral part of the natural habitat of the peacock and form the backdrop for the pea fowls featured in the film. The peacock was declared India's national bird in 1963 but few, if any, films have been devoted entirely to this magnificent bird.

The peacock is a fine example of much that is Indian in idiom, music and rhythm. The film is a sensitive portrayal of the bird's relationship with nature, its habitat, its interface with the earthy village landscape, the music it lives and dances to, be it the classical raagas or the clouds and the rain. Sarang is also a classical Hindustani raaga that is visualized in the courtship dance of the peacock.

Producer & Director: Dr.Susan Sharma            

Enquiries: Dr.Susan Sharma,

E-mail: susan_sharma@hotmail.com                          

TO CORBETT WITH LOVE- 24min/ 2000

Corbett National Park nestles in the foothills of the Himalayas. It is the first national park of the Indian sub continent and was the launching pad for the region's ambitious conservation plan called 'Project Tiger' in 1974.

The film is exclusively shot in Corbett Park and portrays the park from the viewpoint of a tourist. Corbett's magnificent forests with their rich flora and fauna attract some 48,000 tourists annually, many returning year after year for sightings of tigers, elephants, deer, ghariyals etc. and some 500 odd species of birds. The film looks at the conversion of Jim Corbett, the Nainital- born Britisher , from hunter to protector of wildlife.

The park's employees-rangers, forest guards and mahouts face threats from wild animals and poachers. In the film you can meet Subedar Ali, the mahout who survived a tiger attack , spent a year in hospital and then came back to work in Corbett park as a mahout, taking photographers and tourists for jungle trips.

Producer & Director: Dr.Susan Sharma

Enquiries: Dr.Susan Sharma

E mail: susan_sharma@hotmail.com

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