“Riwayat”
is an upcoming Hindi feature film that handles the disturbing issue of female
foeticide and infanticide. It is produced by two internationally renowned
Indian doctors in Australia. Film is based on real facts, that is about 100
million baby girls are missing from this world since 1984 - 40 million from
India alone. They were killed only
for being girls and not boys who are favoured by traditions. The practice of
female foeticide is still rampant judging by the falling female to male baby
ratio in India. The issue has been
called as a matter of national shame. Just a few years ago Millennium Star Mr.
Amitabh Bachchan expressed his feelings in an event, where he said ‘how we can
congratulate ourselves as a superstar nation when we loose millions of female
infants to foeticide’. Recently, even Super Star Aamir Khan brought this issue
in light in the very first episode of his mega talk show ‘Satyamev Jayate’.
Film
“Riwayat” handles the issue of female foeticide and infanticide in an artistic
and sensitive manner. It does not exploit the issue just for the sake of being
sensational. It simply portrays the emotional journey of three ladies from
different walks of life, after facing this issue. Dr Sanjay Patole, is the
writer, producer and creative director of “Riwayat”, is an internationally
renowned Professor of neonatology at the University of Western Australia.
Coproducer Dr Ajay Rane is the
founding Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at James Cook University, Queensland,
Australia. Professor Ajay Rane and
Prof Sanjay Patole are both motivated to preserve life one as an obstetrician and
the other as a neonatologist. This film has achieved worldwide recognition by
winning 5 awards and 12 nominations in 12 international film festivals – an
outstanding achievement for an unusual commercial film that handles a serious
social issue while still retaining all the colour, songs, and dances of
Bollywood films.
Film
“Riwayat” is directed by well known Marathi and Hindi actor director Vijay
Patkar. The powerful dialogues are by Imtiyaz Hussein. The melodious music is by
Sushil Lalji. Songs are rendered by stalwart singers Shaan, Kailash Kher,
Shreya Ghoshal, and the legendary Jagjit Singh and lyrics are by Sudhakar
Sharma and Nusrat Badr. Cinematography is by Suresh Suvarna, art by Yunus
Pathan, sound Shrikant Kamble, and editing by Dinesh Mengade.
Film
“Riwayat” stars Sampika, Khalid Siddique, Salil Ankola, Achint Kaur, Sourabh
Dubey, Aditya Lakhia, Narendra Jha, Rajendra Gupta, Mangal Kenkre, Gauri
Kulkarni, Major Vikram, Rakhi Mishra, Tanya Tiwari & Sayaji Shinde in main
roles with Kammal Adiib, Jaiwant
Wadkar, Jairaj Nair, Milind Joshi, Alpa
Joshi & Milind Yashod in the supporting cast.
Film "Riwayat"s music is with Filmi Box.
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