
Documentaries
I BELIEVE I CAN FLY
Director: Ruzbeh N. Bharucha
Producer: Sainathann Communications
Genre: Documentary
Produced In: 2004
Story Teller’s Country: India
Tags: Asia, Education, India
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In 2004, Ruzbeh scripted and directed a documentary called ‘I Believe I Can Fly’. The documentary gives a glimpse of the life of mothers and their children in Indian prisons. The twenty minute documentary has been screened in Singapore, Sri Lanka, India and in the USA. The documentary gives a glimpse about life of mothers and their children in Indian prisons. The twenty-minute documentary has been screened in Singapore, Sri Lanka, India and the USA.
It was screened at the ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL PUNE in December 2011.
I believe I can fly, is a documentary on mother and child in Indian Prisons; mainly focusing on children in Indian prisons. In India, a mother can keep her child in prison, till the child is six years old. All laws applicable to the mother is automatically applicable to the child.
The film shows life in and outside prison; how a simple play school can transform life and the miracle and wonders of rehabilitation in good schools and it ends with the heartwarming scene of children entering the prison to meet their mothers.
I believe I can fly, is showcased as part of Ruzbeh N. Bharucha’s book, Shadows in Cages. It has been screened in various countries and never fails to evoke a sense of compassion at the end of the film.
YAMUNA GENTLY WEEPS
Director: Ruzbeh N. Bharucha
Producer: Sainathann Communications
Genre: Documentary
Produced In: 2006
Story Teller’s Country: India
Tags: Asia, Environment, India
This 7 minute video is a synopsis of the documentary “Yamuna Gently Weeps“. It is the story of the demolition of the Yumana Pushta community in New Delhi, India, in early 2004..
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In 2006, His documentary, Yamuna Gently Weeps, a film on the demolition of one of the biggest slums in the world, the Yamuna Pushta, has been invited for screening at various international human rights film festivals. This book which came along with a documentary is the only living record of the demolition and has been discussed and screened in various universities all over the globe.
It was screened at the ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL PUNE in December 2011.
Yamuna Pushta in Delhi was one of the oldest and largest slums in India. In reality, a chain of 22 small slums, located on a three-kilometer stretch along the Yamuna River, the settlement was home to 40,000 families, which housed more than 1,50,000 people and was in existence for decades. In early 2004, in a matter of weeks, 40,000 homes were demolished, without any rehabilitation plan and the past, present, future of 1,50,000 people were bulldozed to the ground. Barely 20 percent of those displaced were allotted plots, on a barren piece of land forty kilometres away from civilization. The remaining 80 percent were forced to take refuge on the streets along with their salvaged belongings, until they found some way out of their miserable plight. The film takes the reader into the lives of those poor families, whose homes and future were brutally razed to the ground and through interviews with slum dwellers and politicians and interviews with eminent town planners, environmentalists and activists, showcases his point of view. The director, also through the eyes of those who lost it all, tells a heartrending tale of tears, courage, determination and most importantly, brings to light, the hollowness of the system and all that, which was once was held, sacred and beyond reproach. 40,000 homes were destroyed, displacing 120,000 people. Also destroyed were schools, businesses, and social service organizations which served the poor.
SEHAT...WINGS OF FREEDOM
Director: Ruzbeh N. Bharucha
Producer: United Nations, IVF
Genre: Documentary
Produced In: 2007
Story Teller’s Country: India
Tags: Asia, Health, India
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In August 2008, his documentary on AIDS and HIV in the Tihar Prison, Sehat…Wings Of Freedom, sponsored by the United Nations, was selected and screened for The XVII International AIDS Conference, in Mexico. The SEHAT Project, a peer-led health education project, aims to promote positive health behaviour with a focus on HIV prevention among prisoners in India. It was initiated in the yearw 2005 at two prison sites in India, namely Tihar Prisons, New Delhi and Amritsar Central Prison. This documentary traces the difference the project has made in the lives of the peer leaders.
It was screened at the ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL PUNE in December 2011.
The SEHAT Project, a peer-led health education project, aims to promote positive health behavior with a focus on HIV prevention among prisoners in India. It was initiated in the year 2005 at two prison sites in India, namely Tihar Prisons, New Delhi and Amritsar Central Prison.
This documentary traces the difference the project has made in the lives of the peer leaders.
I BELIEVE I CAN FLY

Director: Ruzbeh N. Bharucha
Producer: Sainathann Communications
Genre: Documentary
Produced In: 2004
Story Teller’s Country: India
Tags: Asia, Education, India
YAMUNA GENTLY WEEPS

Director: Ruzbeh N. Bharucha
Producer: Sainathann Communications
Genre: Documentary
Produced In: 2006
Story Teller’s Country: India
Tags: Asia, Environment, India
SEHAT...WINGS OF FREEDOM

Director: Ruzbeh N. Bharucha
Producer: United Nations, IVF
Genre: Documentary
Produced In: 2007
Story Teller’s Country: India
Tags: Asia, Health, India