Meera Dewan


Meera Dewan is a social-issue documentary filmmaker based in New Delhi, India.

Meera Dewan
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
OccupationFilmmaker

Career

Her first documentary, "Gift of Love", was an anti-dowry film for Films Division of India.[1] Since then she has filmed documentaries in South Asia, Vietnam, Germany and Canada. Her films have won over 21 international and national awards, including at the Reina Film Festival, Okomedia Film Festival, International Film Festival of India, Festival de films du femmes, Oberhausen Film Festival, Leipzig Film Festival and the Mumbai International Film Festival. She has been on the juries of the Leipzig, Okomedia, Oberhausen, Freiberg, Indian Panorama and National Film Festivals.[2]

Dewan (left) at IFFI 2012

She has produced and directed over 70 documentary films.[3] Her latest films include “In his Inner Voice: Kuldip Nayar”, a biography of South Asia’s beloved chronicler journalist Kuldip Nayar (link below) for Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The film features Gulzar, Arpana Caur, Noor Zaheer, Deepmala Mohan and other artists.[4]

Another documentary premiered in 2017 made by Meera Dewan for PSBT is “DHUN MEIN DHYAN: Meditations in Music in the Guru Grath Sahib” underlining the multi-faith aspects of the Guru Granth Sahib. The film has shabads or verses sung by renowned Sufi singer Hans Raj Hans, 13th generation Keertaniya Bhai Kultar Singh, thumri singer Vidya Rao and paintings by internationally known artist Arpana Caur.[5][6][7][8]

Her ongoing work includes a series of films in Punjab, including the widely screened film on the langar tradition of food sharing, “GUR PRASAD: The Grace of Food”. [9]

Meera curates films. As a guest curator for International Film Festival of India, IFFI, Goa, she conceptualized and curated SOUL OF ASIA, a popular film section that explores diverse aspects of Faith, in theory and practice. The films raise ethical and existential — and sometimes political — questions.[10][11][12][13]

She guest-curated a retrospective of the films of writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala titled “Three Continents” to celebrate the work and life of the writer.[14][15]

Meera is passionate about working on issues relating to eliminating hunger for which she has launched media campaigns, including for Oxfam.[16][17][18]

Occasionally, Meera writes for national newspapers, one of the article being: ′The divine principles of sharing resources, hunger, justice in immigration.[19][20][21]

References
  1. http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm27.shtml Archived 2016-05-18 at the Wayback Machine, Women Make Movies, Retrieved June 17, 2015
  2. http://www.psbt.org/directors/73 Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine, Public Service Broadcasting Trust, Retrieved June 17, 2015
  3. Rana, Yudhvir; 2013; Ist, 19:10. "Meera Dewan presents first copy of new production piece / Chandigarh News - Times of India". The Times of India. India: The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2020-01-14.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Such a Long Journey". September 20, 2017. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  5. Parsai, Gargi (September 18, 2017). "Contemporary and relevant". Archived from the original on November 27, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via www.thehindu.com.
  6. "The Ultimate Teaching". www.speakingtree.in. Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  7. "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com.
  8. "a-tribute-to-the-poets-of-the-guru-granth-sahib".
  9. Mander, Harsh (May 18, 2013). "The joy of giving". Archived from the original on August 12, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via www.thehindu.com.
  10. Mander, By Harsh (November 30, 2013). "Interrogating faith". Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via www.thehindu.com.
  11. "Images from IFFI - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
  12. "NEW DAWN, NEW DAY". www.speakingtree.in.
  13. "Film maker must take Cinema to highest level of communication: Muzaffar Ali". www.indiainfoline.com.
  14. "The Artist: A retrospective celebrates the genius of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala". December 17, 2014. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  15. "Ruth Jhabvala was an unusual author-screenplay writer". Hindustan Times. January 17, 2015.
  16. "Artists unite to fight against hunger". www.sunday-guardian.com.
  17. http://archive.asianage.com/life-and-style/city-unites-create-hunger-free-world-
  18. "Award winning documentary filmmaker, Meera Dewan has launched a multi-media and action project "ANNA-AAJ: Food now". She intends collaborating with volunteers and professionals who care about fighting hunger across the world, to join in. Meera's first film, "Gift of love" had won 11 international awards at leading film festivals. Her latest, "Traveling light", is a documentary tracing the life of Canadian MP Ujjal Dosanjh. - Times of India". The Times of India. India: The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  19. "Karma On A Platter". www.speakingtree.in.
  20. "Give Away One-Tenth". www.speakingtree.in.
  21. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Opinions". www.tribuneindia.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
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