DREAMING TAJ MAHAL
51.14 mins, dv-cam, 2010
SYNOPSIS:
Haidar, a taxi driver, dreams of visiting India to see the Taj Mahal. The only problem is that he lives in Pakistan! Why is Haidar's dream so impossible to achieve? Is it six decades of suspicion and hostility between the two nuclear powers that make the Indian government see him as a potential spy or a terrorist? Is it because he is Muslim? Or because he is a common man who has no strings to pull? To see how Haidar's dream can be given a voice, and what it means for all of us, I travel from India to Pakistan.
Telecast on NDTV
AWARDS:
National Film Award 2012, Best Promotional Film for promoting love and peace across hostile borders
Silver Conch, International Competition, MIFF 2012
FESTIVALS:
Mumbai International Festival for Documentary, Short & Animation Films (MIFF), 2012
IFFI, Indian Panorama 2012
SIGNS, Trivandrum, Kerala, 2011
Worldfilm 2011 – Tartu Festival of Visual Culture, 2011
Tiburon International Film Festival, 2011
Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival, 2011
Bollywood and Beyond, Stuttgart, Germany, 2011
River to River, Florence, 2011
Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival, 2010
PRESS REVIEWS:
http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Driving-a-dream/article15457058.ece
http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/historical-boundaries/1113196/
https://www.dawn.com/news/1017057
LINK TO THE FILM:
TRAILER:
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/476611262/f44bf6b01e