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Maharajin

In a religion (Hinduism) where women are forbidden from entering the cremations grounds , Gulab Maharajin performed Cremations for over more than 60 years at Rasoolabad Ghat, Allahabad. This Film introduces her life through the eyes of poets, thinkers, priests and her own son. How the idea of a lady being a cremator has changed their perspectives towards death, life and religion.

  • Darpan Bajaj
    Director
  • Moksh Krishnan
    Producer
  • Moksh Krishnan
    Cinematographer
  • Achintya Malviya
    Assistant Director
  • Arun Kumar Sharma
    Assistant Cinematographer
  • Darpan Bajaj
    Background Score
  • Darpan Bajaj
    Editor
  • Darpan Bajaj
    Writer
    Co-Producer
  • Moksh Krishnan
    Key Cast
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes 36 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 22, 2017
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Hindi
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.00:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • 6th Delhi shorts international film festival
    New Delhi
    India
    November 30, 2017
    Best Documentary Jury (Student Category)
  • 5th Woodpecker international film festival 2017
    New Delhi
    India
    November 11, 2017
    Best film (Gender)
  • 6th Smita Patil Documentary and Short film festival 2017
    Pune
    India
    December 10, 2017
    Best Director (Documentary)
  • Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
    Calcutta
    India
    Best Documentary
  • Chambal International Film Festival 2018
    Kota
    India
    March 11, 2018
    Best Director (professional) Documentary
Director Biography - Darpan Bajaj

An ambiguous storyteller foreseeing the Vivid visuals of life, humans and pondering upon the sensile relations which is thriving with every generation. An UX designer by profession with a Post Graduation from Department of design, IIT Guwahati entered film-making with a fiction movie 'Girah' - based on rooted intimations of human life and situations. The profound quest of the year old sacraments and services lead him to his next story 'Maharajin' A documentary based on the wrangling truth about women and the age old ritual in the cremation ground.

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