THE HOLY WIVES
The film brings out the lives of three different communities who have been victimized in the name of caste based sexual exploitation in India through stories of their life,struggle and their dreams of a dignified life of their children.
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RITESH SHARMADirector
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SABERI KNAKONProducerCHETAN
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:1 hour 15 minutes 56 seconds
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Completion Date:February 10, 2010
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Production Budget:15,000 USD
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Country of Origin:India
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Country of Filming:India
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Language:English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu
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Shooting Format:HDV
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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VIENNA INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
Ritesh Sharma was born in 1984 in Uttar Pradesh. He graduated in Commerce from Delhi University, and then received a diploma in Film Direction from Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi in 2006.He has been associated with theatre for the last ten years. He is a Delhi based activist, who involved in several video productions since 2006. He has directed documentary films on various social issues and worked with different production houses in India. He is also the founder of an N.G.O. Ahwaan Foundation, working on the issue of “Child Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children”. “The Holy Wives” is his first independent full length documentary film as a Director.