Private Project

Ruuposh

Ruuposh is an idiosyncratic documentary that features Ruksana Begum- her late father Mehboob Khan and her son- Mohd Fehmeed, who belong to a Muslim minority family of India 2021. The documentary follows a personal narrative of how Mehboob Khan stayed back in India at the time of partition while his entire extended family moved to Pakistan. Ever since, there had been an on and off contact with the relatives in Pakistan which completely ceased off a few decades ago. And while, the younger generation wants to establish contact with the parted relatives- does the political circumstances of the two countries allow the possibility and sustenance of any friendly relationship? The documentary is a larger comment on the current political state of India- it talks about the growing intolerance and the biased relationship the country continues to have with its separated neighbor even after years of independence.

  • Mohd Fehmeed
    Director
  • Zeeshan Amir Khan
    Director
  • Al Ameen
    Cinematographer
  • Mohd Althaf
    Cinematographer
  • Zeeshan Amir Khan
    Editor
  • Mohd Fehmeed
    Research
  • Aqdas Sami
    Research
  • Aqsa Aleem
    Narrative
  • S. M. Rashid Faraaz Fakhri
    Art Direction
  • Aqdas Sami
    Sound Recording
  • Aqdas Sami
    Sound Design
  • Aqdas Sami
    Production Manager
  • S. M. Rashid Faraaz Fakhri
    Production Manager
  • Amit Pandey
    Production Assistant
  • Viraj Sikand
    Poster Design
  • Sayed Inseramul Haque
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student, Television
  • Runtime:
    32 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 11, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Hindi, Urdu
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Jamia Millia Islamia
  • Indian Film Festival of Alberta Canada
    Alberta
    Canada
    September 12, 2021
    Official selection
  • Mumbai Indie-Film Festival
    Mumbai, Maharastra
    India
    August 31, 2021
    Official selection
  • Madras Independent Film Festival
    chennai
    India
    July 18, 2021
    Indian premier
    Honourable mention
  • Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal
    India
    August 3, 2021
    Outstanding Achievement award
  • Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
    Kolkata, West Bengal
    India
    August 16, 2021
    Outstanding Achievement award
  • Rameshwaram International Film Festival
    Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu
    India
    August 20, 2021
    Winner
  • Uruvatti International Film Festival
    Saligramam, Tamil Nadu
    India
    August 9, 2021
    Winner Special Jury Award
  • Lift-Off Online Sessions
    Buckinghamshire
    United Kingdom
    May 17, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Noble International Film Festival And Awards
    Bengaluru, Karnataka
    India
    September 1, 2021
    Karnataka Premier
    Official Selection
  • Film Southasia
    Kathmandu
    Nepal
    April 21, 2022
    Nepal Premier
    Official Selection
  • International Cultural Artifact Film Festival
    Pune
    India
    April 1, 2022
  • 16th International Short & Independent Film Festival, Dhaka
    Dhaka
    Bangladesh
    Bangladesh Premier
  • Nepal International Film Festival 22
    Kathmandu
    Nepal
    April 2, 2022
  • 10th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2022
    Chennai
    India
    March 22, 2022
  • Kolkata People's Film Festival
    Kolkata
    India
  • 6th Jaipur Film World
    Jaipur
    India
  • 13 International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
    Trivendrum
    India
    December 11, 2021
    Kerala Premier
    Second in Short Film category
Director Biography - Mohd Fehmeed, Zeeshan Amir Khan

Mohd Fehmeed is a film school graduate from AJK - MCRC Jamia Millia Islamia, Theatre Worker and New Media Enthusiast capturing stories from rural India about dreams, aspirations and hurdles. He wants to create awareness and impact through my films for the issues of poverty, gender inequality, minority rights and loss of culture & heritage. He has a great interest in exploring emerging storytelling techniques like Virtual reality, interactive film making and transmedia storytelling and hope to raise important issues through it.

Zeeshan Amir Khan is a theatre practitioner and storyteller by heart. He has completed his masters from AJK-MCRC Jamia Millia Islamia in Mass Communications and now working as a freelance filmmaker and multimedia producer for some of the leading digital media companies. His interest lies in making cinema that corresponds to real stories and most humane issues around identity, gender and politics.

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Director Statement

Stories are the essence of civilization. I am out there to tell the stories of past, present and future.