Pinki smiles at Oscars
It is yet another day at Rampur Dibai village in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. There is the usual drone of tractors working in the fields, the barking of stray dogs and the bustle of a windy morning in the tiny hamlet.
Suddenly crews of various news television channels begin to converge at the home of Rajendra Sonkar in the village.
Sonkar and his daughter Pinki are away in Los Angeles, where a 39 minute documentary Smile Pinki, made by filmmaker Megan Mylan, won the best documentary.
Pinki’s mother Nirmala Devi, aka Shimla Devi, is looking befuddled. “How does it feel to win the Oscar?” asks a TV reporter. She replies: “Jeetne par to achcha hi laga.”
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Suddenly crews of various news television channels begin to converge at the home of Rajendra Sonkar in the village.
Sonkar and his daughter Pinki are away in Los Angeles, where a 39 minute documentary Smile Pinki, made by filmmaker Megan Mylan, won the best documentary.
Pinki’s mother Nirmala Devi, aka Shimla Devi, is looking befuddled. “How does it feel to win the Oscar?” asks a TV reporter. She replies: “Jeetne par to achcha hi laga.”
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://dc-epaper.com
Labels: 39 minute documentary Smile Pinki, best documentary, daughter’s cleft li, Mirzapur district, Oscar, Oscar winners, Rajendra Sonkar, Rampur Dibai village, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi
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