Miditech’s The Great Indian Witch-Hunt, wins top award
Agencies Posted online: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 at 1422 hours IST
The Great Indian Witch-Hunt, has been declared the winner of ShowReal Asia 2Awards in a recently held event in Singapore on April 29, 2005. Produced by Miditech for The National Geographic Channel, The Great Indian Witch-Hunt won in the 'Best Film' category. ShowReal Asia is a collaboration between National Geographic Channels International and the Economic Development Board. The film will be soon aired globally through National Geographic Channel's network. The award winning documentary is a result of a continuing partnership of Miditech Pvt Ltd with the National Geographic Channel and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).
Written and directed by Rakhi Varma, this one-hour documentary, follows author and journalist Sohaila Kapoor who heads out to the tribal region of Jharkhand in north India to investigate a brutal witch-hunt that has just taken place in this region. Sohaila is eager to uncover the chain of events that led to the witch-hunt. She raises various questions as her investigation lead her into a world of witchcraft and black magic. Are these women really witches...or is there something more sinister stalking this land? Sohaila decides to dig deeper.
