Biswanath Rath
Biswanath Rath is an Indian film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. His films have received Awards and Recognitions in a total of 213 International Film Festivals.[1][2][3][4][5] He is the founder of Production company BnR Films LLP.[6]
Biswanath Rath | |
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Biswanath Rath being honoured at Prabasi Odia Business Summit, Chennai in April 2017 | |
Born | 18 June 1984 |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Film Director, Screenwriter, Editor, producer |
Years active | 2013–present |
Spouse(s) | Archana Rath |
Children | 1 |
His first short film Kar Bhalaa has garnered a total of 42 International Film Festivals nominations and three awards.[7][8][9] His debut music video was Feel the passion.[9][10][11][12][13] It has received 21 International Film Festival nominations. His first ad-film The 'Right' Glass is a social ad-film based on Child Rights, which has garnered two awards and 59 International Film Festival nominations.[7][14] His Tamil Music Video Namma Chennai Chancey Illa, produced by National Daily The Times of India with the theme 'Celebration of Chennai and its culture, was premiered at TourFilm Riga - Tourism Film Festival in 2017.[15] [16] This video is a spiritual successor to Chancey Illa (2014).[17] His English Documentary A Zero to Hero Collaborative Approach, released on World Food Day (2016) received 'Audience Award' at AgriCulture Film Festival held at Rome (Italy) on 9 December 2017.[18][19][20][6][21][22][23][24] This documentary tells the inspirational success story of collaboration between Dangarbheja Gram Panchayat (Nabarangpur) and a Civil Society Organisation named Govindalaya.[25]
His Silent Short Film 'New Champion' received 'Best Films in Indian Panorama' Award at CMS International Children's Film Festival at Lucknow on 9 April 2018.[26]
His latest English Documentary Kotpad Weaving : The Story of a Race Against Time, was telecasted on DD National on 24 March 2018.[27] This documentary explores the uniqueness of Kotpad Handloom, the issues and possible solutions for revival of Kotpad Weaving and Dyeing.[28][29] The film had its Australian Premiere at Sydney on 15 November 2018 as part of a Handloom exhibition titled 'The Kotpad Collection' organised by brand 'Kay Collections' (founded by Kushma Ram).[30] It had its Indian Premiere at Kashmir World Film Festival, Srinagar on 30 November 2018 where it won 'Best Short Documentary' award.[31][32][33][34] The film also features Padma Shri award recipient (2019) Gobardhan Panika. The documentary film has garnered a total of 27 International Film Festivals nominations and two awards.[35] This film is World's first documentary film on Kotpad Handloom.[36]. In June 2020, the film premiered on Amazon Prime US, UK, Canada, Australia and other English-speaking territories of Amazon Prime, making it the first documentary from Odisha to feature on a major global OTT platform.[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
In June 2020, his romantic Odia Music Video 'ବର୍ଷା ଭିଜା ରାତି' ('Barshaa Bhijaa Raati') premiered on an OTT named 'IndieShorts', making it the first Odia Music Video to feature on a National OTT platform.[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53]
In August 2020, his Hindi Music Video 'Woh Bhi Kya Din the Yaar' themed on'friendship' premiered on YouTube on Frienship day. This music video is India's first independently-made crowd-sourced Music Video.[54]
Personal life
Biswanath Rath was born in Jeypore, Odisha to Raghunath Rath and Pramila Rath.[2][8] He is an alumnus of Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Warangal.[55] During 2007-2010, he worked in Maruti Suzuki India Limited after which he moved to Chennai for learning film making.[55] At Chennai, he completed formal courses in Screenwriting and Film Direction and started his film-making career.[55][56]
In 2015, he founded film production company BnR Films LLP with his wife Archana Rath.[6][56]
Awards and recognition from Indian Socio-Cultural Associations
Year | Award | Event Name | Organisation | Location |
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2017 | Adarsh Prabasi Odia | Prabasi Odia Business Summit | Odisha Without Border | Chennai |
2019 | Utkal Shree | Utkal Divas (Odisha Day) | Thane Odia Association | Mumbai |
2019 | Adarsh Prabasi Samman | Raja Mahostav[57] | Kalinga Swaraj Foundation | Pune |
2019 | Bartika Artist Award | Odisha Hastatanta Carnival[58] | Bartika Handlooms | Bhubaneswar |
Filmography
Year | Film | Contribution | Awards/Accolades | Type/Language |
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2013 | Kar Bhalaa | Writer/Lyricist/Director/Producer | (1) Yuva Nirman Short Film Festival, Ahmednagar (2014) - 2nd Best Short Film Award[59][60] (2) Srishti Short Film Festival, Bhubaneswar (2015) - Best Direction Award (3) Delhi Short International Film Festival, Delhi (2013) - Official Selection & Screening (4) 7 Continent Film Festival, Online (2013) - Official Selection & Screening (5) Delhi International Film Festival, Delhi (2013)- Official Selection & Screening [61] (6) Siliguri International Short & Documentary Film Festival, Siliguri (2014) - Official Selection & Screening (7) Script Short International Film Festival, Kochi (2014) - Official Selection & Screening [61] (8) Jaipur International Film Festival, Jaipur (2014) - Official Selection & Screening[61] (9) FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh (2014) - Official Selection & Screening (10) IIT Bombay Film Festival, Mumbai (2014) - Official Selection & Screening (11) Nashik International Film Festival, Nashik (2014) - Official Selection & Screening (12) Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai - Official Selection & Screening (2014)[62] (13) Monsoon Asia Film Festival, Taiwan (2015) - Official Selection & Screening [61] (14) Visionaria Film Festival, Italy (2015) - Official Selection & Screening (15) Goldensun Short Film Festival, Italy (2016) - Official Selection & Screening [61][63] (16) Wiper Film Festival, New York (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (17) Ozark Shorts Film Festival, USA (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (18) Creative International Open Film Festival, Bangladesh (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (19) CMS International Children's Film Festival, Lucknow (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (20) Cine Phone Film Festival, Spain (2016)- Official Selection & Screening (21) Nassau Film Festival, New Jersey (2016) - Only short film from India to get screened (22) Second Asia International Youth Short-Film Exhibition, Beijing (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (23) Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth, New Delhi (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (24) Roselle Park Loves Shorts Film Festival, New Jersey (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (25) Indie Wise International Film Festival, Florida (2017) Official Selection & Screening (26) PIPA Film Festival, Brazil (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (27) Children's International Film Festival, North Carolina (2017) - Semi-Finalist & Screening (28) Global Short Film Awards, New York (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (29) Caribbean Film Festival & Market, USA (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (30) Ahuja International Film Festival, Nigeria (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (31) Cardiff International Film Festival, UK (2017) - Official Selection & Screening [2][3][4] (32) Shortfundly ShortFilm of the Month October 2017 - Award & Screening (33) Best of India Short Film Festival, USA (2018) - Semi-Finalist (34) China Microfilm Micro-Video, Beijing (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (35) Grand IndieWise Convention, Florida (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (36) San Mauro Film Festival, Italy (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (37) Marin County International Festival of Short Film & Video, California (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (38) Flicks Fiesta 2018, Malaysia (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (39) ShortFundly Online Film Festival (2017) - Winner of Short Film of the Month Award-Oct 2017 (40) Inshort Film Festival, Nigeria (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (41) Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards, Mumbai (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (42) MoziMotion International Film Festival, Netherlands (2019) - Official Selection & Screening | Short Film (Hindi-Tamil) |
2014 | The Invincible Code | Writer/Editor/Director/Producer | (1) Indie Wise International Film Festival, Florida (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (2) Geo Film Festival & Expo Cinema, Padova (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (3) Miami Epic Festival, Florida (2017) - Semi-Finalist & Screening (4) Cefalu Film Festival, Italy (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (5) San Mauro Film Festival, Italy (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (6) Inshort Film Festival, Nigeria (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (7) MoziMotion International Film Festival, Netherlands (2019) - Official Selection & Screening | Short Film (Hindi) |
2015 | The 'Right' Glass | Writer/Editor/Director/Producer | (1) Srishti Short Film Festival, Bhubaneswar (2015) - 'Best Fiction Award'[64] (2) Kallola Short Film Festival, Bhubaneswar (2015) - 'Children Choice Award' [14][8][65][66][67] (3) FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh (2015) - Official Selection & Screening (4) Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai (2015) - Official Selection & Screening[61][68] (5) Development Film Festival, Madurai (2015) - Official Selection & Screening (6) Kolkata International Film Festival, Kolkata (2015) - Official Selection & Screening (7) BlackBird International Film Festival, New York (2015) - Official Selection & Screening (8) Afghanistan Human Rights International Film Festival, Kabul (2015)- Official Selection & Screening [69] (9) Goldensun Short Film Festival, Italy (2016) - Official Selection & Screening [70] (10) iPhone Film Festival, California (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (11) Ozak Shorts Film Festival, USA (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (12) Visionaria Film Festival, Italy (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (13)FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh (2016)- Official Selection & Screening (14) CMS Children's International Film Festival, Lucknow (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (15) River Film Festival, Italy (2016)- Official Selection & Screening (16) Samawa Cinema, Iraq (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (17) Bradford Small World Film Festival, UK (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (18) Parachute Light Zero Act III International Film Festival, Paris (2016)- Official Selection & Screening [71][72][73][69] (19) Creative International Open Film Festival, Bangladesh (2016) - Semi-Finalist (20) Sciuridae International Film Festival, USA (2016)- Official Selection & Screening (21) Phoenix Film Festival, Melbourne (2016)- Official Selection & Screening (22) Minutnik Film Festival, Europe (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (23) Mister Vorky Film Festival, Europe (2016)- Official Selection & Screening (24) RATMA International Film Festival, UK (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (25) KISAKES Short Film Festival, Turkey (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (26) Roselle Park Loves Shorts Film Festival, New Jersey (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (27) Minute Mania Online Short Film Festival, Kolkata (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (28) FerFilm International Film Festival, Europe (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (29) Second Asia International Youth Short-Film Exhibition, Beijing (2016)- Official Selection & Screening (30) Marano Ragazzi Spot Festival, Italy (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (31) Wular Lake International Short Film Festival, Srinagar (2016)- Semi-Finalist (32) PIPA Film Festival, Brazil (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (33) Indie Wise International Film Festival, Florida (2017)- Official Selection & Screening (34) PickUrFlick Indie Film Festival, Bengaluru (2017)- Official Selection & Screening (35) Caribbean Film Festival & Market, USA (2017)- Semi-Finalist & Screening (36) Breaking Waves Film Festival, Canada (2017)- Semi-Finalist & Screening [74][75] (37) Echo Film Festival, Moscow (2017)- Official Selection & Screening [76] (38) Miami Epic Festival, Florida (2017) - Semi-Finalist & Screening (39) Geo Film Festival & Expo Cinema, Padova (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (40) Cardiff International Film Festival, UK (2017)- Official Selection & Screening[2][4] (41) National Film Festival on Art & Artist, Bhubaneswar (2017)- Official Selection & Screening (42) CortoKino Global Film Festival, Mumbai (2017)- Official Selection & Screening (43) Best Seconds Video Competition, Switzerland (2018)- Official Selection in 'Good Cause' category & Screening (44) Cefalu Film Festival, Italy (2018)- Official Selection & Screening (45) ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival: La Esperanza, California (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (46) China Microfilm Micro-Video, Beijing (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (47) IndustryBOOST Competition, Florida (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (48) San Mauro Film Festival, Italy (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (49) Marin County International Festival of Short Film & Video, California (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (50) Parrot National Films Festival, Bihar (2018) - Official Selection & Screening[77] (51) Inshort Film Festival, Nigeria (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (52) MoziMotion International Film Festival, Netherlands (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (53) LAMPA International Film Festival of socially oriented short films, videos and social advertising, Russia (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (54) Festival de Cortometrajes "Jose Francisco Rosado" PACAS, Spain (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (55) International Open Film Festival (IOFF), New York (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (56) StarBest Film Festival, Melbourne (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (57) Celebrate Mooroolbark Festival, Melbourne (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (58) Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival, Mumbai (2020) - Official Selection & Screening (59) Golden Bee International Children's Film Festival, New Delhi (2020) - Official Selection & Screening | Social Ad-Film (Silent) |
2015 | Feel The Passion[78] | Writer/Director | (1) BlackBird International Film Festival, New York (2015) - Official Selection & Screening (2) Apex Short Film + Music Video Festival, USA (2016 )- Official Selection & Screening (3) Colossus Film Festival, Greece (2016) - Official Selection & Screening [79] (4) Creative International Open Film Festival, Bangladesh (2016) - Semi-Finalist & Screening (5) KVAERNER Film Festival, Croatia (2016)- Official Selection & Screening (6) I Filmmaker International Film Festival, Spain (2016)- Special Mention (7) PIPA Film Festival, Brazil (2017)- Official Selection & Screening (8) Indie Wise International Film Festival, Florida (2017)-Official Selection & Screening (9) Global Short Film Festival, New York (2017)-Official Selection & Screening (10) FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (11) Miami Epic Festival, Florida (2017) - Semi-Finalist & Screening (12) Caribbean Film Festival & Market, USA (2017)- Semi-Finalist & Screening (13) International Ayuryog Film Festival, Ghaziabad (2018)-Official Selection & Screening (14) Cefalu Film Festival, Italy (2016)- Official Selection & Screening (15) IndustryBOOST Competition, Florida (2016) - Official Selection & Screening (16) San Mauro Film Festival, Italy (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (17) My Mumbai International Short Film Festival, Mumbai (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (18) Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards, Mumbai (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (19) Music Shorts Film Festival, Missoula-USA (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (20) MoziMotion International Film Festival, Netherlands (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (21) Aasha International Film Festival, Nashik (2019) - Official Selection & Screening | Music Video (English) |
2016 | New Champion | Writer/Editor/Director/Producer | (1) Live Your Moment Contest by 48 HFP, Mumbai (2016) - Top 30 Best Ad-films & Screening (2) Frames Film Festival, Mumbai (2017)- Official Selection & Screening (3) Breaking Waves Film Festival, Canada (2017) - Semi-Finalist & Screening[74][75] (4) Miami Epic Festival, Florida (2017) - Semi-Finalist & Screening (5) Best Seconds Video Competition, Switzerland (2018)- Official Selection in 'Known Brand' Category & Screening (6) CMS International Children's Film Festival, Lucknow (2018)- 'Best films in Indian Panorama' Award & Screening[80] (7) Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards, Mumbai (2019) - Official Selection & Screening | Short Film (Hindi) |
2016 | A Zero To Hero Collaborative Approach | Writer/Editor/Director/Producer | (1) AgriCulture Film Festival, Rome (2017) - Screening & 'Audience Award' [81][82][23][83] (2) Cardiff International Film Festival, UK (2017) - Official Selection & Screening[2][4] (3) Geo Film Festival & Expo Cinema, Padova (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (4) G2 Green Earth Film Festival, Los Angeles (2017) - Semi-Finalist & Screening (5) Caribbean Film Festival & Market, USA (2017)- Semi-Finalist & Screening (6) Stories Lived Non-Fiction Film Contest, Florida (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (7) IndieWise Film Festival, Florida (2017) - Official Selection & Screening (8) San Mauro Film Festival, Italy (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (9) Marin County International Festival of Short Film & Video, California (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (10) Inshort Film Festival, Nigeria (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (11) Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards, Mumbai (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (12) MoziMotion International Film Festival, Netherlands (2019) - Official Selection & Screening | Documentary (English) |
2017 | Uncut Hyderabad[84][85] | Writer/Producer | (1) Baja Web Fest, Mexico (2017) - Official Selection & Screening [86] (2) Caribbean Film Festival & Market, USA (2017)- Semi-Finalist & Screening (3) International Tourism Film Festival "Tourfilm Riga", Latvia (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (4) Culture of Life Film Festival (Live and Online), Memphis, USA (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (5) MoziMotion International Film Festival, Netherlands (2019) - Official Selection & Screening | Documentary (Hindi) |
2017 | Namma Chennai Chancey illa | Writer/Director | (1) 'Tourfilm Riga' - International Tourism Film Festival, Europe (2017) - World Premiere[16][15] (2) Caribbean Film Festival & Market, USA (2017)- Semi-Finalist & Screening (3) Cardiff International Film Festival, UK (2017) - Official Selection & Screening[2][4] (4) Cefalu Film Festival, Italy (2018)- Official Selection & Screening (5) San Mauro Film Festival, Italy (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (6) My Mumbai International Short Film Festival, Mumbai (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (7) Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards, Mumbai (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (8) Music Shorts Film Festival, Missoula-USA (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (9) MoziMotion International Film Festival, Netherlands (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (10) Aasha International Film Festival, Nashik (2019) - Official Selection & Screening | Music Video (Tamil) |
2018 | Kotpad Weaving : The Story of a Race Against Time | Research, Script & Direction | (1) Marin County International Festival of Short Film & Video, California (2018) - World Premiere[87] (2) ZAGREB TOURFILM FESTIVAL, Croatia (2018) - European Premiere[87] (3) Metro Film & TV Awards, USA (2018) - 'Award of Excellence' & Screening[88] [89] (4) Kashmir World Film Festival, Srinagar (2018) - Screening & Best Short Documentary Award[90][91][92][93][94][95] (5) The Kotpad Collection (Exhibition by Kay Collections), Sydney (2018) - Australian Premiere[96][97][98] (6) Smita Patil International Film Festival, Pune (2018) - Official Selection & Screening[99] (7) Inshort Film Festival, Nigeria (2018) - Official Selection & Screening (8) Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards, Mumbai (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (9) Asian College of Journalism(2019) - Educational Screening (10) Screening of Award-winning Docs, Pune (2019)- Official Selection & Screening (11) Screening of Award-winning Docs at 'Ama Utkarsha Odisha'(2019)- Official Selection & Screening[100][101][102][103][104][105][106] (12) South Asian Short Film Festival, Kolkata(2019)- Official Selection & Screening[107] (13) Educational Screening at Salisbury Public Library, Massachusetts (USA) for 'The North of Boston Weavers Guild' (2019) (14) Ambacht in Beeld (Craft in Focus) Film Festival, Amsterdam (2019)- Dutch Premiere[108] (15) Habitat Film Festival, New Delhi (2019)- Official Selection & Screening (16) Educational Screening at Motivational Film Show by Govindalaya, Nabarangpur (2019)-Odisha Premiere [109] |
Documentary (English) |
2018 | Zero to One | Script & Direction | (1) MoziMotion International Film Festival, Netherlands (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (2) Aasha International Film Festival, Nashik (2019) - Official Selection & Screening | Documentary (English) |
2018 | The Viral Film | Story, Script, Editing & Sound Mixing | (1) African International SmartPhone Film Festival, Nigeria (2018) - World Premiere (2) MoziMotion International Film Festival, Netherlands (2019) - Official Selection & Screening | Short Film (English) |
2018 | ଶତ ପ୍ରତିଶତ Original (100% Original) : Episode 1 - ଆମ ଓଡିଆ ସିନିମା[121][122] | Story, Script, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Mixing & Direction | (1) The Lift-Off Sessions (International Film Festival), UK (2019) - World Premiere (2) Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards, Mumbai (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (3) Vagdevi Lit Fest, Bhubaneswar (2019) - Official Selection & Screening (4) Aasha International Film Festival, Nashik (2019) - Official Selection & Screening | Comedy Short Film (Odia) |
2019 | WAR : Rescue. Release. Repeat [123][124][125] | Research, Script, Cinematography, Editing & Direction | (1) Talents International Film Festival, USA (2018) - World Premiere (for Trailer) (2) The Lift-Off Sessions (International Film Festival), UK (2020) - World Premiere (of series)[126] (3) Kosice International Monthly Film Festival, Slovakia (2020) - Official Selection & Screening of Trailer (4) Prague International Monthly Film Festival, Prague (2020) - Official Selection & Screening of Trailer | Documentary Web Series (Odia) |
2019 | Desh Dosti Etc[127][128][129][130][131] | Story, Script, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Mixing & Direction | (1) The Lift-Off Sessions (International Film Festival), UK (2019) - World Premiere | Short Film (Hindi) |
2019 | Subharambha | Publicity Partner [132][133][134][135][136][137][138] | (1) Great Message International Film Festival, Pune (2019) - Best Theme Award[139][140] (2) Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival, Mumbai (2019) - Best Music Video Award[141] | Music Video (Odia) |
2019 | Pehle Ungli | Story, Script, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Mixing & Direction | Social Ad-Film (Hindi) | |
2019 | ବର୍ଷା ଭିଜା ରାତି (Barshaa Bhijaa Raati) | Script, Animation, Sound Effects & Direction [142][143][144] | (1) The Lift-Off Sessions (International Film Festival), UK (2019) - World Premiere[145][146][147][148] | Music Video (Odia) |
2020 | Corona Warriors[149][150] | Concept, Research, Editing, Sound Mixing & Direction | Social Talk Show (Hindi) | |
2020 | Ravaiyaa[151][152][153][154] | Story, Script, Lyrics & Direction | (1) Shorted Short Film Nominee (2020) - Official Selection & Screening (2) The Lift-Off Sessions (International Film Festival), UK (2020) - World Festival Premiere (3) Essex DocFest, UK (2020) - Official Selection & Screening | Short Film (Hindi) |
2020 | India Jeetega | Lyrics & Direction | (1) Shorted Short Film Nominee (2020) - Official Selection & Screening (2) The Lift-Off Sessions (International Film Festival), UK (2020) - World Festival Premiere (3) Essex DocFest, UK (2020) - Official Selection & Screening | Music Video (Hindi) |
2020 | Woh Bhi Kya Din the Yaar[155][156][157][158][159] | Visual Concept, Direction & Production | (1) The Lift-Off Sessions (International Film Festival), UK (2020) - World Festival Premiere | Music Video (Hindi) |
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