Kaya Taran
''Kaya Taran'' (English title: ''Chrysalis'') is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language directed by Sashi Kumar with Angad Bedi, Seema Biswas, Neelambari Bhattacharya and Neeta Mohindra in the lead roles. The film, based on the Malayalam short story '' When Big Tree Falls'' by N. S. Madhavan, is set against the backdrop of 2002 Gujarat riots against Muslims and 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The film won the ''Aravindan Puraskaram'', given to the best debut film-maker, for 2004, for its "deft handling of a theme of contemporary relevance through sensitive imageries, carefully orchestrated sound design and finely etched characters." Two prominent journalists who covered the '84 riots, Rahul Bedi and Joseph Maliakan, played themselves in the film. Well-known dancer and choreographer Chandralekha choreographed a dance-sequence in the film performed among others by the noted Bharatanatyam dancer Navtej Johar. Plot Preet is a shy young journalist visiting a convent for aged nuns in Meerut to do a s ...
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Sashi Kumar
Sashi Kumar (born 23 February 1952) is an Indian journalist and media personality from Kerala. He worked in Asianet, the country's first regional satellite television channel. He founded and chairs the Media Development Foundation, the not for profit public trust which set up and runs the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai. He was the first West Asia correspondent of ''The Hindu'' in the mid eighties. He directed the film '' Kaya Taran'' in Hindi based on the short story ''Vanmarangal Veezhumbol'' ('' When Big Trees Fall'') by writer N. S. Madhavan.