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201256 minPGdocumentary

Decision

201256 minPGdocumentary

Pushpa Rawat engages in candid conversations with friends and family to explore themes of jati, choice, personal freedom, and compromise in contemporary society.

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Pushpa Rawat engages in candid conversations with friends and family to explore themes of jati, choice, personal freedom, and compromise in contemporary society.

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Pushpa Rawat engages in candid conversations with her closest female friends, her ex-boyfriend, his parents, and her own family. Through these interviews, she confronts challenging topics such as jati, choice, personal freedom, happiness, and compromise. The film, titled Decision, runs for 56 minutes and was made in collaboration with Anupama Srinivasan, a documentary filmmaker and director of the IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival.

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