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About IIHS Screens

Discover new cinematic worlds and connect with fellow film enthusiasts at IIHS Screens. This monthly series at IIHS Bengaluru City Campus in Sadashivanagar explores diverse films and sparks lively conversations about cinema.

For the January edition, we present 3 short films by The Third Eye, a feminist think tank: Khushi’s Roshni, Kyaa hai ye Samjhauta?, and Humare Beech Mein.

We will also host a special post-screening discussion with the filmmakers and Yashodara Upada, External Consultant — IIHS.  

Film Synopsis

Khushi’s Roshni: Why do we live our offline and online lives so differently? What is the relationship between our real and reel world?   Dolls and social media reels are both considered frivolous, but in this film, director Khushi brings them together to stitch moments which are absolutely true, and yet not. The film questions which parts of oneself we reveal online and which ones we hide.

Kyaa hai ye Samjhauta? : Do you make your terms? Do you come to terms? This film works with material of the everyday, scraps of cloth, needle thread and the timbre of human voices to explore these questions. The scraps of cloth animate the grain of the voices and tell a story, from the ground, of the many choices women make when faced with domestic violence.

Humare Beech Mein: This film  is a conversation between two women about making a film on caste. How does one show the ordinary, viscerally? How do you use the camera to reveal structures of power and maybe, even take back some power for ourselves? How does image making help us negotiate, question and reflect on our differences? And as documentarians, how do we film caste? What do we show? What do we hide? Who has access? Who refrains?

About the Directors

21-year old Khushi Bano works in Sadbhavana Trust, Lucknow. She has been part of a learning lab by feminist think tank, The Third Eye, for two years, learning narrative making through image, sound and text. Her piece ‘Khushi’s Roshni’, won the Best Short Film at the prestigious TOTO Awards by the Toto Funds the Arts in 2024.

Hansa Thapliyal is trained in film making from FTII, Pune. She has worked, for the past many years, with everyday material of our lives to animate the screen and also make it feel more tactile. She works across forms of film, writing and doll making.

Rajkumari Prajapati is a social activist embedded in the grassroots women’s collective, Sahjani Shiksha Kendra, in western Uttar Pradesh, for over two decades. She is also a part of the feminist think tank, The Third Eye’s Learning Lab, an arts based pedagogical platform. 

Ruchika Negi is a filmmaker, educator, and visual artist with an interest in arts based pedagogical practices.  Her works have been exhibited at various festivals and art platforms, and she has been teaching documentary cinema in various universities and informal spaces since 2015, and currently leads the Learning Lab at Third Eye. 



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