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Think films, and it's either fiction or non fiction. But this is not the case with Sadho. Their mission is to take great 'poetry to people' through the innovative use of arts...

Written by Jaskirankapoor
October 2, 2008 12:00 AM IST

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A travelling festival to bring poetry films to Chandigarh

Think films, and it8217;s either fiction or non fiction. But this is not the case with Sadho. Their mission is to take great 8216;poetry to people8217; through the innovative use of arts, media and social action, in the form of a rare third genre of cinema, poetry films. And their next stop is none other than Chandigarh. As a part of its travelling festival, Sadho will bring about 25 to 30 of its selected 85 films to the city. These will be presented at two screenings on October 4 and 5. Interesting, The curator of film fest, Jitendra Ramprakash, hails from Chandigarh. The screenings will also include a film by Amtojh Sandhu, a filmmaker-photographer-painter, from the city. Now based in London, her film 8220;Ya Devi 8211; The Goddess8221; will be showcased. The venues are: October 4 8211; State Museum, Sector 10 and October 5 8211; Rock Garden. For more details, visit 8211; sadho.com.