Pani: Kal Aaj aur Kal
(Water: Yesterday Today and Tomorrow)

Silent/6min 30sec/2002
Producer: Centre for Environment Education
Commissioned by: Television Trust for the Environment  

Subject Focus: Water Conservation with focus on misuse of water.

Summary: The film is a students’ eye view of how water is used in their school campus. The programme was originally conceptualized by students as a documentation of the life in a residential school, with focus on the use and misuse of water as the central subject. The film took an unexpected turn on the second day of the shoot, as the motor that pumps water to the entire school broke down, leaving all taps dry. This provided a real opportunity for the students to see what would happen if water was not available.
This film developed through the perceptions of the students on their immediate environment, concerns and issues with respect to the availability or otherwise, of water. The programme was produced by the students of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Alirajpur, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh, through an interactive process facilitated by Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Ahmedabad. The students identified the most relevant local issue - water quality and quantity. They developed the script and participated in the entire production process, from concept to editing.