Dui Paatan ke Beech Mein
(Between The Devil and The Deep River)

Hindi/65mins/1999
Producer: Arvind Sinha

Subject Focus: Water Management (or mismanagement) in Bihar in the name of “Protection from Floods”.

Summary: Shot extensively in North Bihar, this film looks at the development models chosen and implemented, often by force, that have destroyed the livelihood of millions of people. Over the years, with each consequent flood, people developed their own coping mechanisms, which soon became integral to their culture. Man-made floods and water logging over vast agriculture land has pauperized the people of Bihar. All this has been done to “protect people from floods”!

Producer’s/Director’s Profile: Arvind Sinha is one of the leading documentary filmmakers of the country. In his filmmaking career of twelve years, he has won some of the topmost and most prestigious international awards in the world of documentaries – Leipzig, Bilbao, New York, etc. His films have also been broadcast on major international TV channels. He has also been honoured with the country’s highest film award, the National Awards thrice.