Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary

English/30mins/2003
Producer: Forest Publicity & Extension (Public Relation) Division, Ranchi

Subject Focus: The magnificent sanctuary and its floral and faunal diversity.

Summary: The film is about the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, one of the magnificent sanctuary in newly carved out state, Jharkhand. It is very famous for elephant habitat. The hill terrain of the sanctuary serves as a complete ecological unit. It contains miscellaneous forests. The Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is rich in food species of trees. The habitat represents the characteristic floral and faunal elements of the region. Among other animals, Indian giant squirrel is in abundance in the forest. For the purpose of conserving and maintaining the wildlife of this area, it was notified as Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary by then Government of Bihar under section 18(1) of Wildlife Protection Act.

Producer’s/Director’s Profile: Gulbahar Singh, made his first film Weeds in 1980, since then he has made number of films and has won national awards in 1986 for his film Anukaran and Biotechnology: Some Possibilities. Sundari (Hindi) was shown in Calcutta’s film festival and participated in VI International Film Festival in Sochi (Moscow), received Diploma for participation. A film Bheet has won national award in 44th National Film Festival on family welfare film and Gotipua has been awarded as a special mention in 45th National Film Festival. A children film The Goal has won Golden Lotus in 47th National Film Festival produced by Children Film Society, Special Jury Award at 11th Cairo International Children’s Film Festival.