The acclaimed documentary Rrakesh Sharma was selected for the Lifetime Award for the Success of 17. Recognition is in honor of his fearless film, a persistent commitment to social justice and the transformative impact of his works on the Indian documentary cinema. The price including 2 lakh, certificate and statuette will be handed over during the festival, which will take place from 22 to 27 August at the Kairali Theater complex in Thiruvananthapuram. The retrospective of his films will be screened at the festival.
He is best known for his breakthrough final solution from 2004 in 2002 Gujarat Pogrom. Through the deep analysis of the bloodshed and documenting the Travail victims, he explored the rise and consolidation of the hard Hindutva politics and published a bare film Clinical Accuracy with which violence was carried out. The documentary was screened at more than 120 international film festivals and remains a key work among Indian documents. Despite the initial ban on the Indian Censorship Council, the film was later cleaned without cuts after public outrage. The final solution was awarded the National Film Award in 2006.
Sharma, who started the assistant Shyama Belegal with Bharat Ek Khoj, worked on several projects for Doordarshan, BBC and Channel4, Great Britain. Later he played a key role in the early years of Indian satellite television and contributed to the launch of significant channels, including the channel (V), Star Plus India and Vijay TV. He returned to an independent film with the Robert Flaherty Award, who won the 2002 documentary from 2002: The Gross Democracy Guide and examined the local level in Gujarat after the earthquake.
Although his work faced an institutional backward return, she achieved viewers through alternative platforms. The final solution premiered in India at the independent protest festival “Vikalp” and created history at the Berlin International Film Festival and became the first documentary to win the Best debut Prize. His work was screened extensively in more than 100 cities and dozens of universities around the world and on television channels such as BBC, NHK, DR2, YLE, etc.
For more than two decades, Rrakesh has focused on hate policy and has been filming extensively in Gujarat, Maharašštře and elsewhere. After many years of autoimmune forced medical Sabbaticals, Rrakes has now renewed post -production and is approaching the completion of its semi -adhesive, long delayed films, including the final solution of the revised, highly expected monitoring of the final solution.
The IDSFK Lifetime Achievement Award was previously awarded Anand Patwardhan (2018), Madhusree Dutt (2019), Ranjan Palit (2021), Reena Mohan (2022), Deep Dhanraja (2023) and Naresh Boe Rajesh Bedi (2024).
Published – 16 August 2025 20:19
