"One Crazy Ride" a film – a motor cycle journey across North East India at The Attic, 36, Regal Building, CP > 7pm on 2nd March 2013

Time : 7:00 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Place : The Attic, 36, Regal Building, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110001

Landmark : On Parliament Street close to 'The Shop' showroom & next to the 'Kwality' restaurant

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Metro : Nearest Metro Station - 'Rajiv Chowk' (Yellow Line and Blue Line)

Event Description : “One Crazy Ride” a film – a motor cycle journey across North East India. (directed by Gaurav Jani and produced by Dirt Track Productions)  (87 mins)
This film is about a motorcycle expedition on uncharted roads across the Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is a film on friendship, camaraderie and the "never say die" attitude of five motorcyclists in the face of unforgiving terrain and unfriendly locals.
Shot without a back-up vehicle or film crew, in parts of India hardly seen, filmed or explored, the documentary captures the interactions and experiences of the riders who are trying to chart a route, which according to everyone does not exist.
It has been shown in numerous International Film Festivals and won many awards.

Flagstaff Mountain film Festival, USA - JURY AWARD
Kendal Mountain Film Festival, UK - BEST MOUNTAIN CULTURE FILM
International Motorcycle Film festival, Slovakia - BEST FILM OF THE FESTIVAL
Asian Heritage Month Film Festival, Canada - INVITED ENTRY
Himalayan Film Festival, Netherlands - INVITED ENTRY
Kathmandu Mountain Film Festival, Nepal - INVITED ENTRY
Mumbai International Film Festival, India - INVITED ENTRY

Gaurav Jani started his career as a fashion choreographer in Ahmedabad, but after 2 years he moved to Mumbai to pursue film-making. He assisted the noted film maker Ram Gopal Verma for the feature-film, "Jungle". After finishing the film, he quit the industry, bought a motorcycle, and hit the road; doing odd jobs in between to finance his travels. He also founded a motor cycle travel club called 60kph (www.60kph.com). 
Gaurav travelled to various parts of India for four years, often solo and also with fellow 60kph members. But he missed being behind the camera and decided to combine his passions - filmmaking and travel. Unable to obtain financial help and with no experience of operating a professional camera or recording sound he set off on a solo motorcycle journey to one of the coldest and remotest deserts of the world, the Changthang plateau in Ladakh.
Learning from camera manuals, he functioned as a one-man film unit, filming his travel experiences as he rode through some of the most difficult terrain in the world. And finishing his first film, "Riding Solo to the top of the World." 

 Gaurav continues to go on long solo rides with his equipment  recording his experiences and the thrills and spills of travel.

‘One Crazy Ride’ is his second film.

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