"Goonga Pehelwan" documentary film screening at Habitat World, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road > 7pm on 18th December 2013
Time : 7:00 pm
Duration : 57 mins
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Note : Call 91-11-43663333 (Habitat World) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.
Place : Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1, 2 & 3 (Cars), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )
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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events
Event Description : LILA FOUNDATION FOR TRANSLOCAL INITIATIVES presents 'Goonga Pehelwan' documentary Film Screening and discussion in collaboration with Drishti.
A documentary that follows India’s most successful deaf athlete on his unlikely quest to reach the Rio Olympics 2016 and become the second deaf wrestler in the history of the Olympics to do so. This is Virender Singh’s story – a captivating account of the life of an incredible athlete; an athlete largely unknown, snubbed by the bureaucracy but who is no mood to let up as he continues to wrestle on. The film asks tough questions to the sporting bureaucracy in India, brings to light all that he has achieved and hopes that even if the bureaucracy doesn't wake up to his genius at least the people of the country know about this smiling champion. The struggle that Virender faces outside the wrestling arena are the tougher ones because inside the ring he is in total control and there aren’t too many fights that he loses. It’s the battles outside the ring that this film endeavors to make him win.
Year : 2013
Directors : Mit Jani, Prateek Gupta, & Vivek Chaudhary
Mission Rio16 is an attempt by the filmmakers of Goonga Pehelwan to help fulfill, for a differently abled athlete, what is considered to be every athlete’s greatest dream – to be at the pinnacle of all sporting contest, a competition that the world witnesses every 4 years i.e. the Olympic Games. Mission Rio16 aims to help Virender in his quest to reach the Rio Olympics 2016 by fighting the bureaucracy through a Public Interest Litigation in the Delhi High Court and trying to bring about a policy change that allows differently abled athletes to go to the normal Olympics with other deserving athletes.
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Duration : 57 mins
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Note : Call 91-11-43663333 (Habitat World) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.
Place : Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1, 2 & 3 (Cars), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Stations :
'Jor Bagh(Yellow Line)Exit Gate-1' - Walk Direction
'Khan Market(Violet Line)'
Area : Lodhi Road Area Events
Event Description : LILA FOUNDATION FOR TRANSLOCAL INITIATIVES presents 'Goonga Pehelwan' documentary Film Screening and discussion in collaboration with Drishti.
A documentary that follows India’s most successful deaf athlete on his unlikely quest to reach the Rio Olympics 2016 and become the second deaf wrestler in the history of the Olympics to do so. This is Virender Singh’s story – a captivating account of the life of an incredible athlete; an athlete largely unknown, snubbed by the bureaucracy but who is no mood to let up as he continues to wrestle on. The film asks tough questions to the sporting bureaucracy in India, brings to light all that he has achieved and hopes that even if the bureaucracy doesn't wake up to his genius at least the people of the country know about this smiling champion. The struggle that Virender faces outside the wrestling arena are the tougher ones because inside the ring he is in total control and there aren’t too many fights that he loses. It’s the battles outside the ring that this film endeavors to make him win.
Year : 2013
Directors : Mit Jani, Prateek Gupta, & Vivek Chaudhary
Mission Rio16 is an attempt by the filmmakers of Goonga Pehelwan to help fulfill, for a differently abled athlete, what is considered to be every athlete’s greatest dream – to be at the pinnacle of all sporting contest, a competition that the world witnesses every 4 years i.e. the Olympic Games. Mission Rio16 aims to help Virender in his quest to reach the Rio Olympics 2016 by fighting the bureaucracy through a Public Interest Litigation in the Delhi High Court and trying to bring about a policy change that allows differently abled athletes to go to the normal Olympics with other deserving athletes.
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"Goonga Pehelwan" documentary film screening at Habitat World, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road > 7pm on 18th December 2013
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