Film screening and panel discussion | अवार-नवार छोरियां / Every Now and Then Girls…,: presented in collaboration with the British Council India.
Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation is pleased to invite you to the screening of the film अवार-नवार छोरियां / Every Now and Then Girls…, a hand-drawn, hand-cut stop motion animation by Shefalee Jain and Shivi Bhatnagar, supported by the Mrinalini Mukherjee Creative Arts Grant 2022.
This event is presented in collaboration with the British Council India.
The screening will be followed by a conversation with the filmmakers, moderated by Dr. Shukla Sawant, Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU.
Place: British Council Auditorium, 17, KG Marg, Atul Grove Road, Janpath, CP New Delhi 110001
Date: 11th October 2025, Saturday
Please note:
Entry to the event is free and open to all ages.
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Schedule for the evening -
6:00 PM – Welcome by the British Council
6:10 PM - Introductions by Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation
6:20 PM – Screening of अवार-नवार छोरियां / Every Now and Then Girls…
6:45 PM – Panel discussion with the team behind the making of the film, moderated by Shukla Sawant
7:15 PM – Closing Note and Tea & refreshments
About the film:
Adapted from a Rajasthani folktale collected by Vijaydan Detha, the film retells the story of two girls in a contemporary small-town setting through three non-human narrators; the Tiddi (locust), Danda Thhor (a succulent plant) and Sarus crane. The film weaves together stories of women’s friendships, challenges to patriarchal structures, and the imagining of new futures by taking a cue from the folktale form and the use of non-linear storytelling and magic realism.
Credits: An animation film by Shefalee Jain and Shivi Bhatnagar
Sound and music directed by Lokesh Khodke
Co-Direction, additional production and composition by Ayashi Music (Srinath and Ayan)
