Rajesh S. Jala [SEP] place of birth
Rajesh S. Jala
Rajesh S. Jala is a documentary filmmaker born in Kashmir in the 1970s who has been making films since his first short work with Tassaduq Hussain in 1996.
As a result of the film "Children of the Pyre," Plan International has launched Project Baghiratthi to work to improve the lives of the 300 children working at the crematorium featured in his film, and Jala has worked with donors to send the seven children featured in this film to school.
Awards for Children of the Pyre.
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Children of the Pyre
Children of the Pyre ("Ta paidia tis pyras") is a 2008 film documentary directed and produced by Rajesh S. Jala. The film documents the stories of seven children who cremate dead bodies and steal cremation shrouds at India's largest crematorium, Manikarnika, on the banks of the Ganges. Jala, also the cinematographer, shot over 100 hours of footage at the crematorium and surrounding sites, including candid interviews with the seven children described in the film, who discuss their difficult life cremating dead bodies