Anurag Singh (filmmaker)

Anurag Singh
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation

Anurag Singh is an Indian documentary filmmaker known for his socio-political, human rights oriented films.[1] He has worked with mass peoples’ movements, including the Narmada Bachao Andolan,[2] National Campaign for People's Right to Information,[3] and Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan[4] His most famous films are "Kaise Jeebo Re" (1997 – Narmada valley displacement),[5][6] and "Right to Information" (1999 – Peoples’ demand for RTI, the landmark transparency legislation),[7] which have been screened and won awards internationally.

  1. ^ "Mention of Director Anurag Singh, who had presented his film made along with his partner & wife Jharana Jhaveri"kaise jeebo re!" at Yale". news.yale.edu. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ^ "List of people associated with Narmada Bachao Andolan". narmada.org.
  3. ^ "Media page of Right To Information movement, India". righttoinformation.info. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
  4. ^ "media page of MKSS". mkssindia.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
  5. ^ Acknowledgement in "The Algebra of Infinite Justice", Arundhati Roy. Penguin. 2002. p. 312. ISBN 9780143029076. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  6. ^ The Greater Common Good (1999). Acknowledgement in "The Greater Common Good", Arundati Roy. ISBN 8173101213.
  7. ^ Right To know, right to live. IDASA Publishers. 2002. p. 157. ISBN 9781919798424. Retrieved 24 April 2015.