Son Rise

This article is about an Indian documenary film. For a home-based program for children and adults, see Son-Rise.
Not to be confused with Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love or Son-Rise: The Miracle Continues.

Son Rise
Directed byVibha Bakshi
Produced byVibha Bakshi
CinematographyAttar Singh Saini
Edited byHemanti Sarkar
Release date
  • 19 February 2019 (2019-02-19)
Running time
49 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi, English

Son Rise is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language documentary film directed and produced by Vibha Bakshi. The film is set in Haryana, infamous for its strongly embedded patriarchy. Yet, from this unlikeliest place, Vibha Bakshi's Son Rise follows those men who are trying to break the shackles of patriarchy and fight for women's rights.[1][2]

Son Rise has been a recipient of numerous accolades, including the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film awarded to Vibha Bakshi as both director and producer and the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Editing, awarded to Hemanti Sarkar, at 66th National Film Awards.[3][4][5] The National Award ceremony was followed by a reception hosted by President of India Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan.[6]

Son Rise has been selected to be showcased as part of United Nations global HeForShe movement across 71 countries.[7]

Son Rise was selected as the opening film at Indian Panorama, at 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)[8] and was awarded the Best Documentary at the New York Indian Film Festival[9] and the Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Mumbai International Film Festival. The MIFF jury citation said "A strong and powerful film that gives us a fresh perspective in combating India's crisis on gender inequality with a clear potential for impacting social change".[10]

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  2. ^ Jain, Vaishali (8 December 2019). "Teach Boys About Gender Equality at 15 Not 50, Says National Award Winning Director Vibha Bakshi". News18.
  3. ^ Service, Tribune News (28 February 2020). "Son Rise: A few good men wage war against patriarchy in Haryana". The Tribune (Chandigarh).
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  5. ^ "Documentary shows fight against gender violence in Haryana - Times of India". The Times of India. 21 November 2019.
  6. ^ "66th National Film Awards: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu to give away awards on Monday, Dadasaheb Phalke honour for Amitabh Bachchan". Hindustan Times. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  7. ^ "'Son Rise' to represent India at the Festival of Feature and Television Films of the SCO". The Hindu. 30 June 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  8. ^ D’Cruz, Dolcy (20 November 2019). "A World of Gender Equality". heraldgoa.in. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  9. ^ "'Moothon', 'Son Rise' win awards at 20th New York Indian Film Festival". The Hindu. PTI. 4 August 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  10. ^ "MIFF Awards 2020".