Name of the film Koi Chand Bhi Nahin (There Is No Moon)

Directed by Ajay T.G.

Year 2018

CountryIndia

Duration26 mins

LanguageHindi

About the film

This film bears witness to the gross neglect of environmental and human rights by the so-called ‘ development’ (vikaas) sponsored by the state in Chattisgarh, India. It is based on the testimonial of one Adivasi family who is affected by the blind run of such development. The film documents how a Public sector company (South Eastern Coal Limited) demolishes shanties in the name of national interest and loots agricultural land in the name of development. Instead of the dreams of acche din, that is part of the state propaganda, adivasis relate their experience of this nightmare by bemoaning the fact that ‘ their nights do not have a moon’ anymore.

Director Biography

Actively involved in local politics since his school days, Ajay T.G. is an independent filmmaker.Between 1999 and 2002, Ajay was trained in all aspects of film production at the European Union-sponsored film training diploma course in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. Subsequently, he has worked in varying capacities – as Producer, Director, Cameraperson and Editor for 17 documentary films. In 2011, his film – Andhere Se Pehele (Before the Dark; Director) which documents the struggles for livelihood of adivasi peasants in Raigharh district (Chhattisgarh) won second place award at the Jeevika Livelihood film festival. Some of Ajay’s other films include: Living Memory (Co-director, screened at a season of South Asian Documentaries and Films, King’s College and the Cambridge South Asia Forum, Cambridge, UK, 2003); Safar (Co-director, screened at Sheffield International Film Festival, 2001). Apart from filmmaking, Ajay is also a human rights activist.