This or That Particular Person

About the film

The documentary film This or That Particular Person is a meditation on the notion of personhood as seen by the Indian State. It does so by examining the idea of official identity documents, and in that context, the Unique Identity number (UID or Aadhar) project that was introduced in India in 2009. Through the lens of the UID, the film looks at what identity documents means to people, and how the Aadhar project is perceived.

Director Biography

Subasri Krishnan has been an independent filmmaker for the past 8 years. Her work has ranged from a number of commissioned non-fiction films on rights based issues to documentary films. Her first documentary film Brave New Medium has been screened at film festivals, both nationally and internationally. This or That Particular Person produced by the Public Service Broadcast Trust (PSBT) is her second documentary film.