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padmashri nanda prusty

About The Film

English Title: Nanda School Of Tradition

Status: Awaiting International Premiere

Duration: 90 min

Debut Feature Film

Genre: Documentary Feature Hybrid

World Premiere: Asian NETPAC Competition, KIFF 2023, India

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Born in pre - independent India, Nanda Prusty provided 70 years of free education to the poor extending across three generations of his village without seeking any funds or fame. The government of India awarded him the country's fourth highest civilian honor Padmashree in 2021 when he had turned 103, just before his death.

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His present life is captured in a span of 2 years while his past life is enacted by local non-actors. The film narrates his struggle to sustain the last traditional roofless school called Chatasali.

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An actor turned teacher, who rose to fame as he climbed up the stage to bless the President of India when receiving the award, remained a silent purist unaffected by recognition.

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While free education is at the heart of the story, this film explores human quest to achieve salvation through service.

About The Director

Pranab Aich is an internationally recognized documentary photographer and filmmaker from India. His stint as a volunteer with NGOs shaped his early work.


Highlighting issues related to human-rights, health, environment & education, his work frequently features in international forums. 


Winner of the Sony World Photography Award Cannes 2009, his short documentaries have been showcased at more than 50 film festivals globally which includes Durban International Film Festival 2022, Bradford Small World Film Festival UNESCO 2017, IFF Ekotop 2016- Bratislava, DocuTIFF 2016-Tirana, BJIFF 2016-China to name a few. Recently, he has been selected by Platform Busan 2024 as an emerging filmmaker from Asia.


This is his debut feature film. He has written, shot, directed and edited the film himself.

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About The Producer

Abhaya Pati is a senior journalist, educationist and an entrepreneur who owns a media firm in Odisha state of India. 


He is also a philanthropist who works for the rights of grassroot journalists through many associations. His experience in journalism made him inclined to producing documentaries. 


While doing a story on Centenarian Nanda Prusty, he got inspired to produce a documentary. This is his debut film as a producer.

PRODUCED BY

Abhismita Films

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

Studiowaala Films

Film Credits

WRITER & DIRECTOR

Pranab Kumar Aich

PRODUCER

Abhaya Pati

CINEMATOGRAPHER & EDITOR

Pranab Kumar Aich

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Naina Dash

CONCEPT

Asmita Pati

FEATURING

Nanda Prusty

NARRATED BY

Khagesh Prusty

ACTORS

Saisresth Das
Nityasha Pattnaik

Rabindra Rout
Rama Barik
Debasis Pothal
Chandan Samal
Kshira sagar Nag
Pratap Mallick

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Bibhuti B Gadnayak

SINGER

Anurag Das

SOUND DESIGNER

Anand Prakash

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Tabish Khan

SOUND RECORDIST

Suchi Suvra Sen
Biswajit Swain
Chinmay Bidyadata

Piyush Pradhan

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS

Kshira Sagar Nag
Nishith S. Ray
Gayatri C Patnaik

ANIMATION & VFX

Camera Canvas
Nihal Films

LINE PRODUCER

Pradeepta Aich

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Goutam Chandra Sahu

PRODUCTION CONTROLLER

Raka

ADDITIONAL CAMERA

Jyoti P. Behera
Rohit Routray

LIGHTING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

Apoorv Jain

MAKE UP AND COSTUME ASSISTANT

Surashree Sahoo

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