The School Bag

The School Bag
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Directed by	Dheeraj Jindal & Anshul Agrawal
Written by	Anshul Agrawal
Produced by	Dheeraj Jindal Shashi Chopra
Starring	Rasika Duggal Sartaaj RK
Cinematography	Satchith Paulose
Edited by	Neil Sehgal
Music by	Yousuf Hussain
Distributed by	Large Short Films
Release date	2017 (2017)
Running time	16 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

The School Bag is a 2017 short film directed by Dheeraj Jindal & Anshul Agrawal, written by Anshul Agrawal, starring Rasika Duggal and Sartaj RK. The film has been screened at more than 100 film festival across 24 countries and won 44 awards in different categories. The film was applauded by critics as well public after its online release on Large Short Films.

The short film is based on a real life 2014 Peshawar school massacre in Pakistan when 132 children were killed in Army Public School, Peshawar by terrorists. ^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Rasika Duggal
• Sartaj RK

Reception

The film has been selected and won many international awards ^{[3] [4] [5]}

• Vancouver Film Festival ^[6]
• Fastnet Film Festival Winner ^[7]
• Reel to real International film festival ^[8]
• Best Short Film at Sandpoint Film Festival in USA ^{[9] [10] [11]}
• Smita Patil International Film Festival ^[12]
• GIIFFA ^[13]
• Haryana International Short Film Festival ^[14]
• Bengal International Short Film Festival ^[15]
• Lahore International Children's Film Festival ^[16]
• Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati ^[17]
• Free Spirit Film Festival ^[18]

References

1. "Rasika Dugal's short film The School Bag releases to overwhelmingly good responses". Deccan Chronicle. 14 June 2017.
2. "Here's why Rasika Dugal's new short film, The School Bag, will stun you!". 14 June 2017.^{[ unreliable source? ]}
3. "Indian short film wins award in Vancouver". The Statesman . 12 December 2017.
4. "Indian short film 'The School bag' wins award in Vancouver Film Festival". The New Indian Express.
5. Service, Tribune News. "Indian short film 'The School Bag' wins award in Montreal". Tribuneindia News Service.
6. "Indian short film 'The School bag' wins award in Vancouver Film Festival".
7. "Fastnet Short Film Festival (2017)". IMDb.^{[ unreliable source? ]}
8. "Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival (2017)". IMDb.^{[ unreliable source? ]}
9. "Sff_2018".
10. Khateeb, Almas (14 June 2017). "Innocence vs Violence: 'The School Bag' Touches a Raw Nerve". TheQuint.
11. "(Young) Review: The School Bag". 21 June 2017.
12. "2016 Winners | SPIFF".
13. "Innocence vs Violence: 'The School Bag' Touches a Raw Nerve". 14 June 2017.
14. "Innocence vs Violence: 'The School Bag' Touches a Raw Nerve". 14 June 2017.
15. "Innocence vs Violence: 'The School Bag' Touches a Raw Nerve". 14 June 2017.
16. "Indian short film 'The School bag' wins award in Vancouver Film Festival".
17. "Indian short film 'The School bag' wins award in Vancouver Film Festival".
18. "Kalichaat wins four awards at Free Spirit Film Festival .:. Tibet Sun".

External links

• The School Bag at IMDb