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Chitti Hatia

Chitti Hatia (White Shops),

52 Mins, Hindi mix with Punjabi and Urdu

(with English subtitles)

Chitti Hatia, the story of Bittoo Sondhi, a Delhi based biker and his triumph over the unknown. Bittoo's father, at the age of thirteen, migrated to India during the partition. This 52 minute film explores the streets of Rawalpindi, to help Bittoo fulfill his fathers' long cherished dream of revisiting his birth place-a wish which could not be realized till his death. Bittoo however got an opportunity to fulfill his fathers dream when his cartoonist friend Sharad Sharma received an invitation to run a comics workshop in Lahore.
Once the workshop was over, both Bittoo and Sharad set out on a mission to search for Bittoo's ancestral house in Rawalpindi. Chitti Hatia is not just a search, but rather a chronicle which talks about partition and a family that was forced to migrate from Pakistan and as well helps to break the stereotypical image of Pakistan. It takes the viewers on a journey across the border to show them that the people there are as friendly as they are on this side of the border-helpful, hospitable and compassionate.

(The entire trip and the film was self funded and is produced for non-commercial purposes)

Directed by Sharad Sharma

Produced by Sharad Sharma & Bittoo Sondhi

SCREENING @ KARACHI (2009)

Thursday, August 20, 2009 

at 2:30 pm 
at Audio Visual Room, 

Arts Lobby
University of Karachi

Karachi, PAKISTAN

SCREENING @ ISLAMABAD (2009)

Saturday, August15, 2009 

at 7 pm 
at the Civil Junction,
Gol market, street #8, 

f-7/3, Islamabad

PAKISTAN

SCREENING @ DELHI (2009)

15th August, 2009
Time: 5 pm
Bittoo Suzuki

B-32, Lajpat Nagar-2,

Opp Defence Colony Petrol Pump

Contact: Bittoo Sondhi (+91-9810067564)

Sharad Sharma: (+91-9811702925)

Screenings

The screening of Chitti Hatia would be organised simultanously in various cities of INDIA and PAKISTAN mostly in August, 2008.

INDIA
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New Delhi
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23 September, 2008
Time: 6.30 pm
India International Center (IIC)
Lodi Estase, New Delhi-03
Contact: Bittoo Sondhi (+91-9810067564)
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4th August, 2008
3 pm,
Press Club of India, Raisina Road, Delhi
Contact: Sharad Sharma +91-9811702925

(Special Screening for Media)


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Public Screening
8th August, 2008
4 pm *sharp*
Alliance Française de Delhi
72 Lodi Estate, New Delhi-03, Téléphone: (00 91 11) 43 500 200

Contact :Sharad Sharma +91-9811702925 /Bittoo Sondhi, +91-9810067564 trucktoon@yahoo.com
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11th August, 2008
1 pm
Lady Sri Ram College, New Delhi
Contact :Wiscomp, wiscomp2006@gmail.com
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20th August
9 pm
Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU)
Contact: Shahid Anwar +91-9871486886
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Chandigarh
14, August, 2008
10.30 am
MCM DAV by Peace Club of the College in association with Yuvsatta
followed by an interaction on Indo-Pak relations
Contact: Pramod Sharma (YUVSATTA) +91-9872609816
mailto:+91-9872609816yuvsatta@gmail.com
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29 September, 2008
Time :11 am
DAV College, Sector-10
Chandigarh
(Special screening for Pakistan and Nepal deligation)
Contact: Pramod Sharma (YUVSATTA) +91-9872609816
mailto:yuvsatta@gmail.com
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Jaipur
9th August, 2008
5 pm
Pinkcity Press Club
Narayan Singh Circle
Jaipur
Contact: Pravah - Jaipur Initiative (Neha Buch, Vivek)
C 96, Jagraj Marg, Bapu Nagar, Jaipur - 302015
Tel: (O) 0141 - 40 30 356 (M)0 998 376 2103 (Neha Buch), 09828222234 (Vivek)
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Alwar
14th August, 2008
4 pm
MMSVS, Kala Kuan, Alwar
Virendra Vidrohi/ Pramod Malik +91-9414017241/+91-9252447144
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Bikaner
14 th August, 2008
Virendra Vidrohi/ Pramod Malik +91-9414017241/+91-9252447144
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Goa
29th August,2008
International Centre Goa at 6:30 pm
Organised by MOVING IMAGES FILM CLUB
Gayathri Konkar Chairperson, Moving Images, Phone: 0832-2464376
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Ranchi
AKHRA
Shastri Nagar (2nd lane), Kanke Road, Ranchi( Jharkhand)
Phone: 0651-2231693
Contact: Meghnath
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Bangalore
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Bhopal -to be announced
Mumbai -to be announced
Guwahati-
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PAKISTAN.....................................................................................................

Lahore

14th August, 2008

Institute for peace and Secular studies
91-G johar Town Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Ph 042-5219862/ 042-5219863
Contact Diep Apa : mobile 0300-844-5072

http://www.peaceandsecularstudies.org/

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Islamabad-to be announced

Karachi-to be announced ......................................................

The Hindu, 02 August 2008

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CNN IBN_15th August 2008

The Hindustan Times, 2nd August, 2008

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Indian Express 08/08/08

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Danik Hindustan 10 August 2008

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