While pursuing post graduation in journalism and mass communication from Delhi, Surya Shankar Dash worked with eight different advertising companies, but wasn’t happy. Later, when he worked with documentary filmmakers such as Nila Madhab Panda (who made I am Kalam) in Mumbai, he still wasn’t satisfied. When even Mumbai didn’t win Dash’s heart due to its ‘indifferent work culture’, it was followed by him joining Sahara News. But for the Orissa-based activist director, his real destination was yet to be explored.
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Activist filmmaker Surya Shankar Dash brings his films that represent unheard voices of people locked in struggle with authorities
ऊंचा सुनने वालों को सुनाने के लिए धमाके की जरूरत होती है! सूर्या शंकर दाश और उनके साथी उड़ीसा में आदिवासियों और पर्यावरण को बचाने के लिए इसी तर्ज पर काम कर रहे हैं. फिल्मी लगने वाला यह काम फिल्मों से ही हो रहा है.