Driving with Selvi is a bi-lingual documentary (English and Kannada) which tells the incredible journey of Selvi, a child bride who escaped her marriage and made a life for herself. India's first woman cab driver, Selvi, who is now 32, runs a transport business near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.
Canadian filmmaker Elisa Paloschi first met Selvi in the year 2004 when she was a tourist in Mysuru. The filmmaker, who says she hadn't made a film in years, was inspired enough by Selvi's journey to follow her story for a decade and make the film.
Canadian filmmaker Elisa Paloschi first met Selvi in the year 2004 when she was a tourist in Mysuru. The filmmaker, who says she hadn't made a film in years, was inspired enough by Selvi's journey to follow her story for a decade and make the film.
- 12/9/2017
- by TNM NEWS
- The News Minute
Canadian filmmaker Elisa Paloschi is premiering her film, Driving With Selvi, at Raindance tonight (Sept 28) in London.
Ten years in the making, the film opens with Selvi in 2004 at a shelter for young women in Mysore, Karnataka, shortly after she has run away from her husband - a timid, softly-spoken 18-year-old rejecting a life she describes as “torture”.
As the years pass by, the film captures her extraordinary transformation as Selvi finds her voice and defies all expectations – learning to drive, starting her own taxi company, leading seminars to educate and empower women in rural areas, marrying again (this time by choice and for love), becoming a mother and, to Selvi’s absolute delight, obtaining her license to drive a passenger bus.
Here is Elisa’s story of filming with Selvi…
There’s no rule in India that women must keep on suffering. That’s what my hopes and plans are all about.
In 2004 I...
Ten years in the making, the film opens with Selvi in 2004 at a shelter for young women in Mysore, Karnataka, shortly after she has run away from her husband - a timid, softly-spoken 18-year-old rejecting a life she describes as “torture”.
As the years pass by, the film captures her extraordinary transformation as Selvi finds her voice and defies all expectations – learning to drive, starting her own taxi company, leading seminars to educate and empower women in rural areas, marrying again (this time by choice and for love), becoming a mother and, to Selvi’s absolute delight, obtaining her license to drive a passenger bus.
Here is Elisa’s story of filming with Selvi…
There’s no rule in India that women must keep on suffering. That’s what my hopes and plans are all about.
In 2004 I...
- 9/28/2015
- ScreenDaily
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