0ne Rupee Film Diaries: Part 1: A Brief History of Dime

one-rupee-film-diaries-part-oneThe 0ne Rupee Film Project is the name of one of the most innovative and wide-reaching crowd-funding campaign in India.

The campaign was launched on 25th February, 2012. The film (originally titled Aashmani Jawaharat aka Diamonds in the Sky) was supposed to be released in May, 2013, but, it did not. Three times release date was announced and postponed. Till date the film has not released. What’s going on?

This book is the first volume of the series that reveals the reality that DIY filmmakers face in India, no matter how innovative or creative they are or no matter how good their film is.