Asha Films

We provide our films in several formats and you can download free players for these formats by visiting these links: Macromedia Flash Player Quicktime Real Player Windows Media Player MPlayer for Linux

Asha Marathon - Harbingers of Hope Asha's Total Marathon Program trains you to run 26.2 miles while raising funds for the education of underprivileged children in India. This year's participants ran the Long Beach, Vancouver, and Chicago Marathons on Oct. 12th; Concord and Marine Core (DC) Marathons on Oct. 26th; the NYC Marathon on Nov. 2nd; Marathon in the Park, and Maryland Marathon on Nov. 9th; the Philiadelphia Marathon on Nov. 23rd; and the Seattle Marathon on Nov. 30th. Central New Jersey Colorado DC Detroit New York City MIT Seattle Silicon Valley Video / Slideshow Downloads Flash 15Mb WinMedia No Sound 3Mb WinMedia With Sound 21Mb Cast: Marathon Runners from various chapters Producer: S. Mistry Akshar Films 2003 These films show the importance of taking responsibility for the education of just one underprivileged child. Kutti Windows Media (50Mb) Sharad Windows Media (50 Mb) Creative Direction: Sushma Veerappa Cast: Jayanti as Kutti, Shailashree as the maid servant, Sharad as son of maidservant Music: Manikanth Kadri Producers: Srikanth Voorkaranam, Sita and Vijay Vashee, Guha Balasubramanian, Vijay Sureshkumar Production facilitators: Radha Ganesan, Guha Balasubramaniam, Vijay Sureshkumar, Shashi Rao, DP Prakash Shot on location in Bangalore, Karnataka Making Of Akshar A Video Montage of Indiventure projects This film was used by Asha Silicon Valley to open their Prithvi fundraiser in April 2003. Quicktime (13.6Mb) or High Quality AVI (280 Mb) Producer: P. Arulchandran Music: Asha Score Producing Chapter: Asha Silicon Valley Hope: a Work an Hour 2002 film Quicktime (7.9Mb) or Windows Media (5.8Mb) or AVI (11Mb) Creative Direction: John Vijay Music: Manikanth Kadri Lyrics: Feroz Khan Producing Chapter: Asha Chennai Producers: Srikanth Voorakaranam, Richa Govil Production facilitators: Geetha Durai, D P Prakash Shot on location at Kerala in Digital Video Ads about Asha Projects The following Asha films were made by Asha-Seattle in 2002 to highlight the work being done by some of Asha's funded projects. SUPPORT A group dedicated to fighting AIDS and drug abuse among street children in Mumbai. Full 1-minute version: High quality: RealVideo (4.3Mb) or Windows Media (4.9Mb) Low quality: Windows Media (860 KB) 30-sec "happy" segment ("Social Change Through Education"): High quality: RealVideo (2.6 Mb) or Windows Media (3 Mb) Low quality: Windows Media (480 KB) 30-sec "sad" segment: Low quality: Windows Media (468 KB) Jeevan Gnanodaya School for the Hearing Impaired and Mentally Challenged at Chengalpettu, Chennai. High quality: RealVideo (4.7Mb) or Windows Media (5.5Mb) Low quality: full 1-minute Windows Media (876 KB) or 30-sec version Windows Media (448 KB) Jeevan Gnanodaya School for the Hearing Impaired and Mentally Challenged at Chengalpettu, Chennai. High quality: RealVideo (2.4 Mb) or Windows Media (2.8Mb) Low quality: Windows Media (616 KB) Jeevan Gnanodaya School for the Hearing Impaired and Mentally Challenged at Chengalpettu, Chennai. High quality: RealVideo (3.6 Mb) or Windows Media (4 Mb) Low quality: Windows Media (608 KB) Creative Direction: A Sivakumar Cinematography: Vinodh Music: Raghav Raja Producer: Vijay Vashee Production facilitators: Sujatha Ganega (SUPPORT), Devarajan (Jeevan), Vijay Sureshkumar, Jayashree Janardhan, Shanmuga Subramanian Location: Shot at SUPPORT Girls Center Lonavala, Mumbai and Jeevan Gnanodaya School building, Chengalpattu Our Notes of Hope 2001 Ad Quicktime (16Mb) or RealVideo (880KB) or MPEG-1 (1.8Mb) Concept, Creative Direction: John Vijay Producing Chapter: Asha Chennai Producer: Srikanth Voorakaranam Production facilitators: Sanjeev Ranganathan, Harish Chawla, Geetha Durai, D P Prakash Our Work an Hour 2000 Ad High quality: Quicktime (3.8Mb) or RealVideo (1.2Mb) or MPEG-1 (18Mb) Low quality: Quicktime (428 KB) or RealVideo (272 KB) Concept, Creative Direction: John Vijay Producing Chapter: Asha Chennai Producer: Srikanth Voorakaranam Production facilitators: Geetha Durai, D P Prakash, Shanmuga Subramanian