A Rare And Brave Filmmaker, Spring Thunder Director Sriram Dalton

Mumbai, 25th Feb 2023 (NewsHelpline) - National Award winner filmmaker Sriram Dalton is one of the rarest filmmaker in our times, who has successfully managed to incorporate the beauty of nature, region, culture and people, and lacing it with social messaging, without getting caricaturist.

Sriram’s first feature, Spring Thunder, which dwells deep into politics, corruption and mining of natural resources, has won praises from Ravish Kumar and filmmaker Anubhav Sinha for its need-of-the-hour topic and gripping realistic narrative.

Spring Thunder, which caused a lot of stir for exposing the corrupt political and mining culture which is destroying the nature and putting natural water-ways and dwelling at severe risk.

The film faced a lot of trouble from politicians and mafia, which lead the filmmaker to release the film digitally rather than commercially. Talking about the film, Sriram said, “I make films to create awareness, there is an incredible sense of achievement about revealing the truth via cinematic landscape. The illegal mining is an issue, it needed to be addressed, and I did. I might have made some enemies on the way, people tried to derail my movie, even had its commercial releasee cancelled, but I’ve always stood by my principal, and I will remain to do so. The film is out and it has reached millions of people”

Talking about his National Award winning project Lost Bharupiya, Sriram said, “It is beautiful film about traditional performing arts of India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. But unfortunately people practicing the art are living in horrifying poverty. I researched the subject and made a film, I am proud of and National Award is just an reassurance that I am doing something substantial”

Spring Thunder - A fight for Jal Jungal Jameen comes loaded with a meaningful anthem, which is fast gaining popularity. The film is an extension of Sriram’s initiative "Jal Jungle Zamin Humara Hain" for spreading awareness about dying rivers of India with the idea of "Free India Water. The filmmaker even walked for straight 82 days from Mumbai to Jharkhand, to create awareness.

Talking about his future project, Sriram said, “I am working on something bigger, we’re just prepping right now, once I have done my homework, I’d make the official announcement soon”

Apart from Spring Thunder and The Lost Behrupiya, filmmaker Sriram Dalton has directed OP Stop Smelling your Socks as well.