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Bébasi, short film on organ donation, released in Pune

Pune, Mar 24 (UNI) ‘Bebasi’ - a short film about the importance and issues surrounding organ donation and organ transplant was released here at National Film Archives of India (NFAI).
Written and directed by city-based Raahul Panshikar, ‘Bebasi’ is the third sequel of his two earlier films - ‘Raakh’ and ‘Duvidha’.
‘Bebasi’ depicts the plight of the family of an honest man, Tatyasaheb Joglekar (played by well-known actor Mohan Joshi, who has dedicated his life to education of poor children. He even mortgages his house to build a school for deprived children.
Tatyasaheb and his family are beaming with happiness when his son completes his engineering and gets employed.
However, their happiness is short-lived when they learn about serious ailment of their son and the need for an organ transplant.
The movie delves into efforts Tatyasaheb takes to include organ donation under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the follow-up he takes on government schemes to guide the deprived people of society to seek timely help.
Thus, the movie helps to create awareness of the issues and offers solutions about organ transplants and organ donation.
‘Bebasi’ also appeals to seek help from authentic hospitals, social organisations and government organisations to curb illegal organ transplant racket being run in the country.
Speaking at the film release recently, Panshikar said, “Films play an important role in social change, and with a topic like an organ transplant and organ donation we wanted to make sure we not only create awareness but also guide people towards the authentic options available as help.”
The film has been produced by Rahul's Grafix, and has received special support from Fleetguard-Filtrum Pvt Ltd.
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