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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Rajesh S. Jala<br />
| occupation = Filmmaker<br />
| known_for = Documentary filmmaking.<br />
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'''Rajesh S. Jala''' is a documentary filmmaker born in [[Kashmir]] in the 1970s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/section/movies|title=Movies|publisher=|via=www.nytimes.com}}</ref> who has been making films since his first short work with [[Tassaduq Hussain]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/art-culture/the-call-of-the-camera|title=The Call of the Camera - OPEN Magazine|website=OPEN Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rajesh-jala-meet-a-filmmaker-whose-art-is-shaped-up-by-conflicts/433408-8.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113164353/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rajesh-jala-meet-a-filmmaker-whose-art-is-shaped-up-by-conflicts/433408-8.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-11-13|title=News18.com: CNN News18 Latest News, Breaking News India, Current News Headlines|website=News18}}</ref><br />
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As a result of the film ''Children of the Pyre,'' [[Plan International]] has launched Project Baghiratthi to work to improve the lives of the 300 children working at the crematorium featured in his film,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://planindia.org/be-a-part-of-it/make-a-donation/children-of-the-ghats/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-11-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112062549/http://planindia.org/be-a-part-of-it/make-a-donation/children-of-the-ghats/ |archivedate=12 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and Jala has worked with donors to send the seven children featured in this film to school.<br />
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== Awards for Children of the Pyre ==<br />
* Best Documentary, Montreal Film Festival 2008<br />
* Best Documentary, Sao Paola International Film Festival 2008<br />
* IFFLA 2009<br />
* Asiatica Film Mediale 2009<br />
* Best Documentary and Cinematography, IDPA 2009<br />
* Special Jury Award, JEEVIKA Film Festival 2009<br />
* Special Jury Award and Best Audiography, National Film Awards India 2008<br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
* 2013 ''23 winters'': a short drama about a refugee from Kashmir.<br />
* 2011 ''At the Stairs'': a film documenting widows who move to Varanasi.<br />
* 2009 ''Beyond Tradition'': a film about contemporary and traditional dance practices of India.<br />
* 2008 ''Children of the Pyre'': a film documenting the stories of seven children working as "Shroud Sellers" at a crematorium.<br />
* 2008 ''Cradle by the Stream'': a film about the city of Banaras.<br />
* 2006 ''Floating Lamp of the Shadow Valley'': the story of a nine-year-old boy in Kashmir whose father leaves him and his family for a Jihad.<br />
* 2007 ''Footsteps of Nikitin'': a film about 15th century trader Afanasy Nikitin.<br />
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