PSBT was led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. (Read more here:, /cinema/psbt-story-630-films-230-awards-400-filmmakers/, /wp-content/uploads/2019/09/OnGlobalScreens-Article.pdf, /features/cinema/in-the-channels-of-trust/article3942019.ece, /wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PSBT-Real-Films-on-Real-India.jpg) Over two decades, it produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. PSBT was a not-for-profit that nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see en./wiki/Rajiv_Mehrotra). His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. Brokering News, his film on paid news, also for PSBT, was awarded the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism. His films have been screened and awarded at various national and international film festivals.
Umesh Aggarwal has been producing and directing television shows and documentary films for over twenty years. Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra Screened at festivals across Busan, Delhi, Edinburgh, Houston, Madrid, Melbourne, Panaji, Prague, Los Angeles, Lucknow, San Francisco, Stuttgart, Thrissur and Tokyo, among others. Celebrating the icon of Indian film music – Allah Rakha Rahman.