FILM SHOWS

One of the main formats of publicity used by the field units is the audio-visual programme in the form of film shows. Messages are put across to the audience in the form of entertaining documentary films. Sometimes feature films are also screened as crowd puller. Sources of documentary/feature films used by DFP are:

                                                                  1. Films Division                    2. National Films Development Corporation           

                                                                  3. Children's Film Society     4. Doordharshan

                                                                  5. Various Ministries             6. Private producers.

                          Whenever necessary, in addition to Hindi, documentary films are dubbed into the following regional Indian languages:

                                                          1. Marathi        2. Gujarati        3. Telugu          4. Kannada      5. Tamil

                                                          6. Malayalam    7. Bengali         8. Oriya            9. Assamese     10. Manipuri

                                                         11. Punjabi       12. Kashmiri     13. Dogri          14. Urdu          15. Nepali

                                                         16. Konkani

            The Field Publicity Units are provided with documentary films on various topics such as National Integration and Communal Harmony, Health, Family welfare, AIDS Awareness, Rural Development, Child Rights, Girl Child, Environment, etc.

The Field Publicity units are equipped with audio-visual equipment such as Portable Video projector, films, PA equipment and generator. As the film show programmes, particularly those arranged in open areas after sunset, attract large audiences, the Field Officer makes the best use of the opportunity by not only putting across the message/messages through the medium of film, but also by punctuating the screening with crisp and to-the-point talks on the themes. The same applies to film show programmes that are organised in closed halls during daytime in schools, colleges and other institutions.