Smile Pinki

Smile Pinki
Smile Pinki
Directed by	Megan Mylan
Produced by	Megan Mylan
Cinematography	Nick Doob; Jon Shenk
Edited by	Purcell Carson
Music by	R. Prasanna
Production; company	Principe Productions
Distributed by	Smile Train; HBO (TV)
Release date	2008;
Running time	39 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Bhojpuri/Hindi

Smile Pinki (2008) is a 39-minute documentary film directed by Megan Mylan.^[1] The film shows the story of a poor girl in rural India whose life is transformed when she receives free surgery to correct her cleft lip. The documentary was made in Hindi and Bhojpuri, and won the 81st Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).

Overview[]

Pinki had a unilateral complete cleft lip.

Pinki Sonkar is a five-year-old girl who is living with a severe cleft lip in one of the poorest areas of India.

Not allowed to attend school at her native Rampur Dhabahi village in Mirzapur, near Varanasi,^[2] and ostracised because of her deformity, Pinki lives a life of quiet desperation. By chance, Pinki's parents meet Pankaj, a social worker who is traveling village to village, gathering patients for a hospital that provides free cleft lip surgery to thousands of poor children each year through The Smile Train program.

The successful surgery was performed at G.S. Memorial Hospital, by plastic surgeon Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh, who along with Pinki attended the 81st Academy Award ceremony.^[3]^[4] Pinki was invited to toss the coin for the men's singles final at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, London.^[5]

References[]

^ Megan Mylan--'Smile Pinki' documentary.org.
^ Pinki leaves for Oscar ceremony The Times of India, 17 February 2009.
^ Smile Pinki wins best short Oscar BBC News.
^ An Oscar completes Pinki's smile Rediff.com.
^ "Proud moment for Pinki Sonkar". The Hindu. 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-10.

External links[]

Smile Pinki at IMDb
Video on YouTube, posted by Smile Train

[1] Megan Mylan--'Smile Pinki' documentary.org.

[2] Pinki leaves for Oscar ceremony The Times of India, 17 February 2009.

[3] Smile Pinki wins best short Oscar BBC News.

[4] An Oscar completes Pinki's smile Rediff.com.

[5] "Proud moment for Pinki Sonkar". The Hindu. 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-10.

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