Bhopal Diaries 2012 won the best short film, best actress, best script and best director awards at Talenthouse Film Festival (India) in June this year. It won a Special Mention award at Manhattan Shorts Global Festival and has most recently been chosen for China Women’s Film Festival and Colors International Film Festival, Australia. Pocketfilms, that owns its rights, will release it online after the festival screenings. Excerpts from an interview with the film’s director, Archana Borhade.

Raghu Rai's iconic frame of the Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984