RECASTING SELVES
2019, English. Directed by Lalit Vachani.
Set at CREST (the Centre for Research and Education for Social Transformation) in Kozhikode, the film documents the ‘soft skills’ training of Dalit and Adivasi post-graduate students in a nurturing campus environment as preparation for their employment in the new Indian economy. But how politicised or politically aware is the 'recast self'? Matters come to a climax when the CREST students research and select the theme of the semester ending play. Will they choose to do a play that exposes caste discrimination around Rohit Vemula's suicide? Or will they select one that expresses their fears about ‘Bengali’ migration to Kerala?
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- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- 31 December 2019
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RECASTING SELVES runs 80 minutes (1h 20m).
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RECASTING SELVES isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 December 2019. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed RECASTING SELVES?
RECASTING SELVES (2019) was directed by Lalit Vachani.