Duvidha Sheds Light On Awareness and Illegal Trafficking Of Organ Donation
Pune, August 10: India stands as the 2nd largest organ donor in the globe, but it contributes to only around 0.1% in organ donation. Considering the importance of awareness and illegal trafficking of organ donation, a short film in the form of a CSR initiative by Fleetguard was screened at the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) yesterday.
Sanjay Kulkarni, President, Niranjan Kirloskar, Managing Director and Piush Shrivastav,Media Head of Fleetguard Filtrum and the cast of Duvidha including Girish Pardesi, Aparna Menon, Shital Raut, Radheya Kapre, Sujeet Deshpande, Nikhil Joshi were present at the screening. Renowned actor Mohan Joshi is also a part of the short film.
Produced by Rahul’s Grafix, ‘Duvidha’ is director Rahul Panshikar’s sequel to ‘Raakh.’ The story revolves around a couple who need an organ for their son’s heart transplant surgery. As the film takes us on the verge of how people fall into organ trafficking in exchange for hefty amounts of money, only sheer awareness of the concept of organ donation saves them from not committing that mistake. Overall, it showcases an urge towards organ donation and raises concerns about illegal trafficking of organs.
After the screening, Abhijit Kelkar also expressed his heartfelt experience of his son’s heart transplant surgery and emphasized on increasing the awareness about organ donation. He also shared a few experiences and pointed out the importance of employing skilled nursing and technical staff at the hospitals.
“Raakh was an awareness about organ donation. In Duvidha, we wanted people to understand more about its process. Now, it has become the need of the hour for people to understand why organ donation is so important,” said Piush Shrivastav.
Representatives of the Zonal Transplant Coordination Center (ZTCC) were also present at the screening and facilitated registrations for organ donation later. Post-screening many people were also seen filling out online applications for organ donations.
