Documentary
‘India’s Daughter’ goes international; Freida Pinto to attend US screening
NEW DELHI: Despite the uproar in India and the government’s call for a ban, India’s Daughter by Leslee Udwin was re-telecast on BBC4 to mark International Women’s Day.
Although BBC News is available in the country, the British pubcaster aired the documentary – for the second time in five days – on BBC4, which is not available to Indian viewers.
The documentary was also screened in countries across the globe — including Switzerland, Norway and Canada — to mark International Women’s Day and is being screened in the United States today. The film also continues to be available to Indian viewers on the internet.
The documentary is based on 26 interviews including those with the rapists of the Delhi paramedical student, who was gang-raped brutally on 16 December, 2012 and died two weeks later in a Singapore hospital.
The premiere will be attended by Oscar winning actress Meryl Streep and Frieda Pinto in a show of support for the film banned in India at the Baruch College of the City University of New York and will be presented by NGO Vital Voices Global Partnership and children’s development organisation – Plan International.
Streep and Pinto, who is Plan’s ‘Because I am a Girl’ global ambassador, will be joined by the documentary’s director Leslee Udwin at the screening.
Meanwhile, parents of the girl whose real name has been revealed in the documentary but who came to be known as Nirbhaya have now said that the filmmaker did not show them the final version of the documentary and they had then refused to sign release papers. The parents had earlier also objected to the documentary being aired as it not only makes the victim’s name public but also includes offensive remarks made by one of the rape convicts.
Udwin, a Plan ambassador, had said the December 2012 rape and the protests that followed was an “Arab spring for gender equality.”
“What impelled me to leave my husband and two children for two years while I made the film in India was not so much the horror of the rape as the inspiring and extraordinary eruption on the streets. A cry of ‘enough is enough’,” Udwin said.
“Unprecedented numbers of ordinary men and women, day after day, faced a ferocious government crackdown that included tear gas, baton charges and water cannon. They were protesting for my rights and the rights of all women. That gives me optimism. I can’t recall another country having done that in my lifetime,” Udwin had added.
Earlier according to a Reuter report, Udwin said India committed “international suicide” by banning the documentary.
“My whole purpose was to give a gift of gratitude to India, to actually praise India, to single India out as a country that was exemplary in its response to this rape, as a country where one could actually see change beginning,” said Udwin, during a panel discussion. “The supreme irony is that they are now accusing me of having wanted to point fingers at India, defame India, and it is they who have committed international suicide by banning this film,” she added.
The British filmmaker said she was inspired to make the film after watching thousands of people take to the streets across India to protest the December 2012 rape and murder of a young physiotherapy student on a bus.
MUMBAI: Faster than a speeding bullet and slicker than a pit stop Superman just joined Formula E. In a thrilling fusion of comic book cool and racetrack grit, Lola Cars has joined forces with Warner Bros. Discovery in a strategic partnership that brings superheroes to the circuit. And they’re not easing into it, a Superman-themed race car will blaze onto the track for the Berlin E-Prix this weekend.
The Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E team’s T001 car, driven by Zane Maloney and Lucas di Grassi, will sport an electrifying blue, red and yellow livery, complete with the iconic Superman shield. Even the drivers will suit up literally in race gear inspired by Clark Kent’s legendary alter ego.
Timed with the 11 July theatrical release of DC Studios’ Superman, the stunt marks the start of a long-term collaboration between Lola and Warner Bros. Discovery, who will co-create content around Lola’s motorsport ventures and bring sponsor stories to life across platforms.
But this isn’t just about eye-catching liveries. The partnership also includes integrated sponsorship opportunities, with WBD joining hands to help monetise and maximise exposure through enhanced media packages.
“This is more than a one-off activation,” said Lola Cars chief commercial officer Keith Smout. “It’s a new model for sports-marketing synergy where the track meets the theatre, and content fuels the connection.”
WBD, GVP global sales Patrick Maitrot added, “By pairing the power of Superman with the speed of Formula E, we’re engaging fans in a whole new way using our unrivalled IP and Lola’s racing prowess to tell stories that leap off the screen and onto the track.”
The Superman livery will light up both rounds of the Berlin E-Prix at Tempelhof Airport. For Formula E fans, it’s a visual treat; for Superman fans, a fast-track teaser; and for both brands, a bold play in content-fuelled fandom.
Superman, directed by James Gunn and produced by Peter Safran, is DC Studios’ first feature film and will hit cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 11 July 2025. Meanwhile, Formula E action continues to stream across TNT Sports, Eurosport, discovery+ and HBO Max, with WBD holding exclusive coverage rights across Europe.
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