Shaison has also made documentaries on the Bali Spirit Festival, migrant issues in Australia and a mystic healer in the US. That was my first work.”An award at an international photography contest earned him contacts and slowly, he widened his realm by travelling to many countries and shooting what caught his eye. Ages ago, people used to kill men from other tribes, collect and display their China wholesale Conical twin screw barrel heads as part of proving their masculinity. Ouseph lets out a nervous chuckle.Shaison travels around the world capturing sights not many dare to or think of documenting; he calls it a public service campaign.“Each work has been a great learning experience for me, both as a person and a documentary filmmaker. Then happened the one on the domestic workers in Mumbai and another one on street children.Carrying on his mission, Shaison says, “There is a lot more the world is yet to know.”.

“They started shouting at me and pushed me with the barrel. At Puerto Rico, he, and Dr Serena Anderlini collaborated for Playa Azul: I Love You made on the theme of eغير مجاز مي باشدexuality, where people get married to trees and live in harmony with nature.Ask when and how it all began, he says, “I have been making documentaries since 2005. At France, he came across people practising a secluded lifestyle, away from technology and rest of the world, living off raw food. Suddenly, a dusty jeep arrived on the scene and armed militia jumped out, pointing guns at his head. I want to take to the world those real stories that need to be heard.Once, at an Ethiopian village, a young man was roaming around with a camera, shooting the huts and the smiling faces of the kids. At Denmark, he worked on the side effects of cancer treatment, whereas in Sweden, he documented the local folk culture. His next is a Malayalam-Hindi bilingual feature film on Sister Rani Maria. They held me at gunpoint for hours till a gangster went over to the city, made enquiries and brought back a friend who took me home,” says this Chalakudy native, who can share several such instances he came across along his journey of making documentaries for the past 15 years.

An assistant professor at Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai, Shaison has made nearly 40 documentaries on various subjects ranging from child ***ual exploitation, literacy, rare customs, hidden lives, women empowerment, health issues and education system, covering over 20 countries. I have come across many strange lives and practices I haven’t even heard about, like the headhunting Naga tribes. Neither of us knew the other one’s language. In Kenya, he made Rescue on a woman named Christine, a former *** worker, who rehabilitated kids from prostitution rings. It all happened so suddenly that I just froze. Many in the current generation keep the skulls, though the practice no longer exists,” he says, adding that the journeys had their own share of risks too. Recalling that frightening day, Shaison P. Also in the pipeline are two documentaries — on the kids of Thailand and the spiritual life of Las Vegas. Back then, I used to travel a lot and happened to come across the child prostitution rackets in the northeast. After that, I always make it a point to ask permission,” recalls Shaison, who lives in Mumbai with his wife Bindu and two kids.“Once, at the New York Central Park, I was filming a beggar sleeping on the footpath when he suddenly woke up and pulled out a gun and shot at the sky