Dreams Choked: Stories of our Government Schools is a 2017 documentary film produced by the Telangana chapter of the Students Islamic Organisation of India.[1] The 30-minute documentary, directed by young college students Mutiur Rahman Dawoodi and Abdul Mannan, throws light on the condition of government-run schools in the state of Telangana.[2]

Dreams Choked
Directed byMuti ur Rahman, Abdul Mannan
Produced byStudents Islamic Organisation of India, Telangana chapter
Release date
  • 31 March 2017 (2017-03-31)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageUrdu/Telugu

The documentary involves a ground-level sample survey in one school in Adilabad district, two schools in Nizamabad, and two more in Karimnagar,[3] and is a study of several other surveys and RTI petitions to get to the ground reality of the schools in the state.[1]

The documentary was first premiered on 31 March 2017 at the Federation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTAPCCI) auditorium in Hyderabad. Several academics and intellectuals including Prof. Suleman Siddiqui, Hamid Mohammed Khan, and Dr. Lubna Sarwath spoke at the premiere.[4] The film's premiere was followed by several screenings in different parts of the state including Karimnagar, Warangal and Nizamabad.

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  1. ^ a b "Dreams Chocked documentary on govt schools to release today". The Hans India. 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Dreams Choked- A Documentary On Govt Schools And Education In Telangana".
  3. ^ Mohammed, Syed (25 March 2017). "Documentary to throw light on massive gap in pupil-teacher ratio - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Govt Schools are 'Educational Slums': JIH Chief".
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