Oct 28 2026 to Oct 28 2026 6:30 p.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

70 min | English with English subtitles | 2026 | India

In December 1983, geophysicist and seismologist Dr. Harsh Kumar Gupta is sent to Antarctica to lead an impossible mission: build Dakshin Gangotri, India’s first scientific base station, before the end of the Antarctic summer. Given a fleeting timeframe of barely sixty days, success would set a world record. Alas, time is not his only adversary. After a blizzard and a helicopter crash, can determination outpace the pack ice?

The screening of the film will be followed by a discussion with the protagonist and filmmakers. A Q&A with the audience will follow.

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Venue: Auditorium
Speakers

Santosh Saligram
Filmmaker, Writer, Photographer & Editor
Santosh Saligram is a filmmaker, writer, photographer, editor and creative from Bengaluru. Passionate about storytelling in every form, he revels in revealing worlds through both visuals and words. A diversely skilled raconteur, he loves to take on challenging subjects high in impact on social consciousness, greatly concerned with story structure, meaning and messaging without falling into sensationalism, oversimplification or homiletics. He considered film as a tongue on which voices other than his own may speak louder than himself.

Sourabha Rao
Writer, Poet & Filmmaker
Sourabha Rao is a bilingual writer, filmmaker, poet, translator and former freelance journalist, with literary proficiency in English and Kannada. She deeply cares about crafting stories primarily on nature and wildlife, human-wildlife interactions, climate change mitigation, social issues, heritage and art. She has written op-eds and photostories for leading Kannada and English newspapers, and has collaborated with filmmakers in wildlife and water conservation. Rao is now exploring stories at the intersection of humans and wildlife in the hinterlands of India.

Harsh Kumar Gupta
Earth Scientist & Seismologist
Dr. Harsh Gupta is an INSA Senior Scientist at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), and has previously served as Director of NGRI, Secretary to the Government of India’s Ministry of Earth Sciences, and Member of the National Disaster Management Authority. He played a key role in establishing India’s first permanent Antarctic station and setting up the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System following the 2004 Sumatra earthquake. A past president of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics and the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, he has received several honours, including the Padma Shri, S. S. Bhatnagar Award and IASPEI Medal.

Suraj Sumanth
Animation Artist
Suraj Sumanth is a filmmaker, post-production lead and creative operations strategist with over thirteen years of experience across film, brand and digital production. Trained in Film Production at Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montréal, he combines a deep technical background in cinematography, editing and workflow architecture with systems-driven leadership. Currently serving as Lead of Post Production and Associate Producer at LastBench Studio in Bengaluru, he specialises in building scalable digital infrastructure, optimising post-production pipelines, and overseeing craft-forward storytelling for major brands and social impact organisations.

Preeti Zachariah
Journalist
Preeti is an Assistant Editor with The Hindu‘s Metro Plus team, writing across topics including sustainability, culture, art, society, books, science, startups and health, among other things. She holds a degree in journalism from Columbia University, New York, with a focus on art and culture reporting.