Smile Pinki

Smile Pinki is an American documentary from the year 2008.

Action

Pinki is a 5 year old girl who lives in a village in the Indian district of Mirzapur. Pinkis family is poor, the girl herself has a cleft lip. Pinki is cut on the basis of which of the other residents. The girl and the family does not know that a simple surgery can help. Only the social worker Pankaj who moves from village to village, the family clarifies that the hospital of the city of Varanasi patients are operated free of charge. The family goes on a trip.

Awards

2009, the film in the category of Best Short Documentary was awarded the Oscar.

Background

The film had its premiere on 17 June 2008 at the Silverdocs Film Festival.

The attending physician, the plastic surgeon Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh, was present along with Pinki at the Oscar ceremony.