Editing ActionAid (section)

==Supporting social causes through the mass media==
ActionAid made India's first [[Bollywood]] film focusing on AIDS,{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} ''[[Ek Alag Mausam]]'', a love story involving [[HIV positive]] people, based on a script by playwright [[Mahesh Dattani]].<ref name=Smashits>{{cite web
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ActionAid also supported [[Shyam Benegal]]'s film, ''[[Samar (1999 film)|Samar]]'', which is based on the book ''Unheard Voices: Stories of Forgotten Lives'' by [[Harsh Mander]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/05/20/stories/1320017c.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030729115858/http://www.hindu.com/2001/05/20/stories/1320017c.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 July 2003|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=Working for change|date=20 May 2001|access-date=28 November 2018}}</ref> The film raises issues about [[Dalit]]s.<ref name=Smashits/>