A contemporary drama and an epic biopic of Mother Teresa

Produced by:Zariya Foundation, Switzerland | Les Film du Lotus, Switzerland | Curry Western Movies, India

A movie by Kamal Musale with Karen David and Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz

Kavita & Teresa

www.kavitateresa.film

The movie’s Message 3 Objective 4Vision and Goals 5Our Team 6, 7Cast 8Pitch 9Synopsis and Parallel Story 10-12Current Status 13Three good reasons to donate 14Donor’s incentives 15Budget 16Financial Plan 17Distribution 18Mother Teresa 19Contact 20

Table of Content

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other”.

Mother Teresa

2

The underlying message of the film is relevant to today’s global and heterogeneous audience: As the world becomes a smaller place and there is an increase in crime, wars and intolerance, the other end of the spectrum – kindness, consideration and caring for fellow human beings – is on a downward spiral.

The film’s ambition is to inspire people to understand what the real values in life are – compassion, respect and love, not just on the surface but within the family and the environment.

In fact, after winning the Nobel Prize, Mother Teresa was asked by a journalist, “What can we do to promote world peace?” Her reply was simple: “Go home and love your family!”

The Movie’s Message

3

“Do not wait for leaders, do it alone; person to person.”

Mother Teresa

Objectives

✤ The Zariya Foundation was created in 2010 in Switzerland, followed by the Zariya Trust in India, and by a tax exemption scheme in the US. It intends to raise up to $ 4 Mio. to finance the making of a major motion picture based on the vision and key messages of Mother Teresa.

✤ Apart from the cost of production, the film is a non-profit venture, and the film proceeds will go to charitable institutions and foundations that work for the poor, the sick and abandoned or handicapped children.

4

✤ The assurance and advisory company Ernst & Young has been retained as auditor of the foundation and film production company to ensure complete financial transparency.

Vision and Goals

In telling Kavita’s and Teresa’s story, the Zariya Foundation has three goals:

1. INSPIRE audiences to create a personal vision and to stay with it through times of struggles and doubts.

2. TRANSFORM Mother Teresa’s vision to live with compassion, respect and love (“Love in Action”).

3. IMPROVE the condition of the poor: 100 % of the film’s profits will be donated to charitable institutions and foundations that work for the destitute, the sick, the handicapped and the abandoned children.

5

“Works of Love are works of Peace.”Mother Teresa

Kamal Musale, Screenplay & Direction

The Swiss-Indian filmmaker Kamal Musale obtained his degree in film direction and scriptwriting at the prestigious National Film and Television school in England. The successful director and screenwriter has made over 30 features, documentaries and short films that have been showcased at festivals like Cannes (The Three Soldiers) and Locarno (Aline, Raclette Curry) and won numerous prices (recently Best Indie Film at the European Cinematography Awards 2017 for Bumbai Bird, Best Documentary 2016 at the Stuttgart Indian Film Festival for Millions Can Walk).(www.kamalmusale.com)

Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz

An actress and producer of Swiss origin with over thirty years of acting experience, Jacqueline has appeared in theatre productions, television soaps, commercials and short films. She has worked with Klaus Maria Brandauer, M.K. Lewis, John Costopoulos, Elisabeth Kemp, Susan Batson and Bettina Lohmeyer. She is multilingual and has had extensive training in method acting, dance and vocals.(www.jfritschi-cornaz.ch)

Team

6

Thierry Cagianut

President of the Zariya Foundation and senior associate and Partner with Baldi & Caratsch. He has 15 years of experience as a Film Producer in New York for which he has also won awards (Henry Fool, Best Script, Cannes Film Festival 1998).

Anaita Daruvala

Anaita has been involved with the film from its inception and recently drove the establishment of a charitable trust and tax exemption for Indian donors. Her current responsibilities include global fundraising, developing PR instruments and creative contribution.

Team

7

Karen David (as Kavita)

Karen Shenaz David is an Indian-Canadian actress, singer and songwriter, best known for portraying Princess Isabella Maria Lucia Elizabetta of Valencia in ABC's Galavant, as well as Francesca "Cesca" Montoya in the BBC television series Waterloo Road, and Layla in the American action film The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior. She plays Princess Jasmine (from Aladdin) in the American television series Once Upon a Time.Karen is also active in Charity work (Designers Against Aids, SOS Children's Villages Foundation, Breast cancer awareness).

Deepti Naval (as Deepali)

Deepti Naval is an American Indian actress, who made her debut in the year 1980 with Ek Baar Phir, for which she won her first Best Actor award, and has since appeared in more than 90 films, the most recent one being the acclaimed Oscar nominated Lion.Deepti’s major contribution has been in the area of art cinema, winning critical acclaim for her sensitive and close to life characters that emphazised the changing role of women in India.

Cast

8

Pitch

9

A contemporary drama and epic biopic of Mother Teresa

Teresa and Kavita: two women's lives - passionate and uncompromising - woven over generations by two parallel stories.

Both women achieve their vocation in spite of serious personal doubts.

These intertwined stories present us Teresa, the woman behind the myth, in a totally new dimension.

Her loss of faith inspires the wild Kavita, a young Canadian woman of Indian origin, to discover true love and compassion in today’s Kolkata.

Synopsis

10

For Kavita, a spoiled modern young woman of Indian origin living in Toronto, love is an illusion. Between an unsatisfying romantic relationship, the plans of her parents to wed her according to Indian tradition and an unexpected pregnancy, Kavita is torn by inner conflicts.

Should she abort her baby or not?

Unable to take the radical medical step, Kavita decides to return to her birthplace, in order to find solace in the arms of Deepali - her now very old nanny - who took care of her as a child.

Deepali had herself been adopted as a child by Mother Teresa when she started working in the slums, in 1948. As Deepali narrates the stories of her past, Kavita starts to relive the beginnings of Teresa’s life in the slums of Calcutta.

11

For the young Mother Teresa, her life dramatically changes when she hears the voice of Jesus: he orders her to go work for the poor in the slums.

She doesn’t question this ordeal, as her love for Jesus and her compassion for the disabled and the poor mean everything. Following the call, she turns her back on her previous life and devotes herself to the poor in the slums of Calcutta.

But soon after creating her new order, the “Missionaries of Charity”, Teresa can’t hear the voice of her beloved Jesus anymore. She feels more and more abandoned by her lover, her husband, her guide…

She doubts the very existence of God.

She loses faith.

Synopsis (suite)

12

Hiding her torment behind the smiling face of the faithful, Teresa was in doubts for the rest of her life; but she continued her work nevertheless, with total dedication to the poorest of the poor. An act of faith in itself.

She only shared her loss by writing to a couple of confessors, letters that were made public only after her death, letters that Kavita learns about in present time.

The real human story of Mother Teresa inspires Kavita positively about how to go on with her pregnancy, her life, her lovers and her family.

She discovers compassion. She finds happiness.

Synopsis (suite)

13

✤ After having written the screenplay, Kamal Musale has been entrusted by The Zariya Foundation to carry out the movie’s direction and production.

✤ In December 2017, a few scenes were shot in Kolkata in order to show a teaser to donors in 2018.

✤ From March to September 2018, the fundraising campaign takes place for the required $ 4 Mio.

✤ The shooting will take place between December 2018 and February 2019 in India and in London.

✤ The premiere will be held in February 2020 at the International Film Festival in Berlin and will be released online at Mother Teresa's 110th birthday in August 2020.

Current Status

14

Three Good Reasons to Donate

1. Charity: You create value worldwide. Outside of the costs of production, the film is 100% non-profit. All proceeds go directly to charitable organisations or institutions that work to uplift the poor, sick and orphaned or handicapped children (e.g. Genesis Foundation, Laj Jagdish Foundation/Deepalaya, India).

2. Inspiration: Through the emotional strength of this story, audiences will emotionally experience the power of compassion, love and forgiveness. The film will inspire people to love their own families and those around them, for bettering their life with real values.

3. Tribute: By helping to get the film be made, you pay tribute to Mother Teresa and her life’s work, and help carry her vision and message in the future.

As a donor, you are part of this great creative, culturally and socially driven vision. You create value worldwide. Your donation has multiplying impact.

15

For $ 20‘000 and more:1. Donor credit in the film and in all the printed

documents/events;2. Invitation for 2 pers. to the Swiss Premiere with Red

Carpet/Cocktail Party.

For $ 100’000 and more:1. Donor credit in the film and in all the printed

documents/events;2. Invitation for 2 pers. to the opening night in Europe

For $ 250‘000 and more:1. Associate Producer credit in the film and in all the

printed documents/events;2. A visit for 2 pers. on the film set during the shooting

in Kolkata, India, a City tour and visit of the Mother House (International Head quarter, founded by Mother Teresa), or an invitation for 2 Pers. to the International Premiere.

Donor’s incentives

16

Budget

Summary $

Shooting in India, with Indian Cast (8 weeks) 1’650'000

Shooting in London/Toronto without cast (2 weeks) 640'000

Post-Production Europe / India (8 months) 1’000'000

Cast outside India 450'000

Direction, Production 260'000

Total $ 4'000'000

17

The financial needs of $ 4 Mio. to make the charity film shall be raised via donations.

We invite 200 people around the world donating $ 20’000 to cover the total cost of $ 4 Mio. to make the film. Smaller donations are, of course, welcome. Swiss and U.S. donors will benefit from tax exemption in their country.

A few individuals (5-10 people) are expected to donate a bigger amount as they have already pronounced their interest and support.

All donors can choose from the 3 different methods to pay or guarantee the agreed amounts:

1. Pay directly to the Zariya Foundation account.

2. Pay on an escrow account, until the $ 4 Mio. is guaranteed.

3. Give a written guarantee to pay the agreed amount on first demand to Zariya Foundation.

Financial Plan

Zariya Foundation-Konto: Credit Suisse AG, 8070 Zürich - IBAN: CH02 0483 5160 1252 0100 0

18

The movie will be distributed online. We plan to have the main distribution and profit from our own online website, only dedicated to the Kavita & Teresa movie.

The audience will be developed with different web platforms (Facebook, website, newsletters, NGO listings, associations working for the poor, volunteer platforms for India, etc.). This will increase the knowledge and publicity around the movie. When distributed online, the audience will already be there.

For the global communication we do benefit from the support and partnership with Prema Sagar, Vice Chair for Asia Pacific, Burson-Marsteller in New Delhi, a leading Asian public relations and public affairs firm that delivers integrated communications services to some of the best Indian and international companies worldwide.

Distribution

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come.

We have only today. Let us begin.”Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa

19

1910 Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is born on August 26th in Skopje.1946 Inspiration Day. Hears the voice of God commanding her to leave

her job as a teacher and serve the poorest of the poor.1950 Receives permission from the Vatican to establish her

congregation the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India.1952-64 Establishes homes for the dying, for abandoned and handicapped

children and patients afflicted with leprosy all over India.1965 Opens a home in Venezuela; the first of many outside India1979 Awarded the Nobel peace prize.1997 Steps down as head of the Missionaries of Charity and passes

away 6 months later from heart complications.2003 Blessed Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.2010 Birth Centenary. The Zariya Foundation plans a tribute film.2016 Canonization of Mother Teresa by Pope Francis.

The Missionaries of Charity today comprise about 5000 Sisters worldwide who work tirelessly setting up homes and hospices for the sick, suffering, disabled, abandoned and dying. They also help the poor and homeless, drug addicts, alcoholics, criminals, refugees and victims of natural disasters.

20

Zariya FoundationBaldi & Caratsch, Zeltweg 44, 8032 Zurich|Switzerland Tel: +41-44-250.25.25

Les Film du Lotus SàrlRue de la Clergère 2

1800 Vevey|SwitzerlandTel: +41-21-923.63.63

Curry Western Movies Pvt LtdLaxmi Paradise B-905, Laxmi Park

401107 Mumbai|IndiaTel: +91-96.1967.555.78

“If I ever become a Saint - I will surely be one of darkness.

I will continually be absent from Heaven - to light the light of those in the darkness on earth..”

(Mother Teresa)

www.kavitateresa.film