Pooja & Budhia
Executive Producer: Ong Hee Yah
Language: English voice-over and subtitles.
(Separate language tracks available)
Format: India
Duration: 1 x 52 mins
Location: India
Year: October 2007
All of 4 years old and he has already run marathon races of up to 60km in about 6 and a half hours. She was only 3 when she swam one km in the Arabian Sea in less than six hours. Budhia and Pooja are India's child prodigies in the athletic world but with fame also comes controversy of child exploitation and mismanagement of their lives. This documentary looks critically at these issues.