Pinki

Debra "Pinki" Johnson, of Hagerstown, thought the hands-on exhibit was fantastic.

The Herald-Mail Online 2009

Q: Did they go to the Oscars -- Pinki and her family?

Brad Balfour: Doc Director Megan Mylan Brings Smile Pinki to the World 2010

And those kids [from Slumdog] were for sure more savvy than Pinki.

Brad Balfour: Doc Director Megan Mylan Brings Smile Pinki to the World 2010

With Smile Pinki the length and the structure was very natural; the journey story.

Brad Balfour: Doc Director Megan Mylan Brings Smile Pinki to the World 2010

Now that HBO has started broadcasting the short -- and making it available through its many distribution channels -- Smile Pinki continues to make people believe in this fairy tale, and, hopefully others as well.

Brad Balfour: Doc Director Megan Mylan Brings Smile Pinki to the World 2010

The funny thing is Pinki doesn't mean "pink" in Hindi, you know.

Brad Balfour: Doc Director Megan Mylan Brings Smile Pinki to the World 2010

Pinki is a five-year-old girl with a cleft lip/palate from a tiny village in the Mirzapur District, India.

Brad Balfour: Doc Director Megan Mylan Brings Smile Pinki to the World 2010

I got a translator just for Pinki and her dad, because Dr. Sabodh can speak English and everything, so the translator told me that they met the guy who was the host of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Brad Balfour: Doc Director Megan Mylan Brings Smile Pinki to the World 2010

Q: Was Pinki easier in that way; did you decide on Pinki because she had the perfect name for it?

Brad Balfour: Doc Director Megan Mylan Brings Smile Pinki to the World 2010

And I think, to some degree with Pinki, that might have been [the case] too.

Brad Balfour: Doc Director Megan Mylan Brings Smile Pinki to the World 2010