After watching the three episodes from Netflix’s investigative documentary series Bad Boy Billionaires: India, one can understand why the show got embroiled …
Director’s Note: Unwell Borewell
To be honest, as I grounded my tripod and began filming, I had absolutely no idea what I was looking …
The Outside In
Hansa Thapliyal’s The Outside In is a 30-minute documentary which explores a fundamental question – the role of art in …
Director’s Note: Lohit Diary
In January this year, I work up to the pleasant news that announced the Padma Shri being bestowed on Satyanarayana …
Atasi
In an on-camera interview in 2015, filmmaker Putul Mahmood had said that it all depends on what a film is …
Feluda: 50 Years Of Ray’s Detective
Feluda: 50 years of Ray’s Detective is a path-breaking documentary. It sheds light on the relatively lesser known talent of …
Rubaru Roshni
Television programming in India is generally packed with crassness, crudity and inanity of the worst kind. In such a dismal …
Naach Bhikari Naach
Across the state of Bihar and in eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh, men, primarily those occupying the lower rungs of …
Director’s Note: Yadav Ji
It was only about a year ago at age 24 that I finally had complete clarity about Documentary filmmaking being …
Director’s Note: Neeli Raag
Some years ago, I read an article about an elderly dyer from Andhra Pradesh, who dyed with natural indigo using …