I first met Sumitra Bhave at the Hyderabad Filmotsav in 1986 when she presented her short film Bai (1985), a …
Highways Of Life
Amar Maiban’s sensitive and perceptive documentary made in Manipuri, Highways Of Life, looks at the lives of truckers as they manoeuvre their …
Faces Places
What happens when the 88-year young prima donna of the French New Wave, filmmaker Agnes Varda, meets and ventures upon …
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 …
Take 5: Viewing In The Time Of Corona – 4
Even as things slowly start to slowly open in India, the situation with the ever rising number of covid-19 cases …
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 …
Take 5: Viewing In The Time of Corona – 3
How many times over the last couple of decades of juggling the seemingly impossible-to-balance demands on my time have I …
Take 5: Viewing In The Time Of Corona – 2
Being locked down, worried and anxious about everything at present and also about what lies before us in the future, …