“Would you want to document an interesting journey?” I have never separated ‘documentation’ from my films, I see one as …
Director’s Note: Khoob Asti Afghanistan
Indian filmmaker Soumitra Ranade grew up in Kabul as a teenager. Twenty-six years after leaving the country, he returns to …
Director’s Note: Lakshmi And Me
I had a slightly different film in mind to begin with but sometimes you have to respond to what’s happening …
Director’s Note: Crossing The Line
I was born in Independent India. For me, everything that happened at the time of Partition of India in 1947 …
Director’s Note: 3 Men And A Bulb
In March, 2004, I was researching for my documentary film on the Gharats (watermills). It was a functional documentary film …
Wapsi
Produced by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT), the film follows the trip that marked the return to the roots …
Director’s Note: Wapsi
When the Pakistan India cricket series resumed after a long hiatus, I thought it was a good idea to travel …
Director’s Note: Jari Mari: Of Cloth And Other Stories
Jari Mari is a sprawling slum colony adjacent to Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji international airport. Its narrow lanes house hundreds of …
Director’s Note: UnLimited Girls
While we were making UnLimited Girls, a researcher, interviewing me asked, “so would you say you are a feminist filmmaker?” The question alarmed …
Blessed By The Plague
Blessed by the Plague is a thought-provoking documentary, shot on digital video, that puts on record the astounding change in Surat …