Over the years a particular ‘genre’ of film making has taken root. Some very exciting films like Luis Buñuel’s Exterminating …
Director’s Note: Weekdays & Weekends
It was a strange and difficult time. The Covid-19 pandemic had engulfed the world and one was caged in one’s …
Director’s Note: Ek Thi Maria
The demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 was being telecast live on National Television. The atmosphere was …
First Person: Body
The image of a naked man in public. That was the starting point of my script for my intended film, …
Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
To adapt a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky into a film takes courage. To mould two short stories by the …
Actors’ Notes: Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
Sharad Raj’s Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein has been through quite the trip from its inception to its crowd …
Director’s Note: Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
It was around the Spring of 2014 when my tenure as a television professional came to an abrupt end and …
First Person: Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
It was sometime in 2015. I was terribly disappointed with India having lost to Australia in the cricket World Cup …