Father, friend, filmmaker.
Notes on making sense of the world, posted before I come to my senses.
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‘Was anyone in your film crew disabled / from an indigenous community / LGBTQIA+?’
On films and wokeness as a criteria to determine merit...
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"Why are our films so bad?"
I’m a screenwriter and film director and I’ve been in the film industry for over 6 years now. I’ll tell you why!
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The dilemma of 'The Social Dilemma'
And why I think the documentary, while scarily convincing, tells only one-half of the story
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What is Film Appreciation?
And why we took 12 hours to 'appreciate' a 7.5 minute short film
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Paatal Lok: Among the best of Indian OTT
I binged on entire Paatal Lok today. My entire family and I sat through 400 minutes+ non-stop. Mom didn’t even go for her walk for the…
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Irrfan and his ideology in Cinema shall live on through the people he moved
Why did the death of a man I have never met affect me so much?
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Kumbalangi Nights - A deliciously intricate portrayal of bullies at home
Films like these are a sign of more evolved makers, stories and audiences in different parts of this vast country.
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‘Thappad’ - Amongst the most necessary Hindi films
Anubhav Sinha has mastered the art of making good, necessary content almost at a factory setting.
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‘Once Upon a Time …in Hollywood’ is the kind of indulgence only an established filmmaker can pass off
You know that time when an old uncle sat you down and reminisced about some time from his past...
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The Pharmacist - a documentary about a Father avenging his son
Sitting in India and aspiring to make documentaries of my own, I cannot help but envy the width and depth of documentation available in the United States.