Directing
The film Beware Dogs captures two days in the life of four eclectic musicians and their struggle to create music. Across the city, in a house dating back to a Delhi long forgotten, four musicians have a song to weave. Indian Ocean, as the band is called, is a bit of the modern city in itself. They draw myriad folk & local traditions fusing them with the sound of the contemporary, creating music, which is diasporic.
Six tenant cats gets ready to move houses. A story about moving, renting and living.
A three part roller coaster ride into India around English language and the stories of power, struggle and humour.
An elusive actor is a rarity. Talking Head is about the actor Dhritiman Chaterji. In October 1970, Pratidwandi (The Adversary) one of Satyajit Ray’s most political films was released. It was a film about the time; the moment of anger, disenchantment, strikes, injustice and unemployment among the young. It was a film about angry youth and it introduced Dhritiman Chaterji, into film acting. A new actor in Bengali cinema, Dhritiman Chaterji acted in few of the most prominent films of the decade
A documentary based on the folk song laal pahaari
City of Dark is about meetings, attractions, deception, loss and a trip across town. A journey where men meet with their secret desires and part with longing. Where days have love and intimacy for the two men but the night threatens a different ending for women who wander in the city. Set over two car journeys in a void, the story unfolds in a city hopeful in the day and unkind after dark.
