PONDICHERRY Pondicherry is an extended photo essay, which has as its main focus the photographer’s perception and visual interpretation of the city of Pondicherry. The photographer journeys into the metaphorical and anthropological folds of the city searching for a sense of “place”- his interpretation of a specific environment and how it’s inhabited. The photographer goes beyond the walls and penetrates …

Pondicherry is an extended photo essay, which has as its main focus the photographer’s perception and visual interpretation of the city of Pondicherry. The photographer journeys into the metaphorical and anthropological folds of the city searching for a sense of “place”- his interpretation of a specific environment and how it’s inhabited. The photographer goes beyond the walls and penetrates into …

Kadambari  –  Suman Ghosh, Bengali, 90 min The story of Kadambari Devi and her relationship with her husband’s youngest brother Rabindranath Tagore has been written about, speculated upon, discussed, critiqued, analysed and decoded endlessly over the years. Out-of-the-box filmmaker Suman Ghosh has the courage of his convictions to place this very controversial story in Kadambari. Kadambari was married to Jyotirindranath …

Manjhi – the mountain man  –  Ketan Mehta, Hindi, 124 min Dashrath Manjhi’s wife Falguni died in 1959 due to lack of medical care as the only medical facility available was in a village that was more than 70 km away from his place. Now, these 70 km was not a straight path but one had to travel across the …