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16/10/2024

ALTERNATETAKE ADDA : MO AZMI

In our conversation with Mo Azmi, the cinematographer outlines the aesthetic and thematic subsets of Asim Abbasi-directed series Barzakh, shooting in the Hunza Valley and his relationship with images, color and lighting. He also gives us a detailed peek into the Barzakh lookbook.

Mo Azmi is among Pakistan’s go-to cinematographers, having worked on the country’s landmark films and series (Darling, C...
15/10/2024

Mo Azmi is among Pakistan’s go-to cinematographers, having worked on the country’s landmark films and series (Darling, Cake, Churails, Lal Kabootar, Qaatil Haseenaon Ke Naam, to name a few) along with music videos and more than a hundred commercials across UK, US, UAE, Turkey, South Korea. His recent project is Asim Abbasi’s series Barzakh (a Series Mania ’23 selection).

Our conversation with him will be available on our social media pages tomorrow!

06/07/2024

In our conversation with Anand Bansal, the cinematographer discusses why the prep stage of filmmaking is his favourite, figuring out an aesthetic goal with directors, battling shoot anxiety. Besides detailing his equation with the images he creates, he elaborates on designing a rulebook along with Achal Mishra for their collaborations and the conversations he had with Konkona Sen Sharma on approaching The Mirror.

Spanning an eclectic range of projects and with a characteristic grace and a searching tenderness, cinematographer Anand...
04/07/2024

Spanning an eclectic range of projects and with a characteristic grace and a searching tenderness, cinematographer Anand Bansal's work intimately maps out the passage of time and the shifts in families (Gamak Ghar, Gullak), as well as explores the dynamics of space and subjectivity with equal elan (The Mirror, LSD2).

The interview will be up on our page this weekend!

23/06/2024

In our conversation with Ambiecka Pandit, the director breaks down her second short film, Under The Waters. She discusses the driving image of the swimming pool as a grey area, the interplay between affection and aggression, treading the fine line between ambiguity and obfuscation and building a deeply sensory, tactile experience.

Under the Waters is streaming on Mubi.

With just two short films, Ambiecka Pandit has cemented herself as a formidable voice. Her sophomore short, Under the Wa...
21/06/2024

With just two short films, Ambiecka Pandit has cemented herself as a formidable voice. Her sophomore short, Under the Waters, is an exquisitely taut distillation of q***r adolescent desire, throbbing with erotic tension and featuring an unforgettably blazing performance from Nishant Bhavsar.

The interview will be available on our page this weekend!

15/06/2024

In our conversation with Abhinav Jha (Gamak Ghar, Dhuin, Pokhar ke Dunu Paar), the actor talks about finding the blueprint of a character, his engagement in script work and the importance of having a fellow community of artists to lean on. He expands on applying a specific, distinguishing process for every scene, his evolving approach to auditions and effects of the Darbhanga New Wave's visibility on the region.

Abhinav Jha delivered two of 2023's best performances in Achal Mishra's quietly affecting Dhuin and Parth Saurabh's bril...
12/06/2024

Abhinav Jha delivered two of 2023's best performances in Achal Mishra's quietly affecting Dhuin and Parth Saurabh's brilliantly incisive Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar. Garnering a Critics' Choice nomination for the former, he is poised as an actor on the rise.

Stay tuned for our conversation with this superbly promising young actor.

10/01/2024

Kabir Mehta, co-director of the Netflix series, Class, talks of bringing a strong sense of design to the show, the importance of honing a skill for quick problem-solving on set, how the consistency of characterisation was maintained through the drawn-out shoot and details the rigorous logistics of mounting the show.

Kabir Mehta is a film director and writer. His feature film BUDDHA. MOV, was nominated for best debut film at Tallinn Bl...
09/01/2024

Kabir Mehta is a film director and writer. His feature film BUDDHA. MOV, was nominated for best debut film at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. He co-directed this year's Netflix series, Class, a giddyingly exuberant, flashy and wickedly self-aware excursion into the elite circles of Delhi.

The video will be up tomorrow on our Facebook and Instagram page.

20/04/2022

The Fame Game actor Lakshvir Saran tells us why his utmost priority is to catch the silences and state of being of his character correctly, the dangers of pre empting and resisting stepping in with pre conceived ideas. He talks of the aid his theatre training gave him while shooting, and emphasizes the sanctity of inhabiting the truth of the moment. He also lets us in on his relationship with attention, fame, why he doesn't take any of it seriously, how Mintgumri has been his most rewarding experience and shares his purely craft centric philosophies.

Lakshvir Saran first rose to attention with his performance in Ivan Ayr's Meel Patthar, which garnered him a critics cho...
19/04/2022

Lakshvir Saran first rose to attention with his performance in Ivan Ayr's Meel Patthar, which garnered him a critics choice nomination. Since then, he has appeared on the second season of the Prime series Unpaused and Aakash Chhabra's short film, Mintgumri, a quietly affecting snapshot of care and its attendant internal turmoil, that played at the Dharamshala International Film Festival 2022. In the recently released Netflix series The Fame Game, his performance has been singled out for considerable praise, for portraying with wrenching fragility and startling openness a young man grappling with his sexuality, consequent guilt and the burden of living a lie.

The video will be up tomorrow on our Facebook and Instagram page.

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