Spandan banerjee
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
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.
A three part roller coaster ride into India around English language and the stories of power, struggle and humour.
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.
