‘These are films that became windows into cultures, spaces, and people from a period I find endlessly fascinating,” writes the award-winning director of The Disciple and Court
An interesting takeaway from the film is the use of the colour blue, which is often associated with Dalit resistance and is used by Ambedkarites all over the country to symbolise their movement
There are plenty of films whose names are thrown around under illustrious categories such as ‘canon’ and ‘classic’. We’re going to take a look at films beyond these, to create our very own, alternate canon.
Court, written and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane, which released at Cannes in 2014 and theatrically in India in early 2015, changed cinema forever. So this isn’t a review but an essay, an ode to this glorious creation
Director: Chaitanya Tamhane Cast: Vira Sathidar, Vivek Gomber, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Pradeep Joshi, Usha Bane, Shirish Pawar Twenty-one years ago, in a film called Damini, Sunny Deol delivered a memorable diatribe against the Indian judicial system. Tareekh…