FILMOGRAPHY
Make Ups
Cast: Zeenat Aman, Pretti Jaiin, Vishwas Kulkarni
Synopsis:
Make Ups is a collage of a day in the lives of the three protagonists living in Mumbai. The aging actress is schizo- paranoid, the gay typist transcribes medical lectures in a decrepit office, and the prostitute loves her work in spite of the sleaze. They are involved in search of their utopias in spite of mundane lives
Running Time: 9.08 Min
Year: 2005
Format: 35-mm/ .mov
Language: English
Screenings:
2006 – Lille film festival, France
Uppsala Short film festival, Sweden
IAAC film festival, New York, USA
Mini Indian Film Festival at the University of Connecticut, USA.
2009 – Video Wednesday, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2010 – Kashish, Queer Film Festival, Mumbai
VISHAM– Queer Cinema from India, Hamburg, Germany
3rd i Films Annual Film festival, San Francisco, USA
2013 – Translucent Video Art Festival, Mumbai
Unofficial Google + Film Festival, USA
2014 – Translucent Video Art Festival, Sunaparanta, Goa
2015 – Cut Into Time, [.BOX] and Translucent Video Art Initiative, Milan
Visitor
Cast: Goat Chandramukhi, Cop Shiva, Sharath Kumar and Others
Synopsis: The short film takes a tongue in cheek look at the prevailing conditions and the consequences of the apathy of the authorities.
Running Time: 04.27 min
Year: 2015
Format: .mov/ .mp4
Language: Silent
Screenings:
2012 – 1 Shanthi Road, Bangalore
2015 – Hotel Maria Kapel Residency, Netherlands
Urmi
Cast: Pallav Patankar and others
Synopsis:
Urmi is a film about the conflict of a closeted transgendered man, It highlights the struggle of an LGBTQ person, both within himself and the world outside. It is situated in the economically humble locales of Mumbai.
Running Time: 10.00 min
Year: 2012
Format: .mov/ .mp4
Language: Hindi
Screenings:
2016 – AKS Film Festival, Pakistan.
2013 – Kashish Miqff, Mumbai. Won Best Indian Narrative Short
Inside Out, Toronto
IRISPRIZE Festival, Cardiff
2014 – Best of Kashish, IIT, Mumbai
Korea Queer Film Festival, Seoul
Urmi II
Cast: Pallav Patankar
Synopsis:
Urmi is a film about the conflict of a closeted transgendered man, It highlights the struggle of an LGBTQ person, both within himself and the world outside. It is situated in the economically humble locales of Mumbai.
Running Time: 05.00 min
Year: 2016
Format: .mov/ .mp4
Language: Hindi
Screenings:
None
Ba’tin
Cast: several
Synopsis:
The Ba’tin videos are a series of videos exploring the question of the Zahir or obvious and the Ba’tin or hidden in ancient evidences, especially in the areas of religion and culture.
Running Time:
Between 01.00 to 03.00 min
Year: 2016
Format: .mov/ .mp4
Language: English
Screenings:
74 A screened at Apeejay Galleries, New Delhi in 2015.