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A sports academy in a remote village in India’s Bihar state where girls are striving for sporting glory. Laxmipur, a remote village in India’s eastern state of Bihar, is the home of one of India’s few girls’ football teams. India’s Offside Girls, follows the team as they train at the Laxmibai Sports Club and prepareContinue reading “India’s Offside Girls”

This film is inspired by the true story of my village in Jharkhand, India. Once in this remote and isolated community, villagers coexisted like members of a large extended family where they maintained a unique way of life—mellow and harmonious, celebratory and united. With the passage of time and the evolution of modernity, government andContinue reading “GAON”

‘My Own Private Bollywood’ is done following me while I work on my debut hindi feature film GAON. GAON is inspired by the true story of my village in Jharkhand, India. Once in this remote and isolated community, villagers coexisted like members of a large extended family where they maintained a unique way of life—mellowContinue reading “My Own Private Bollywood”

My grandfather was a BCCL miner in Jharia. My father’s face illuminates when he talks about his childhood days in Jharia. Half of my village lived in this town working for BCCL. I have been a constant visitor since the far back time my memory takes me. This is where I went to a cinema hall firstContinue reading “The Burning City”

India, with its 1.2 billion people, is astoundingly diverse in virtually every aspect of social life – ethnic, linguistic, regional, economic, religious, class and caste. As a filmmaker, I am fascinated by my country’s ability to find harmony in so much diversity. I wanted to tell the story of an India that belongs to eachContinue reading “Indian Hospital Revisited”

It was not meant to become a film in the first place. I was only trying to help Marappa track his sister, in the beginning, knowing almost nothing about his past. Generally, people avoid discussing children’s past with them at Bornfree as it might open some traumatic wounds. One day after the ‘Indian Hospital’ shootContinue reading “My Sister Laxmi”

The idea of doing a series in an Indian Hospital came from Paul Roy. I decided to join him when he selected Narayana Hrudyalaya for this. I always believed in the business model of Dr. Devi Shetty and wanted to do at least one film explaining this model. So here came my opportunity. We shotContinue reading “A year in an Indian Hospital”

India’s handwritten magazines have long fascinated me. But while researching the subject for a blog, I came across one in particular that stood out. Jugnu is a 32-page monthly magazine that has been written and published by the sex workers of the Chaturbhuj-sthan brothel in Bihar, near the border with Nepal, for the past 10Continue reading “How I came to make ‘Daughters Of The Brothel’”