FILM • DOCUMENTARY • ARCHIVE
Frames of Movement
A filmmaker’s eye meeting a dancer’s soul. Researched, scripted, produced and directed works that translate the nuance of Indian and Asian performance traditions into enduring cinema.
- “Dance, when seen through the lens, becomes a journey of emotion, rhythm, and memory.”
TV DOCUMENTARIES
Television Documentaries (1994–1996)
Researched, scripted and produced for TV — poster-style cards below retain your exact text.
“Hamsanaama” series on Indian miniature paintings
the works commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar curated by Amy Porter for Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA 1994.
“Images” works of the renowned photographer - Raghubir Singh
New York, USA 1994
“Asian Immigrants’ problems”
in the tri-state area of New York, USA 1995
“Asian Children’s Outreach Programme”
in New York, New York, USA 1995
“Malavika Sarukkai and her Art”
on the artistic journey of the renown Bharatanatyam Dancer New York, USA 1995
“Asian Immigrants’ problems”
in the tri-state area of New York, USA 1995
FILM-MAKER
And Miles to Flow
Researched, scripted, produced and directed “And Miles to Flow” – a documentary film in 35 mm which was selected for the International Documentary Festival in 1998 and retrospective at the Mumbai International Film Festival in February, 2006.
The film is a celebration of the kinship in spirit shared by the Asian Dance Theatre forms like Kathakali of India, Noh and Kabuki of Japan and Chinese Opera. It highlights the master-disciple relationship: one of the deepest human relationships, combining complete freedom with total surrender. The “Yugen” or flowering of an artiste takes place in the soil and light of this relationship. Its depiction is an important preoccupation of the film.
ETHOS
Thematic Essence
In the stillness of Kathakali’s gaze, in the precision of Kabuki’s gesture, and in the silence of Chinese Opera, flows a shared river of devotion and discipline. The lens becomes a bridge between tradition and the modern eye.
FRAMES
Making of "And Miles to Flow"
