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- Interview plus a teeny weeny look at my new book… November 17, 2015
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Category Archives: Filmmaker Profiles
An Interview with Screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala
Sooni Taraporevala is one of the most accomplished screenwriters of Indian cinema. She made her debut as a screenwriter with the 1988 Mira Nair-directed Salaam Bombay! She has since written several features including Mississippi Masala (1991), Such a Long Journey … Continue reading
Making movies about movies
Movies about movies have been done in Hollywood over and over again, the most recent being Tropic Thunder. But surprisingly enough, Bollywood hasn’t had too many of these. Guru Dutt’s epic Kagaaz Ke Phool was one of the early films … Continue reading
Posted in Filmmaker Profiles, Random Musings
Tagged Bollywood, Farah Khan, Luck by Chance, moviemaking, Om Shanti Om, opening credits, Zoya Akhtar
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Bombay via Dar-es-Salaam – A Filmmaker’s Journey
Runjiv J. Kapur is a filmmaker based in Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania. His body of work encompasses more than 150 ad films, documentaries, shorts, infomercials and public service advertising and films. He has produced and directed current affairs shows, fashion and … Continue reading
Posted in Filmmaker Profiles
Tagged Albinos, Asit Sen, Bollywood, Chashama Film Festival, documentary, filmmaker, Mahesh Bhatt, Runjiv J Kapur, Tanzania
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