INTERVIEW | Shaunak Sen: ‘Documentaries do not find viewership in India’
The HinduPublished : Jul 13, 2023 11:00 IST - 6 MINS READ Certain films have the potential to transcend boundaries, capturing the core of human experience with remarkable creativity. Then came best documentary at Cannes Film Festival 2022, followed by a nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the 95th Academy Awards in March this year. But the outside world did impinge on the two brothers’ lives, and we brought this out through oblique, tangential but palpable references without any overt political commentary. I found their radical perseverance fascinating.””Shaunak Sen The darkness in the film’s world, with its dystopian shots of polluted skies, smoke-belching factories and massive piles of garbage, is offset by the sense of hope inherent in the act of saving and rehabilitating the kites. The first year you’re only learning the ropes, finding your film vocabulary, and getting the characters used to the camera.
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