Anuj Malhotra
2021Mayadweep
Anuj Malhotra
Anuj Malhotra and Chandan Sen's “Mayadweep” chronicles the diverse set of circumstances that resulted in the institution of the iconic Bikaner Gang Canal in Rajasthan. This film establishes a legacy of aristocratic apathy, the suffering it yields and the social upheaval that results. At the same time the film tries to mimic the spiritual, visual and aural landscape of site of it’s central events. FEATURING EXCLUSIVELY ON CINEMAPRENEUR
Mayadweep
Yeh Woh
Anuj Malhotra
Anuj Malhotra’s Yeh Woh (Turmoil) is a brief but potent distillation of the immensely volatile circumstances in India which are continually present. Using the extended metaphor of a house in woeful disrepair, the filmmaker grapples with the shocks and reverberations of state violence. But while a house can serve to protect from the turmoil lurking throughout the city, it can also become a fortress in which one locks themself away from others. Challenging his own engagement with collective protest, and the temptation to give in to feelings of middle-class apathy ingrained through one’s upbringing, the filmmaker continually plays on the dichotomy of outside and inside. “The ‘truth’ of the outside world has now entered our house and now lives inside our own ‘reality’; a horrific concoction.”
Turmoil
Gaurav Chale Gaya
Anuj Malhotra
"He had a new film he wanted to share with me. As soon as it ended, I watched it a second time. The spoken language was dense, rapid-fire, subtitled, and accompanied by separate on-screen text. In the course of less than 3 minutes, I felt I had already taken in the amount of information which might usually correspond to something closer to 30 minutes." - MLP
Gaurav Chale Gaya
