the human gives up on the perspective of looking at life like a child,
itās not a lost cause, itās just that they arenāt really a child anymore.
mangoes, cricket balls and phone calls have taken different form.
how well are you able to speak to your mother is the real question.
and how well is your mother able to speak to her loved ones.
does she tell how she really feels,
or are her words simply buried in the achaar she sends you.
an early morning with mujeeb and manu, canoeing to an island, playing frisbee, swimming in the river, talking about the local flavours, falling asleep on water, youād almost think this was the closest you can go back to a childhood summer.
35mm
d/s by @darkroom8studio@thepanchromeproject
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things over the last year that made me pause and look:
1. Ricky Vasanās artwork at Galerie Isa
2. Dheer Kakuās āSafe Placeā, that reminded me of the film Chintu ka birthday
3. Patti Smithās beautiful memoir āJust Kidsā
4. My favourite excerpt from Rintu Thomasā article on documentary filmmaking and the politics of a fixed gaze
5. A page from a zine Iāve always had on my wall, and a postcard from kochi that conveys almost the same thing.
6. Star tortoises casually existing beside a woman peeling peas at a home in Ahmedabad
7. An installation that was a part of Shivangi Kalraās āYouāre growing on meā exhibit
8. The street art near Bandstand
9. Roopvartani by Hema Mhatre as part of her study of the forms of things
10. Untitled artwork at the Jehangir art gallery
11. The TV screen i fully vibed with at Sudanās gig
12. Mantoās āKingdomās Endā
13. Appaās first āselfie on filmā at his new place, the first month he moved to Singapore
i remember watching SXSW and Clermont-Ferrand shorts on the internet back in college and thinking this was the place to be! Fast forward to a few years later I met Pranav, and we worked on a few ads and a music video , but when he shared the script of @wewerehere_ , i knew we were finally collaborating on THE project. The kind of film only he could make. The kind of film I liked to consume.
2016 trend chhodo, the 2018 ashwin who spent more time watching shorts than lectures wouldāve been super stoked to know heās part of a film thatās playing at the very same festivals.
āWe Were Hereā will have itās World Premiere at the @lecourtclermont , followed by itās North American Premiere at @sxsw š¤
a special one for the crew š
written & directed by @pranavbhasin
producer @yashgonsai
co-producers @devaiah.bopanna@earlymanfilm@rahul.bharti@babullish@vaibhav.bundhoo
cinematographer @rajivmalu
associate director @aestheticbaba
DA @theflipsideboy š¤øš»āāļø
ADs @nielmodi@yash_chadotara
production designer @deardarkly
casting @tpwcasting
stylist @anavran_niraalishah music composer @yashsahai colorist @yashsoni.color sound design @utsxv_pvt26 post producer @jay_dantara
