The filmmaker on her Cannes award-winning drama and challenging the status quo in India through her work.
, her drama slated for U.S. release on Nov. 15. Not only was it the first Indian film to play in competition at Cannes in 30 years, it also became the first to win the festival's coveted Grand Prix, its ostensible silver medal. In his statement, Modi mentioned Kapadia's graduate film school, the government-aided Film and Television Institute of India , and the"rich creativity in India.
Kapadia adds that the bulldozer has a “double meaning.” In another subplot, Anu and Prabha's older friend and hospital co-worker Parvaty , whose late husband handled all their assets and documents, is on the verge of being evicted from her home of 20 years, thanks to ruthless developers seeking to construct new high-rises for Mumbai's wealthy elite.
"The personal is political," a term coined by second-wave feminists in the 1960s, is a long-held aphorism that holds entirely true for Kapadia's work. Whilesaw her turn her lens toward the world around her, its tale of student demonstrations also follows the fictitious story of an anonymous FTII alumnus,"L," whose romantic letters and old film reels detail the deeply entwined politics and artistry of the institute's student body.
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