Baavra Mann (2013)

Directed by

Jaideep Varma

Genre

documentary film

Country

India

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary profiles Indian filmmaker Sudhir Mishra. It also uses his life to show the decline of creative and intellectual scenes in India, focusing on a university, a theater scene, and a film culture.

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What happens

Baavra Mann is a documentary film on the Indian filmmaker Sudhir Mishra directed by Jaideep Varma. Though ostensibly a biographical film, it is equally a portrait of the decline of the Indian creative and intellectual scene as touched by Sudhir Mishra's life, especially with regard to Sagar University, the theatre scene in Delhi and the film culture of Mumbai. The film was started and completed as a part-time project from 2010 to 2013. The film's production house was called Saturday Films because the majority of the work used to happen on Saturdays. In 2013 the film was taken over by Films Division, India, who is the official producer. The film was completed in 2013 and travelled to festivals in New York Indian Film Festival and DC South Asian Festival – it won the "Best Documentary" award at the latter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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