Ballad of Rustom

Was the only official entry from India for the Oscar awards at Los Angeles in the shorts section-in 2003 -it competed in the honorary foreign film category. The short film “Notes On Her” inspired by Mahashweta devi's 'DRAUPADI AND BASHAI TUDU'. - is about a journalist’s memory of a rebel called Dopdi who never seems to die. It’s an experimental film not following a strict narrative structure and is highly visual with a complimenting sound track which enhances the film’s dark atmosphere. The film was shot in black and white and printed on color to achieve the dark, high contrast, gritty images.

The Solitary Sandpiper” explores a certain state of mind. It’s the human need for inner freedom. The individual caught in an age of alienation. and the longing for nature and the wilderness. A desire for liberation from the pace of modern day life. The search for which leads the central character into the other dimension, which is also perhaps her own spiritual catharsis and rejuvenation. The Solitary Sandpiper was screened at The Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

THE ISLE- musical work--cinemascope-persian-a collage of images which leads into that long forgotten tunnel called childhood. The French composer “Erik Satie’s” simple and evocative musical arrangement “Gnossienne No.1” reinforces the image