Kalpana Lajmi, India’s film director, producer and screen-writer is famous for her women oriented and realistic work. She studied Psychology at Mumbai’s ‘St. Xavier’s college’. Daughter of ‘Lalita Lajmi’ (a Painter) Kalpana Lajmi was not the first of her family in film and drama making. Famous film director, ‘Shyam Benegal’ is her relative and she is the niece of the...
Ashwyn Balsaver is an Indian sound engineer who works predominantly in the Hindi film industry. He is known for Prahaar: The Final Attack (1991), Zubeidaa (2001), and Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008). His other films are “Bharat Ek Khoj” TV Series (1988-1989), Rudaali (1993), Mammo (1994), Oh Darling Yeh Hai India (1995), Tarpan (The Absolution) in 1995, The Making of the...
Sunanda Mitra is a filmmaker, writer, creative director, and creative consultant at freelance for writer and filmmaker. He is an Indian film director who has worked predominantly in Bollywood. Sunanda has worked in popular movies like Tez Raftaar (2016), which is a Bollywood comedy-drama film....
Sanjoy Hazarika is a poet, author(writer), journalist, editor, political commentator and activist, social innovator, producer and filmmaker. A remarkable individual who has received recognition on a variety of levels, Sanjoy was born in 1954 in Shillong, Meghalaya. Sanjoy worked as a newspaper columnist and documentary filmmaker. Here are some beautiful writings of Sanjoy- Rites of Passage, Strangers of the mist, Writing...
Bhupen Hazarika, born on September 8, 1926, was a talented Indian singer, filmmaker, lyricist, poet, and musician. He was born to Shantipirya and Nilakanta Hazarika in Sadiya, Assam. The couple had ten children including Bhupen. His father would migrate to different cities in search of better job opportunities....
C.K. Muraleedharan is a well-known Malayalam Cinematographer. He is born and brought up in Kerala and has made a huge contribution to Indian Cinema. He comes across as a very meticulous person. He started his career filming documentaries and has shot episodes of various Doordarshan Programmes. He has filmed hundreds of documentaries for channels in India, BBC and the Film...