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Independent cinema v/s Bollywood featuring Adil Hussain and Faisal Malik

What do Adil Hussain and Faisal Malik have in common other than their rural backgrounds and meteoric ascent to stardom? They were both at Chitrashaala, Village Square’s short film festival, to talk about their work, life and the struggles of showing good cinema in India.

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Discussing climate change through cinema

The climate change-themed short films screened at Village Square’s Chitrashaala film festival drew the audience’s attention to this pressing issue. The filmmakers in attendance – Jigar Nagda and Stenzin Tankong – spoke about the subject during a discussion at the fest.

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Bringing back the romance in craft at Chitrashaala

Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali discusses challenges of filming crafts with award-winning filmmaker Utpal Borpujari and young filmmaker Riah Taipodia from Meghalaya during a conversation at the Chitrashaala short film festival in August 2024.

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I was inspired by the rural youngsters while filming Panchayat: Faisal Malik

Events like Village Square’s Chitrashaala help promote good content, feels actor Faisal Malik. He talked to us about attending the short film festival, filming Panchayat in a village, his humble roots, and what went into playing Prahlad cha.

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‘Regional is the new mainstream cinema’

National Award-winning director Manish Saini, whose film Giddh (The Scavenger) was screened at the Chitrashaala Short Film Festival, reflects on the art of short filmmaking, Gujarati cinema's revival, and the challenges facing regional storytellers in the OTT era.

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A behind-the-scenes peek into Ek Aadmi ka Nyota

We take a look at what went into the filming of the short film Ek Aadmi ka Nyota, which is a story derived from the personal childhood experience of its director Amit Kumar.

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A filmmaker’s ode to craft on celluloid

Muzaffar Ali, the director of films such as Gaman, Umrao Jaan and Anjuman tells us why he chose to make 18 short films on Indian craft forms, one of which was screened at Village Square’s Chitrashaala short film festival.

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Rural themes resonate with celebs and cinema lovers at Chitrashaala

The inaugural edition of Chitrashaala, Village Square’s short film festival on rural India, saw the coming together of filmmakers, actors, cinema lovers and critics at the Alliance Francaise on August 3. Here’s a round-up for those of you who missed the fest!

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Moving mountains with rural-based themes on celluloid

Aravali the Lost Mountains, by Jigar Nagda, captures this conflict between the many facets of development. In a chat with Village Square, the filmmaker talks about his journey and mining in Rajasthan ahead of the screening of the film at the Chitrashaala short-film festival.

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Bittu –  A fiction film that borrows from real village life

Karishma Dev Dube, the director of Bittu, which was shortlisted for the Best Live Action Short Film segment at the 93rd Academy Awards, tells us more about the movie ahead of its screening at the Chitrashaala Short Film Festival.

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‘Cinema can capture a way of life that may soon get lost’

Cinema has the power to show all facets of society, says Stenzin Tankong, whose Last Days of Summer is being screened at Chitrashaala Short Film Festival. He tells us how his films portray Ladakh, and more.

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Taking a deep dive into climate issues through cinema

It wasn’t easy for filmmaker Priya Thuvassery to make Coral Woman, but she gained some novel experiences while making it. She tells us more about the movie, which will be screened at the upcoming Chitrashaala short film festival.

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‘I want to make movies about the northeast’

Riah Taipodia, the director of the film Khiew Ranei which will be screened at Village Square’s Chitrashaala Short Film Festival, talks to us about her movie and her dream of telling more stories from the northeast.

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Here’s a film that takes masks of Majuli to the people

In an exclusive tete-e-tete, Mask Art of Majuli director Utpal Borpujari tells us more about the short film, set in the world's largest river island in Assam, which will be screened at Village Square’s Chitrashaala short film festival.

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Chitrashaala – Student winners of short film competition announced!

The jury’s verdict is in! Judges from the Film Critics Guild have hand-picked the winners of Village Square’s competition for college students. Check out the winning movies that will be screened at the Chitrashaala short film festival.

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All you need to know about Village Square’s Chitrashaala short film festival

Screening of selected short films on rural India, conversations with filmmakers, interactions with acclaimed directors, actors and critics – you can catch all this and more at Chitrashaala on August 3. Here’s what the day will bring.

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Chitrashaala – Village Square’s short film fest trains the lens on rural India

Watch powerful films like Giddh (The Scavanger) and Last Days of Summer, interact with film personalities Muzaffar Ali, Adil Hussain, Faisal Malik and others, and learn more about rural India at Chitrashaala, Village Square’s short film festival.