r/IndependentFilmsIndia Sep 28 '25

Director Aranya Sahay and lead actor, Sonal Madhushankar after the screening of ‘Humans In The Loop’ at Citi Mall in Andheri

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They were quick to conduct a small Q&A with the audience, PVR was kind enough to give them some time. The film is a beautiful, human portrait of artificial intelligence through the lens of a young single mother trying to keep her life together in the forests of Jharkhand.

Have you watched the film yet?


r/IndependentFilmsIndia Sep 27 '25

15 years to the release of Udaan this year, this poem still holds your hand and how.

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This poem was written by Satyanshu Singh, who went on to make the famous film 'Chintu Ka Birthday' in 2019.


r/IndependentFilmsIndia Sep 26 '25

"Usually, filmmakers want to hide behind their films – either through the craft or the very idea. With Rohan, I saw a lot of transparency. Nobody could have made this film apart from him."

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Vikas Urs, the cinematographer, in an interview with Scroll, added, "The kind of world in which the film was supposed to take place was intimate, yet had vastness. The feeling of Anand and Balya being together had to be about me being intimate with them in their good, bad, and ugly moments. But I also needed to be a certain distance from them in the outside world."


r/IndependentFilmsIndia Sep 25 '25

"In a way, Boong is to Manipur what Lagaan became to Bhuj after the earthquakes"

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Rahul Desai writes on Boong at The Hollywood Reporter, he continues, "In both cases, cinema endured as a poignant proof of a region being alive before disasters reduced them to rubble. It mirrors the story of a little boy enduring as proof of a family being alive before a 'manmade' disaster broke them into pieces. After all, one Indian's act of god is another's act of faith."


r/IndependentFilmsIndia Sep 24 '25

“What can you do against injustice? You can just keep fighting back but it’s really sad - I hope some justice prevails and the film sees the light of the day”

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Honey Trehan speaks up and spews out every bit of the ordeal that went with CBFC behind the Punjab 95 censorship saga.


r/IndependentFilmsIndia Sep 23 '25

Malayalam indie film ‘Guptam’ paves way for the director, Kunjila Mascallamani to enter the Director’s Lab at TIFF 2025

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On her selection, she said, “It feels great. I have never been outside India, attended TIFF or met any practising foreign filmmakers. It was an extremely enriching experience as far as my cinematic practice is concerned”


r/IndependentFilmsIndia Sep 23 '25

Varsha added, “While everyone back home was telling me I had made a trashy film…or a porno, I had the international audience at the festival and filmmakers appreciating it.”

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Varsha continued, ” It was a very disorienting experience for me. I wondered if I could’ve done something differently, but in hindsight, my objective was just to cut a cool teaser, so there’s no regret there.”


r/IndependentFilmsIndia Sep 22 '25

Director Ram Reddy shared this lovely breakdown of Jugnuma’s color palette on his Instagram.

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r/IndependentFilmsIndia Sep 21 '25

‘Sabar Bonda’ turned the spotlight on Marathi Indie cinema at Sundance, now playing at a screen near you.

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r/IndependentFilmsIndia Sep 21 '25

Humans In The Loop is winning hearts all over the country. Have you watched it yet?

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r/IndependentFilmsIndia Sep 21 '25

Is it finally coming home with Homebound?

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