Gangs of Wasseypur | Indie Films

Artist Amitesh Shrivastava

"My recent works examine globalization and its effect on people and the
environment. I am particularly interested in different characteristics of livingbeings, their moods and their relationship to the environment in whichthey have been placed. Space, light and forms as well as their growth anddevelopment are my concerns. There is a keen interest in showing bodyattachments and enhancements with the figures represented within the frame,giving them an almost spinning, moving quality while they are engaged inconversation. The viewer may thus enter and be a part of this ongoing activityand conversation." - Amitesh Shrivastava

The Hinglish Project

Welcome to 'The Hinglish Project'. Through this unique font design, you can tell the phonetic sound of a Hindi character by looking at the corresponding Roman letter superimposed on it. 

Hindi is written in the Devanagri script, which has many more characters than the English alphabet. This font, then, cannot teach you how to read words as they are spelt in Hindi, but its aim is to demystify individual letters in its script and make India more approachable. 

Despite the superficial distinctiveness of English and Hindi, the two borrow from the same phonetic pool - they both belong to the Indo-European group of languages. This font design playfully highlights these commonalities. To quote a now-popular phrase, "We're same same, but different!"

www.thehinglishproject.com 

Fresh & Local | Urban Farming in Bombay

Fresh & Local is a movement to facilitate urban farming in Mumbai, India.

Started in the spring of 2010, in response to the lack of fresh and organic produce, and the lack of resources and support for urban farming in the city. The organization researches and develops best practices, design gardens and garden products, host gardening workshops and work in partnership with NGOs and individuals to set up kitchen gardens across the city. We believe that by creating replicable models of urban farming we can inspire the changes needed to improve access to quality food for all Mumbai residents.

To support them for their next big project 'Flyover Farm' checkout their Kickstarter page here --- http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/495230553/flyover-farm?ref=live

Get connected on Facebook here --- https://www.facebook.com/freshandlocalindia

To volunteer contact --- Liam Rees +91 9930829762 liam@freshandlocal.org

BREATHER | short film

Breather, developed by Andrea Polli illustrates the problem of air pollution in Delhi India, where one person dies every hour from breathing complications. In this work, a common Indian car is encased in a plastic bubble that inflates and deflates at a rate similar to human breathing. Commissioned by Khoj International, New Delhi. Khoj Studios based in New Delhi sees its role as an incubator for art and ideas, artistic exchange and dialog in the visual arts. Through their programming they aim to assist and develop, forms of art such as media art, performance, video, environmental, public and community based art, sound and other experimental modes of cultural production.

Anhey Ghorey Da Daan (Alms for a Blind Horse)

An Adaptation of Gurdial Singh's novel, Anhey Ghorey Da Daan (Alms for a Blind Horse) is Gurvinder Singh's first feature film.

Directed by: Gurvinder Singh
Produced by: National Film Development Corporation (NFDC)
Creative Producer: Late Mani Kaul
Cinematography: Satya Rai Nagpaul
Editor: Ujjwal Chandra
Line Producer: Kartikeya Narayan Singh
Music: Catherine Lamb

Anhey Ghorey... sweeped the National Film Awards this year, the film won the Best Director Award, Award for Best Cinematography and was also honored by the Best Punjabi Language Film.