What has been the role of Mumbai towards cinema since the past one hundred years? You have recently mentioned that cinema has now being reduced to a commodity. What makes you say that? How do you respond to movies like Court and Fandry? You have been associated with the film society movement in the seventies […]
What is Thumri and how did it emerge? How does Thumri sit-in the overall scheme of Traditional Hindustani classical music? Even thumri format has set rules and it’s own framework. Did Thumri face problems when it was evolving? If yes, what kind of challenges? Why did people venture into other lighter forms? Most of the […]
How do we define dissent in these times? Why do plays from the times of the Greeks and even Bhasa attract the most number of dissenters? You have directed plays by Vijay Tendulkar to Mahesh Elkunchwar. And Shafaat Khan to Ramu Ramanathan. What could be the reasons these playwrights try to voice controversial topics? Is […]
Massimo Vignelli quoted, “if you can design one thing you can design everything”; that being true, don’t you think if you cover the width, depth can fall short? You have been referred to as an industrial sculptor in a lot of places. What is it? How is an industrial sculptor different from an industrial designer? […]
What is the difference between typography and calligraphy? Is calligraphy independent of typeface? Can calligraphy be standardized? Why do you think handwriting is so critical when the world is going digital? How critical is it to learn the language to do calligraphy in that language? What’s the role of language? Can language be restrictive for […]
