Nagari Film Festival Day 2

Cinema and the Right to the City I 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Bombay: Our City (Hamara Shahar) by Anand Patwardhan (1985)

A landmark documentary exposing housing injustices and the struggles of Bombay’s urban poor. Four decades later, a dialogue with Patwardhan will reflect on the film’s enduring relevance, exploring cinema’s power to question urban inequality and reclaim collective space.

The documentary will be followed by Nagari short film, The Chaviwallahs of Mumbai by Akanksha Gupta and Gopal MS (2022)

The City Through Many Lenses I 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

A selection from 60 short films made across 12 Indian cities under the Nagari initiative (2020-2024) will be screened. These films offer varied perspectives on urban life and form. The films will accompany conversations with Nagari mentors and filmmakers, exploring the creative process, thematic concerns, and the evolving narratives of India’s cities.

Nagari Short Films to be screened:

- Sundari by Sudarshan Sawant & Dhanesh Gopal (2024)
- Taal Betal by Sanchay Bose, Pramathyu Shukla, Shubham Sengupta and Rudraksh Pathak (2021)
- अख्खा दिन, अख्खी रात (All day and all of the night) by Priya Naresh, Palak Patel & Aniket Kolarkar (2022)
- Homes on the Line by Amit Rathee, Nimit Phogat & Mandeep Singh (2024)
- শিলসাঁকোৰ উদং বুকু (Remember Xilxaku) by Maharshi Kashyap, Susmita Talukdar, Zeba Zoariah Ahsan, Biswajit Das, Dhruba Hazarika & Koushik Tamilmaran (2022)
- Samayada Harivu (Flow of Time) by Shruti Parthasarathy, Vikash Tiwari and Abhishek Patil (2023)
- Udta Banaras by Apoorva Jaiswal and Manas Krishna (2020)
- Beyond Four Walls by Ritika Banerjee, Aila Bandagi and Bimal Thankachan (2020)
- Junk-e by Ayush Ray and Ritam Sarkar (2023)
- गौरैया (Sparrow) by Jatin Parveen, Nitesh Sharma and Partham Kar (2023)
- Ganga Ke Do Kinare by Avikal Parashari, Archana Singh and Asna Jamal (2022)
- Town on Water by Nitesh Sharma, Muskan Bhatt, Avijit Newar, Avinav Saha (2024)

Feminine Spaces and Silent Revolutions I 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM 
All We Imagine As Light by Payal Kapadia (2024)

The film is a luminous exploration of friendship, longing, and womanhood in contemporary Mumbai. Set against the city’s shifting rhythms, the film captures intimate lives within its vastness. A discussion with actor Kani Kusruti, who plays the lead role of Prabha, reflects on performance, emotion, and the film’s poetic realism. 

This will be followed by the screening of Nagari Short Film, The Many Journeys of Water by Niki Nirvikalpa, Sugantha Priscilla, & Prasanth Kumar K (2022).

Kindly note that seating is on first-come, first-served basis.