#31 with Payal Kapadia

Payal is a filmmaker based in Mumbai. Her latest film ‘ A Night of Knowing Nothing’ won the prestigious ‘The Golden Eye, The Documentary Prize’ at the recent Cannes Film Festival. She is the first Indian to receive the honour since the award’s initiation. Earlier, her short film “Afternoon Clouds” was shortlisted for the short fiction film category at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. Please support my work: 1. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anuragminusverma 2. BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Anuragminus 3. PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/AnuragMinusVerma?locale.x=en_GB In this podcast we talked about: Her experience at the Cannes film festival. Payal talks about her background and how she got fascinated by cinema. Decay in the culture of alternative cinema spaces in India. Are audiences in India still not ready to consume art house cinema ? The idea of discipline in the creative world. How to find the original voice in the film school and what is the meaning of ‘honesty’ in creativity. Self doubts in the life of an artist and it is one of the most dangerous phases to go through for any artist. How much validation of a festival is important for an art house filmmaker. How does the idea of rhythm work in filmmaking? How art films play around with the concept of ‘time’ in cinema. Her thoughts on cinema as a political tool and how does the intersection of aesthetics and politics work in today's age? Some of our rants against Dil Chahta hai and Rang De Basanti. Regressive politics of well made Bollywood films. Why are there a lack of women filmmakers in our country and what can be done to improve the diversity ? Link for few topics covered in the podcast: Payal’s film afternoon clouds : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kHrUDoW8i4&t=155s My article fo Times of India Blog: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/anurag-minus-verma/why-hating-jnu-is-becoming-a-favorite-hobby-of-our-country-9616/ Kramasha by Amit Dutta: https://youtu.be/hlyowrMY3qQ Murder at Monkey Hill movie: https://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/filmedia/play/520/Murder-At-Monkey-Hill Letter to a young poet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_to_a_Young_Poet Godard’s Bande a part- One minute of silence : https://youtu.be/7nTvuUDvHh4