Rooted in Reality
By Pickle September 1, 2025
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Many significant Indian documentaries brought tales of real people, places and phenomena to Toronto.
Ali Kazimi: Narmada: A Valley Rises (Perspectives Canada, 1994); Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeffery Thomas (1997)
Reena Mohan: Kamlabai (1994)
Kumar Shahani: Bhavantarana (1994)
Ruchir Joshi: Tales from Planet Kolkata (1994)
Riyad Vinci Wadia: Fearless: The Hunterwali Story (1994)
Adoor Gopalakrishnan: Kalamandalam Gopi (2000)
Mira Nair: So far from India (1983)
Ashim Ahluwalia: John & Jane (2005)
(Miss Lovely (2012), Ahluwalia’s fiction feature debut, was part of TIFF’s City to City: Mumbai programme)
Pan Nalin: Faith Connections (2013)
Khusboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla: An Insignificant Man (2016)
Shirley Abraham and Amit Madhesiya: Cinema Travellers (2016)
Dilip Mehta: Mostly Sunny (2016)
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India is the Country of Honour at Cannes
RAVINDRA VELHAL: DRIVING MEDIA TRANSFORMATION
THE PATH FINDER: JYOTI DESHPANDE
INTO THE WORLD OF RRR
Powerkids Appoints Manoj Mishra as CEO
Toonz Join Tunche Films to Co-Produce Spanish-Peruvian Animation Feature Kayara
National Museum of Indian Cinema Hosts Vintage Vehicles
I&B Secretary promises Govt’s Support to Film industry
Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ to Blaze at Cannes
Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru is the Annecy Festival Opener
Now, Shoot at Sight in India!
Lata Mangeshkar, India’s Singing Goddess
Quantum Image Making Has Arrived
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2022: Centenary of Indian Cinema Legends
Singing Legend Lata Mangeshkar, Nightangale of India, Dies at 92
Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series Ventures Into OTT Content Creation Space
What’s India Looking for at European Film Market
