In the last two years, we have interviewed people primarily across the fields of music, movies and books. These are people who have inspired us and the ones around us. As enriching this experience has been, it has been equally enjoyable. We were completely taken by how much at ease most of these people were, [...]
Archive | Interviews RSS feed for this section
Interview: Amlan Datta (Part 1)
More than a month ago, Rajdip Ray called in (quite excitedly) to say that he would be interviewing someone whose work he respected immensely. Today, after that long conversation and after transcribing four hours of audio, here’s the first part of our two-part interview with National Award-winner, independent filmmaker, Amlan Datta. Read ahead to know more [...]
Interview: Amlan Datta (Part 2)
In the second part of our two-part interview with Amlan Datta, the independent filmmaker talks to Rajdip Ray about his adopted children, his passion for independent cinema and more. Read ahead and let us know what you think. Rajdip Ray: Tell us about your kids, Rajkumari and Rajesh, and their stories. How did you come [...]
Interview: Jhangir Kerawala
A writer of fabulous short stories and the creator of the Timpa comic series, Jhangir Kerawala now even has a novel in his kitty. Here, he talks to us about his book JFK and gives us an insight to his writing process amongst much more. Lipi Mehta: To start with, JFK seems like a very [...]
Interview: Ashwin Sanghi
P.C. Cherian: To start with, I loved Chanakya’s Chant. I like how it has a parallel story of a modern-day individual that combines statesman with kingmaker. It’s almost as if you made the modern-day politician a hero. How exactly did you think of this direction of taking Chanakya’s story? Any specifics? Ashwin Sanghi: I love [...]
Interview: Ronald Malfi
There are very few writers whose writing can make you speculate about a topic for a long time. Ronald Malfi is an example of such a writer. With works like Shamrock Alley and Via Dolorosa under his belt, he talks to Ahmed Faiyaz about his other book, Canyon of Souls and more. Ahmed Faiyaz: To [...]
Interview: Q
It’s disgusting. It’s disturbing. It’s too radical. It’s not meant for Indian audiences. Those were the reactions I received from folks who managed to watch the movie, Gandu. However, for some reason, I loved it. It managed to do exactly what post-modernist films are supposed to do i.e. upset the mainstream films and its audiences. [...]
Interview: Judy Balan
A few months ago, Judy Balan was a name that only a lot of avid bloggers and blog-readers were familiar of. I must admit that I wasn’t one of them. However, when I was handed a copy of Two Fates, I just spent a full five minutes digesting the fact that someone had even attempted [...]
