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Indian Documentaries Ride Global Wave as Local Funding and Distribution Concerns Remain
Far from the bright lights of Bollywood, the indomitable Indian documentary filmmaking industry has been making waves globally.
Anita Horam of London and Mumbai-based collective The Mighty Muse that serves as a curator, connector and incubator in the field, says that India has announced itself to the world “with a unique self-expression unlike ever before.” “We have a limitless pool of hyper local true stories from and about India and its modern identity, which can be harnessed into authentic, timely, important and uplifting content,” Horam adds. Her compatriot Sreemoyee Singh, whose “And, Towards Happy Alleys” debuted at the Berlinale and is also in MIFF’s national competition, says that a lot of Indian filmmakers are constantly experimenting and doing things in ways that have not been done before. Local theatrical distribution has worked in the past with both Menacherry’s “The Rat Race” (2011) and Shukla and Khushboo Ranka’s “An Insignificant Man” (2016) releasing successfully.
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