18th Madurai Film Festival 2016 : Sudheer Gupta –
Filmmaker in Focus
Born 3rd January 1960,
Mother tongue: Hindi
Lives in Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi
Alumni :
CHS, JNU (1981-83,94-97); FTII, Pune (1984-87)
Making
independent and commissioned documentary films since 1990. Films about social
realities, developmental delimmas, environment issues, folk-traditions,
folk-performers and artists. Films shot in India, Germany, UK and USA. Films
exhibited all over the world through various TV networks and film festivals.
Email: cinemasudheer@gmail.com
Films by Sudheer Gupta :
1.
“Song
of a Painter”
40
mins./DV/2006/Hindi with subtitles in English
A chance biography of
an extraordinary painter Manohar Deolalikar who lived on the streets in Delhi
for over 30 years till his demise in 2003. This painter also sang hauntingly.
2.
“Anant
Kalakar” (Timeless Artist)
33
mins./HDV/2006/Hindi & Rajasthani with subtitles in English
In a short film
introducing the myriads arts and artists of eastern and western Rajasthan
revealing their mesmerizing effect and their music.
3.
“Three
Generations of Jogi Umar Farukh”
52 mins./HD/2010/
Hindi & Rajasthani with subtitles in English
A film travelling to
muslim jogis of Alvar, Mewat, Rajasthan while documenting three generations of
Jogi Umar Farukh the chief protagonist.
4.
“Dream
of a Painter”
40
mins./HD/2011/English with subtitles
A chance biography of
an English coal-miner Robert Page who turned to his lifetime passion of
painting at the age of 70. He painted his life spent in the mines.
“Dancing Pandavas”
72 mins./HD/2013
It's a travel film that traces folk practices related to
Pandavs of the Mahabharata in Western Himalayas. This film is the first ever
record of folk-beliefs of people considering Pandavs as their ancestors in
stories, theatre, possession, dance, agnostic games, a large heritage of broken
or incomplete temples, spreading across Garhwal Uttarakhand and Himachal
Pradesh.
The film was produced for Indira Gandhi National Centre of
Arts, New Delhi.
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