KAMLABAI
(47 mins/ Hindi, Marathi with English subs/ 1992)
Dir. Reena Mohan
17th May 2024
7 pm onwards
at Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre
New Delhi
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
About the Film: Kamlabai Gokhale was one of the first actors of India, and the first lady of Indian cinema. The film follows conversations with Kamlabai as she talks about her present, past and her future through photographs, enactments from a play, and music from the beginning of this century. Kamlabai offers a unique and rarely explored perspective of the history of Indian cinema and theatre as experienced by a woman who struggled against the social structures of her times.
About the Filmmaker: Reena Mohan is an award winning documentary filmmaker and editor who has worked out of Dubai, India, Kathmandu and London. She has edited several features, television serials and over 50 documentaries, many of which have been screened at international film festivals and received critical acclaim. She produced and directed her landmark debut documentary KAMLABAI in 1992 and has, till now, scripted and directed 10 non-fiction films that reveal a passionate engagement with people’s lives and issues of filmmaking. Reena has been conducting workshops on documentary practice for over two decades and has been associated with various international film festivals as a curator or a jury member. She is the recipient of three National Film Awards from the President of India for excellence in cinema and was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award at the prestigious International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala in 2022.
About the Kriti Film Club: This is an educational initiative of a not-for-profit organisation 'Kriti team'. We curate, screen and share documentary films on development, environment, and socially relevant issues, in an effort to positively influence mindsets and behaviour towards creating an equitous, just, and peaceful world. We also curate issue-based film festivals and organise documentary film shows in neighbourhoods, communities, schools, colleges, or institutions on request and otherwise. The Kriti Film Club has been screening documentaries regularly and independently (without any funding) in Delhi NCR since 2000 and in Mumbai since 2019, and online (Doculive.blogspot.com) since 2020, to promote 'thought-provoking cinema' #impactcinema
Venue Collaboration: India Habitat Centre, Habitat World, New Delhi
Nearest Metros: Jor Bagh, JLN Stadium, Khan Market, Race Course
Nearest Metros: Jor Bagh, JLN Stadium, Khan Market, Race Course
OPEN FOR ALL
- The venue is wheelchair friendly.
- Confirmations are requested on space.kriti@gmail.com
- Seating on first cum first serve basis
- Walk-ins are welcome to register at venue!
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