#kaphal

i love you, there i said it

“The children show their love in strange ways”, I said to Dhanno. “They will run up excitedly and say ‘pranaam’ and then run off again. It’s not as if they talk much to me, or hang around me much. They will laugh and chatter amongst themselves, and be naughty. But they are still shy of eating in front of me, shy of taking sweets, or any other treats. Once when I forced some cold drinks on them,…

Kaphal at Busan Kids Festival

Kaphal-Wild Berries will screen at the 9th Busan International Kids Film Festival, July 23-27 2014

Date: 26 July 2014

Venue: Middle Theatre, Busan Cinema Centre, Busan, South Korea.

Kaphal at 61st National Film Festival

As part of the 61st National Film Festival, which shows all the National Award Winning films of this year,

Kaphal will screen in Delhi next week

Date: Tuesday, 1st July 2014

Time: 9.15 am

Venue: Siri Fort Auditorium III

Entry free to all and on a first-come basis.

If you can, please go. No, I won’t be there.

kaphal at ncpa, mumbai

Kaphal-Wild Berries screening at NCPA, Mumbai under the Fresh Pix Series

Date: 23 May 2014

Time: 6.30 pm

Venue: Little Theatre, NCPA, Mumbai

See event page here: http://ncpamumbai.com/events-festivals.aspx?e=546&s=986

message from an absent husband and other such things

During the rehearsal, the videographer locks his camera into my face and goes off for a chat. I squirm in my seat, trying hard not to make faces at my big face on the big screen in front of me.

Later he asks me if I will instruct my family members to stand up and cheer for me when I get the award, so that he can take an insert. I say, “No one has come with me.” He looks at me, sympathetically. He…

kaphal at the 61st National Awards

The Swarn Kamal (Golden Lotus ) for Best Children’s Film for Kaphal-Wild Berries at the 61st National Awards.

With Shri Pranab Mukherjee – Honourable President of India, Shri Manish Tiwari – Honourable Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Shri Bimal Julka – Secretary, Information and Broadcasting.

61st national film awards

Kaphal won the Swarna Kamal in the 61st National Film Awards for Best Children’s Film. Overwhelmed.