Chitrashala
House of Paintings
2015
India
19 minutes
Night falls. A storm threatens. The last visitor has left the room of miniatures in the old palace, now a museum. The painted images come to life to tell the story of the love and exile of King Nala and his wife Damayanti (Book III of the Mahabharata).
Amit Dutta
Amit Dutta is a filmmaker based in India. He studied cinema at the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII). His films have won several awards including FIPRESCI at the Oberhausen Film Festival, Gold Mikaldi at Bilbao, Golden Conch at MIFF and four National Awards. Retrospectives of his work have taken place at Oberhausen, Germany; Cinéma du Réel, Centre Pompidou, Paris; and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, California.
Editing :
Samarth Dixit; Amit Dutta
Samarth Dixit; Amit Dutta
Sound :
Amit Dutta; Samarth Dixit
Amit Dutta; Samarth Dixit
Photography :
Dhananjai Singh; Piyush Shah
Dhananjai Singh; Piyush Shah
Production :
Amit Dutta / Ritu Khoda / Art1st Foundation
Amit Dutta / Ritu Khoda / Art1st Foundation
Print source :
Amit Dutta / Ritu Khoda
Amit Dutta / Ritu Khoda
