IFFM Guests

Anindita Dutta

Director Anindita is from Calcutta. She has a Master's in Journalism and experience in acting/directing student films, and digital films in her advertising career. Her husband’s gig-going stories and her discoveries of counterculture having lived across India inspired this debut. With her background in journalism, she never imagined that her first film would be about the subject of "live music." In the process of making this film, she has tried to recreate her desired youth days in a way the rebel in her would have wanted to live. The inspiration for this movie comes from attending several alternate and underground live music gigs with her partner. She wanted the entire world to see Bombay through this sub-culture lens and witness the magic of "these misfits" featured in the movie. She is a keen observer of the cultural nuances of India and the world and has absorbed more than most, having lived across India.

Next, she will document brown women and their esoteric communities.