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Mohit Patil

In documentary ‘Farewell My Indian Soldier’, plush hospitals, kind women and lasting ties

Vijay Singh’s film revisits the experiences of Indian troops who served the British and French armies during World War I.

Mohit Patil
· Mar 16, 2017 · 03:00 pm
Meet (again) Mani Kaul, the documentary filmmaker

The legendary filmmaker is best known for his feature films such as ‘Uski Roti’ and ‘Duvidha’, but his non-fiction work is no less fascinating.

Mohit Patil
· Jul 15, 2016 · 01:30 pm
All this time later, Hitchcock and Truffaut are still telling us how films need to be made

Kent Jones’s documentary dives deep into the ideas discussed in Francois Truffaut’s seminal interviews with Alfred Hitchcock.

Mohit Patil
· Jun 11, 2016 · 03:00 pm

‘Destroy all traces of red!’ Why ‘Hun Hunshi Hunshilal’ still matters

Sanjiv Shah’s 1992 Gujarati satire feels strikingly prescient of the current situation.

Mohit Patil
· Mar 07, 2016 · 09:30 am