Film screening with introduction by Chaitanya Sambrani

Due to unforeseen circumstances the screening of To Let the World In: Vol 1 has been postponed

To Let the World In: Vol. 1 is part of a two-film project that reflects on the work of three generations of visual artists in India.

Volume 1 of the film chronicles the spirit and legacy of the Narrative-Figurative movement initiated by a group of artists and a critic in the late 1970s. They sought to explore the particularities of locality, gender and politics in a postmodernist vein, moving away from the master narratives of national and international high modernism. The film features intimate conversations with artists Arpira Singh, Gulammohammed Sheikh, Vivan Sundaram, Nilima Sheikh, Nalini Malani, Sudhir Patwardhan, Ranbir Kaleka, Pushpamala N, Anita Dube and Atul Dodiya along with critic and curator Geeta Kapur. The film project as commissioned by Art Chennai as a component of the major 2012 exhibition To Let the World In: Narrative and Beyond in Contemporary Indian Art curated by Chaitanya Sambrani.

Cinematography and Direction: Avijit Mukul Kishore
Curatorial Concept and Interviews: Chaitanya Sambrani
Sound: Suresh Rajamani
Editing: Rikhav Desai
Producer: Sanjay Tulsyan (Art Chennai)

Cover collage by Chitra Venkataramani
Images: Sudhir Patwardhan (Nostalgia), Gigi Scaria (Amusement Park) and Bhupen Khakhar (Man With A Bouquet of Plastic Flowers)