Indie filmmaking lessons

Keeping the Max alive – or what my first Max meant to me

I wrote down a rush of thoughts on my way home from my first Adobe Max conference. I planned to add pictures before posting but then life got in the way – homework, haircuts, snotty noses and shots. BUT the creative voice shall prevail. Indie nari was there and Indie Nari will share. For those […]

About a sister: Payal Sethi’s ‘Leeches’

Posted on August 1, 2014 Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago, while scouring the internet for ‘meaning’, I came across a warmly lit image of a little Indian girl in a black burkha, standing in front of a yellow-green wooden door. The image tugged at my heart, so I delved deeper. The image led me to a film in the works called Leeches, […]

Premiere Pro World Conference 2014

Posted on July 16, 2014 1 Comment

Over the past weekend I was lucky to attend the Adobe Premiere Pro World Conference in San Jose, presented by Future Media Concepts and Adobe. The only reason I was able to go was because I won a free spot in the ‘Re-tweet’ sweepstakes and stayed with a friend! While Indie Nari is still primarily a […]

Rajat Kapoor: True to his vision

Posted on June 17, 2014 2 Comments

An Indian Film and Theater Director, writer and actor that I have admired for many years is, Rajat Kapoor. He has an impressive, and prolific body of work. In April, I had the pleasure of watching his latest film Ankhon Dekhi, at IFFLA, which I loved and wrote about here. A few lucky people in America will have the opportunity […]

Being ‘indie’ is hard

Posted on May 6, 2014 2 Comments

Indie is a cool word for independent or let’s be honest and say ‘alone’. Feeling kind of alone as I try to troubleshoot technical issues with my website and my videos. I think about how it would be if I was rolling in money and could hire consultants to help with my website, or designers […]

Creativity in the midst of Mothering

Posted on May 3, 2014 Leave a Comment

Been having major guilt about not posting more. There are so many ideas floating around in my head..too many ideas, too little time.. I am done with the edit of my video interview with Nagraj Manjule the Director of Fandry. I am excited about it, Nagraj is a an unaffected, honest, authentic human being who is an excellent […]

IFFLA 2014 – A diverse cinematic feast for the spirit!

Posted on April 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

I was very fortunate to attend the Indian Film Festival in LA between April 8th and April 13th. I came away feeling truly inspired. On my first day there, I had the bright idea of shooting video of my experience, with my iPhone. I walked around with my iPhone on a monopod. It was fun, […]