Animated documentary on Kumar Gandharva | The texture of thought

Experimental filmmaker Amit Dutta is a workhorse. His new film, Rhythm of a Flower, an 81-minute animated biopic of singing legend Kumar Gandharva, was part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam in February, after winning the Golden Gateway Award at the Mumbai Film Festival last year. In March, Stream-Story, Dutta’s documentary on the streams of the Kangra Valley in Himachal Pradesh, and how they sustain the life and culture of the locals, premiered at the Cinma du Rel in Paris. The same month, a book of Dutta’s Dogri-language poems, translated into English, was published. A book of letters on filmmaking for children in Hindi and an English-language children’s book are on the way.