Amit Dutta Movies

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...

The 18th-century Indian painter Nainsukh of Guler receives a poetic, visually stunning tribute from a young Indian filmmaker employing an arresting...

A rare and intimate glimpse into the everyday life of the famously reclusive and creative Warli tribe. Ramkhind is a village in Thane district, a...

A film on Kumar Gandharava, a child prodigy who subsequently became one of the finest and most original geniuses of Indian classical music.

An ascetic walks through the narrow streets of a village every morning while his family is still asleep. In his semi-somnolent state he dreams about...

A tribute to Jonas Mekas. A tree is cut down, a caterpillar climbs its own thread, and drops of moisture tremble on broad leaves.

Amit Dutta recorded several conversations with Prof. B.N. Goswamy, an important art historian of India, covering his entire body of work....

The film is based on and inspired from the tinted brush drawings, sketches and some finished yet minimalistic works of the 18th century master...

Jangarh Singh Shyam, a famous Indian artist born in an isolated tribal village, committed suicide in a Japanese museum in 2001. I found on an old...

A series of three episodes which explore the relationship between men, women and the physical and mental spaces they inhabit.

The critic Max Nelson asks Amit Dutta a series of ten questions. He replies in the form of a video essay.

Two philosophers discuss their ideas. The next day one of them is getting married and invites the others.

Towards the end of the eighth century, an architect journeys across the lower Himalayas in search of the perfect site for constructing a temple, not...

An homage to the influential practice and philosophy of artist Nasreen Mohamedi. The film incorporates Mohamedi’s personal notes and her unique...

Guler, a small principality near Kangra, was an artistic and cultural wellspring since it's accidental inception in the 15th century. Many greats...

A nostalgic tale about childhood bazaars, scents and smells.

This film explores various aspects of litterateur and painter Ram Kumar's personality by structuring the film around his stories and...

This short-film was made by Amit Dutta to encapsulate some essential teachings of Kashmir Shaivism as taught by Bettina Sharada Baeumer. The film was...

A film on the art of the revered Indian painter Jamini Roy (1887-1972). Could we reach out to nature through his seemingly flat colours and establish...