Nitin Chandra, Bihari indie cinema’s most well-known exponent and practitioner, discusses the challenges and prospects of independent filmmaking.
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Updated: 22 Jul 2019 4:12 pm
Nitin Chandra, Bihari indie cinema’s most well-known exponent and practitioner, made Deswa (2011), the first Bhojpuri film to be selected for the International Film Festival of India and Mithila Makhaan, which won a National Award in 2016. In an interview with Outlook, he discusses the challenges and prospects of independent filmmaking.
How did you become interested in making films?
