Amit Dutta

Amit Dutta

September 4, 1977 · 49 years old

Amit Dutta (Hindi: अमित दत्ता; born 5 September 1977 in Jammu) is an Indian experimental filmmaker and screenwriter. He is considered to be one of the most significant contemporary practitioners of experimental cinema, known for his distinctive style of filmmaking rooted in Indian aesthetic theories…

Known For

10 titles
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Nainsukh

Nainsukh

2011 · 1h 30m · Movie

A depiction of royalty in former hill state of Guler in form of paintings by a lineage of period artists. These depictions are recreated for visual understanding of the circumstances behind the paintings in the same / similar loca...

7.4
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Sonchidi

Sonchidi

2011 · 55m · Movie

Two travelers who are in search of a flying-craft, which they believe could possibly take them to the ultimate escape from the cycle of births. On their way they record their memories, dreams and fears in a sound-recorder and a no...

6.3
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The Museum of Imagination

The Museum of Imagination

2012 · 20m · Movie

B.N. Goswamy is one of the foremost authority on Indian Art and Culture. As an art historian, his work covered a wide range especially in the pahari painting. The film is a short biography of him, mixed with silence and hymns of n...

6.1
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Chitrashala

Chitrashala

2015 · 19m · Movie

An old palace, now a museum, stands alone above the riverbank overlooking the city. It houses a set of the finest miniature paintings ever created in the Himalayan region. Hundreds of people come here to admire the art every day.

5
The Unknown Craftsman

The Unknown Craftsman

2017 · 1h 32m · Movie

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 merely as a place of worship but as a monumental record crystallizing the collective accomplishment of a civilization.

7.1
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Blue Elephant

Blue Elephant

2016 · 16m · Movie

Footage of an amateur actor reciting Bhasa's work, without sound. It is interwoven with notepad-like intertitles that comment on the image, and thus on the film itself.

4.7
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Jangarh Film One

Jangarh Film One

2008 · 24m · Movie

The village artist Jangarh Singh Shyam left home and became a well-known contemporary painter. He committed suicide in 2001. Through his art, places and stories, the filmmaker explores the traces he left on his path.

6.5
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Field-Trip

Field-Trip

2013 · 22m · Movie

Using genealogical registers from a pilgrimage site, a retired professor looks for descendants of an 18th century miniaturist.