Author: Surbhi Dewan

2024 | Animation | 15 mins. In the sea, a man swims. As he does, memories come to the surface. From his early childhood to his life as a man, all his memories are linked to water.

2024 | Animation | 9 mins. Mum would never lie to me, would she? Innocent Bobby discovers the answer to this question when she is surprised by a last-minute trip to the hospital.

2019 | Documentary | 29 mins. In a country where the expression of sexuality is regulated to such an extent that it is considered profane and immoral, one might assume that asexual people lead an easier life. But the lack Read more

2019 | Documentary | 26 mins. An impressionistic film that paints a picture of Kozhikode in North Kerala and the spiritual immersion of its ordinary town-dwellers in music. A reflective essay traversing a music culture that is cosmopolitan, having strong Read more

2010 | Documentary | 45 mins. An exploration of blues notes in folk music across India.

2008 | Documentary | 30 mins. A film exploring the connections between the American blues music and folk music from North East India.

1997 | Documentary | 30 mins. The film takes viewers through the lives of women across three generations. Set against the backdrop of the Himalayan districts of Kumaon and Garhwal, it addresses the evolving aspirations, apprehensions, and roles that women Read more

2024 | Fiction | 16 mins. During a visit to India, 11-year-old Radha grapples with their gender identity as their family subjects them to manipulative orthodox rituals, believing these will dispel an alleged ancestral curse affecting Radha's thoughts.

2015 | Experimental Short | 18 mins. Elliptical sequences combine to form a filmic tone poem: the expanded sense of time during a rural summer dusk; the trudging of two scientists who place cameras in the forest for animal observation; Read more

2018 | Experimental Documentary | 23 mins. Namdeo has learnt to live off the forest from his father. He stares at the treetops, searching for honey. The wind blows and afternoon descends on the small village by the jungle. Women Read more