Katiyabaaz

Katiyabaaz review: Small-town India at its electric, despairing best

By the end of Katiyabaaz, like the audience, Maheshwari is able to escape Kanpur, albeit with scratches and scars. Loha Singh, however, has nowhere to go but up a pole and close to the high voltage wires.

Photos: Celebrities attend the premiere of documentary 'Katiyabaaz'

Celebrities attended the premiere of 'Katiyabaaz', a documentary by Deepti Kakkar and Fahad Mustafa based on the power crisis in Kanpur.

Dad worked in electricity board, we often discussed power theft: Anurag on Katiyabaaz

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who was here today to promote 'Katiyabaaz' - a film on electricity theft in small cities, said he could relate with the problem.

Nobody believed 'Katiyabaaz' could be a film: Fahad-Deepti

Deepti Kakkar and Fahad Mustafa had limited budget, a small crew and an absconding leading man when they set out to make Katiyabaaz, a National-award- winning documentary that explores power-crisis in Kanpur with dollops of humour.

In photos: First look of Katiyabaaz released

Dabba, Monsoon Shootout and Katiyabaaz sparkle at Dubai Film Festival

Dubai’s Celebration of Indian Cinema section partly reflects growing Indian talent, as well as appeals to a substantial Indian and south Asian population in Dubai and the UAE. There is a rich harvest of eight Indian films at Dubai this year.

Ilo Ilo director, Katiyabaaz and other winners at Mumbai Film Festival

A week of films, films and more films came to an end as the 15th Mumbai Film Festival came to a close yesterday. At the closing ceremony, the following awards were announced.

The best of Mumbai Film Festival 2013

It's difficult to rank them in any way because they're all great films, so here's a lowdown of the best of the fest.

Watch the electricity thief of Kanpur in Katiyabaaz

The trailer of Katiyabaaz is out. Catch the electricity thief in the act of thievery