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Ivan Ayr's Meel Patthar depicts a trope common to Indian art cinema: Bleak portrayals of working-class protagonists
Mk Raghavendra • 4 years agoIndian cinema has generally taken upon itself to treat its working-class protagonists as victims, and physical labour as drudgery. This is essentially because the films take up social conflict as their subject and conflict produces victims.
Ivan Ayr on Milestone, his follow-up to Netflix's Soni: 'Once I start getting flashes of a film, I can't help put pen to paper'
Karishmaupadhyay • 4 years agoIvan Ayr talks about creating Ghalib, an ageing truck driver whose life is on pause despite him always being on the move.
Ivan Ayr's second directorial Meel Patthar wins best film at Singapore's Silver Screen Awards
• 4 years agoMeel Pathhar (Milestone) also earned actor Suvinder Vicky the award for best performer at the Silver Screen Awards, the closing event of the Singapore International Film Festival.
Ivan Ayr opens up on his film Meel Patthar heading to the 2020 Venice Film Festival
• 5 years agoIvan Ayr's Meel Patthar was recently chosen to screen at the Horizons category of the Venice Film Festival
Court director Chaitanya Tamhane's Marathi film The Disciple to compete at Venice Film Festival
Fp Staff • 5 years agoChaitanya Tamhane's sophomore feature The Disciple has been selected for the Competition section. Ivan Ayr’s Milestone will be shown in the Horizons section at the Venice Film Festival 2020.