About Anirban Lahiri

I am a student of culture and society, and my primary tool of communication is cinema. I love to use moving image and sound in every possible aspect of its glory. I am a great believer in love. And with this weapon called love I challenge all power structures and hierarchies. I also believe, tomorrow\'s cinema will be based on love. And that tomorrow is very nigh...


Posts by Anirban:

Curtain Comes down on the 7th Third Eye Asian Film Festival

Iranian and Israeli films won prizes in both competitive categories Anirnan Lahiri's dispatch from the closing ceremony of the 7th Third Eye Asian Film Festival...
Oct 23rd, 2008 • More on: 7th Third Eye Festival of Asian Cinema, Mumbai, 2008, Festival Reports, Movies, News, featured

Third Eye Asian Film Festival: Interactions

Anirban Lahiri's dispatch from the Third Eye Festival of Asian Cinema Mongolian cinema probably for the first time came to India, thanks to the organizers of this year's Third Eye Asian ...
Oct 23rd, 2008 • More on: 7th Third Eye Festival of Asian Cinema, Mumbai, 2008, Festival Reports, Movies, News

Asian Film Festival Diary 2008: Day 6

Anirban Lahiri's dispatch from Third Eye Asian Film Festival Egyptian Maestro Youssef Chahine's 1982 film The Egyptian Story started our day at Plaza theatre, Dadar. Chahine, probably the most famous Arab/Egyptian in the cultural world, passed away in ...
Oct 22nd, 2008 • More on: 7th Third Eye Festival of Asian Cinema, Mumbai, 2008, Festival Reports, Highlights, News

Third Eye Asian Film Festival Report: Day 5

Anirban Lahiri's dispatch from the 7th Third Eye Festival of Asian Cinema On the day 6, festival opened with a brilliant film - Climates (2006) by the Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Over the years, Ceylan has ...
Oct 22nd, 2008 • More on: 7th Third Eye Festival of Asian Cinema, Mumbai, 2008, Festival Reports, Highlights, Movies

Third Eye Festival Report: Day 4

Anirban Lahiri's dispatch from the Third Eye Asian Film Festival As expected, Shivaji Patil's Vavtal (Twister) (2008) did not disappoint the audience. Based on a very powerful storyline, the film tells ...
Oct 21st, 2008 • More on: 7th Third Eye Festival of Asian Cinema, Mumbai, 2008, Festival Reports, Movies, News

Asian Film Festival: Day 4 Highlights

Anirban Lahiri writes from the Third Eye Asian Film Festival In Plaza theatre, the first film of the day, Vavtal(2008)  should be a big attraction for people both from in and outside the ...
Oct 20th, 2008 • More on: 7th Third Eye Festival of Asian Cinema, Mumbai, 2008, Festival Reports, Highlights, Movies, featured

Third Eye Asian Film Festival Report: Day 3

Abirban Lahiri reports from the Third Eye Festival of Asian Cinema On Sunday, the festival opens with an enthralling film from Palestine. Probbly this was the first time that a Palestinian film was ...
Oct 20th, 2008 • More on: 7th Third Eye Festival of Asian Cinema, Mumbai, 2008, Festival Reports, Movies, News

Park Kwang-su on the state of Korean Cinema

Anirban Lahiri reports from the Third Eye Festival of Asian Cinema...
Oct 18th, 2008 • More on: 7th Third Eye Festival of Asian Cinema, Mumbai, 2008, Festival Reports, Highlights, Movies