India is home, a part of me, says Ukrainian filmmaker Dar Gai with two Bollywood films in kitty | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

India is home, a part of me, says Ukrainian filmmaker Dar Gai with two Bollywood films in kitty | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Anjali Jha |New Delhi |Updated: August 9, 2019 1:12:18 pm

India is home, a part of me, says Ukrainian filmmaker Dar Gai with two Bollywood films in kitty

Ahead of the screening of Namdev Bhau at the Indian Film Festival Melbourne, we spoke to her about directing Namdev Gurav, who has been working as a driver for more than 45 years.

Dar Gai’s ‘Namdev Bhau: In Search of Silence’ was born when they were in the last phase of the post-production of our first feature film.

Ukrainian director Dar Gai is a strong supporter of gender neutrality, so much so that she abbreviated her real name Daria Gaikalova, to keep the focus firmly on her work, away from the curiosity about her nationality and gender. Her debut feature Teen Aur Aadha, about the inhabitants of a home told in three different eras, travelled to over 35 international film festivals and won 12 awards.