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Virat Nehru

@nehrukigalati.bsky.social
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Film Fest Programmer | Freelance Critic | Indian Cinema | Member of Australian Film Critics Association

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Sarah Manvel @cairdiul.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
It's finally gone live so please enjoy! movieswetextedabout.com/lali-film-re...
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'Lali' Film Review - Something Old and Something New (Berlinale 2026)
The central couple at the heart of this complex Pakistani movie have known each other from around the village since childhood. They are thrown together because everyone else considers them damaged goo...
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Thoughts after watching the 4K restoration of "In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones"
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
This one is all about the guilt we carry as disabled people about occupying space in an able-bodied world. How the rhetoric around 'fixing', 'conquering' or 'overcoming' disability does irreparable harm which takes a lifetime to unlearn. Give it a listen 👇🏽
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
From the team that brought us Queer Palm winner JOYLAND, comes a new moral fable about the interplay between desire, repression and intergenerational trauma. On the Berlinale World Premiere of Sarmad Khoosat's LALI for @thecurbau.bsky.social www.thecurb.com.au/lali-review-...
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Lali is a Fever Dream of Desire Turning into Dread
Khoosat’s fable exposes an ugly truth: the regularity with which women are expected to absorb male damage in marriages throughout the subcontinent. It’s an indictment of a culture that mistakes endura...
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Internet Dad @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 20/01/2026
Damn, even Sesame Street is scoring off me
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the Curb @thecurbau.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
In their first conversation out of @melbfilmfest.bsky.social, @nadinewhitney.bsky.social and @nehrukigalati.bsky.social speak about two films which are pilgrimages of a sort: Iron Winter and Romería. Listen to their discussion via the Curb here: www.thecurb.com.au/miff-missive...
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MIFF Missive: Iron Winter & Romería - The Curb | Film and Culture
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. In their first conversation Nadine and Virat speak about two films which are p...
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the Curb @thecurbau.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Tribeny Rai talks with @nehrukigalati.bsky.social about her film Shape of Momo. Read it via the Curb here: www.thecurb.com.au/tribeny-rai-...
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Tribeny Rai: Difficult Women
In director Tribeny Rai’s Chhora Jastai (Shape of Momo, 2025), one of the most assured debut features to come out of India recently, the coming-of-age story meets the sensibilities of autofiction and ...
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Sarah Manvel @cairdiul.bsky.social · 07/07/2023
When Jennifer Lawrence walks into the pet rescue in No Hard Feelings the kid behind the counter is reading Bear by Marian Engel. I would like to kiss whoever made that choice on the mouth
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
My only chance in life to open a piece with a Farsi verse by Ghalib ❤️ Delighted to share this wonderful conversation with Matthew Rankin & Ila Firouzabadi about one of my absolute favourite films of the past year. UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE is in Australian cinemas now! roughcutfilm.com/2025/05/23/a...
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Arrivals and Departures: An Interview with ‘Universal Language’ Creators Matthew Rankin and Ila Firouzabadi
Virat Nehru talks to writer-director Matthew Rankin and co-writer Ila Firouzabadi about the joys of making art with your friends, embracing fluidity, navigating loneliness, and more.
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ROUGH CUT @roughcutfilm.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
"There’s no point in making culture if you don’t believe in community building." Virat Nehru (@nehrukigalati.bsky.social) goes long with Matthew Rankin and Ila Firouzabadi about their absurd and moving film UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, collaboration, fluidity, and much more. tinyurl.com/4nkx7c2x
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Arrivals and Departures: An Interview with ‘Universal Language’ Creators Matthew Rankin and Ila Firouzabadi
Virat Nehru talks to writer-director Matthew Rankin and co-writer Ila Firouzabadi about the joys of making art with your friends, embracing fluidity, navigating loneliness, and more.
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Sight and Sound magazine @sightsoundmag.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Twenty-five years on from the premiere of In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar Wai looks back on the complicated genesis of his masterpiece of desire and restraint. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
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Wong Kar Wai on In the Mood for Love at 25 – a new interview: “Can an algorithm understand the weight of a glance between two people?”
Twenty-five years on from the premiere of In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar Wai looks back on the complicated genesis of his masterpiece of desire and restraint.
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Little White Lies @lwlies.com · 14/05/2025
First #Cannes2025 review: Enzo, a beautiful, bittersweet study of a teenage boy finding his way in life. Veteran French director and one-time Palme d’Or-winner Laurent Cantet passed away during production, and the reins were taken over by his friend and colleague Robin Campillo.
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Enzo – first-look review
Robin Campillo completed this final feature by Laurent Cantet, a beautiful, bittersweet study of a teenage boy finding his way in life.
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Big big hugs and thank you to the incredibly warm and generous Matthew Rankin, easily one of the nicest people you could ever talk to! His film "UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE" will be in cinemas this Thursday. It's one of my absolute favourite films from the past year. Just go and experience it ❤️
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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Contributors copy of Tarsem’s THE FALL Umbrella 4K is with me. Includes work by @antbit.projectedfigures.com @williambibbiani.bsky.social David Michael Brown, @nehrukigalati.bsky.social and more. Details in alt. I adore it.
Only available from the Umbrella webstore, The Fall Collector's Edition includes:
* 		World premiere 4K Dolby Vision HDR feature
* 		A 100 page book with behind-the-scenes, experiences and art with essays by William Bibbiani, Nadine Whitney and David Michael Brown
* 		Custom rigid case artwork
* 		Custom slipcase artwork
* 		8 artcards
* 		A3 reversible poster
* 		Limited Edition Numbered release

Umbrella Entertainment presents The Fall for the first time in 4K Dolby Vision HDR. The Fall is a breathtaking treat from visionary filmmaker Tarsem Singh (The Cell, Immortals), a tribute to storytellers, to love, to the power of imagination, and to cinema.
Shot in 24 countries using no sets and entirely funded by Tarsem Singh. The Fall is visually stunning with transportive storytelling, destined to linger long in the imagination.
In 1920s Los Angeles, whilst rehabilitating in hospital after a fall, innocent optimist Alexandria (Catinca Untaru) strikes up an unlikely friendship with Hollywood stuntman Roy (Lee Pace; Twilight Saga, The Hobbit). Recovering from a near fatal accident and a personal betrayal, Roy begins to tell of a magical, mythological land ruled by Governor Odious and the 5 extraordinary heroes charged to defeat him - an enthralling story of colour, texture and immense riches unravels and it is only when the lines between reality and fantasy begin to blur that Alexandria realises how much there is at stake. 
Director: Tarsem Singh
Cast: Catinca Untaru; Justine Waddell; Lee Pace; Marcus Wesley; Robin Smith
Extras:
Only available from the Umbrella webstore, The Fall Collector's Edition includes:
* World premiere 4K Dolby Vision HDR feature
* A 100 page book with behind-the-scenes, experiences and art with essays by William Bibbiani, Nadine Whitney and David Michael Brown
* Custom rigid case artwork
* Custom slipcase artwork
* 8 artcards
* A3 reversible poster
* Limited Edition Numbered release

Audio commentary with director/producer Tarsem Singh
Audio commentary with actor Lee Pace, co-writer/co-producer Nico Soultanakis and co-writer Dan Gilroy 
NEW! Interview with Director Tarsem Singh
NEW! Interview with Production Designer Ged Clarke
NEW! Interview with Cinematographer Colin Watkinson
NEW! Interview with Actor Lee Pace
NEW! The Making of an Impossible Film: A Video Essay by Virat Nerhu
NEW! The Quest for Origins - Trauma, Cinema and Storytelling in Tarsem’s The Fall: A Video Essay by Anton Bitel
Deleted Scenes
Wanderlust: A Making-Of Featurette
Nostalgia: A Making-Of Featurette
Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
TrailerDisc type: 4K and Blu-ray
No. of discs: 2
Running time: 119
Audio format: 5.1 & 2.0
Format: DOLBY VISION HDR 2160P
Colour: COLOUR
Languages: English
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Image ratio: 1.85:1
Subtitles: English
Year of Production: 2006
Release Date: 07 May 2025
Authored By: Fidelity In Motionhttps://shop.umbrellaent.com.au/collections/collectors-editions/products/fall-the-4k-2006-4k-blu-ray-collectors-edition
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I remember exactly how nervous I was when I was asked to contribute to this release. To have new writing published for this 4K release of Alex Proyas' DARK CITY is a great honour. Indebted to @horrornonna.com & @neilsnowdon.bsky.social for their support and guidance ❤️
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Big hugs and thanks to @horrornonna.com and @neilsnowdon.bsky.social for including my words on this very special Arrow 4K release of Alex Proyas' DARK CITY 🤗
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Neil Snowdon @neilsnowdon.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
@joshnelsonfilm.bsky.social, @alexwest.bsky.social, @richardkadrey.bsky.social, @sabinastent.bsky.social, @martynpedler.com, @nehrukigalati.bsky.social as well as Craig Anderson, Bruce Isaacs and Herschel Isaacs of the Film Vs Film podcast. UK/US release. Pre-orders up now #ArrowVideo
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ROUGH CUT @roughcutfilm.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Congratulations to Virat Nehru (@nehrukigalati.bsky.social) for winning the award for Best Review of a Non-Australian Film at the @auscritic.bsky.social Awards last night, for his review of Payal Kapadia’s ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT, published w/ Rough Cut last August. Very well deserved!
A graphic that reads:

THE AUSTRALIAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AUSCRITIC AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN CRITICISM

AWARD FOR BEST REVIEW OF AN INDIVIDUAL NON-AUSTRALIAN FILM

WINNER
VIRAT NEHRU

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
And congrats to all the amazing winners including @nehrukigalati.bsky.social @tansyg.bsky.social and @sameytram.bsky.social
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Grant Watson @fictionmachine.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
A roomful of film critics.
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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
A terrific night at the @auscritic.bsky.social awards. Such an enormous reservoir of talent, and so few chances to celebrate it. Thank you Andrew and Nadine and everyone for all the work in making this happen.
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Absolutely blown away to win @auscritic.bsky.social for best Australian review and a huge hurrah for @auscritic.bsky.social supporting our work and to Charles Williams and everyone behind the beautiful Inside.
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
ICYMI: I spoke to Payal Kapadia about centering her film around friendship, why the men in AWIAL feel like a breath of fresh air, and the choice of music in the film. All We Imagine as Light screens at Perth Festival until Sunday. Don't miss it ❤️ www.thecurb.com.au/all-we-imagi...
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Quiet Reclamations: Payal Kapadia on Malleable Cities, Friendship and the Boy Next Door in Contemporary Indian Cinema - The Curb | Film and Culture
As I wait for my interview with filmmaker Payal Kapadia to commence, I hear the clouds cackle. And right on cue, on a warm summer evening in Sydney, it begins to rain. I smile, thinking that perhaps t...
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Spoke to Payal Kapadia about the many contradictions of Mumbai, exploring friendship as a radical act, and why the softer & gentler men in All We Imagine as Light are a breath of fresh air on screen 😌❤️ www.thecurb.com.au/all-we-imagi...
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Quiet Reclamations: Payal Kapadia on Malleable Cities, Friendship and the Boy Next Door in Contemporary Indian Cinema - The Curb | Film and Culture
As I wait for my interview with filmmaker Payal Kapadia to commence, I hear the clouds cackle. And right on cue, on a warm summer evening in Sydney, it begins to rain. I smile, thinking that perhaps t...
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the Curb @thecurbau.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
All We Imagine As Light is one of the finest films of recent years. This discussion between @nehrukigalati.bsky.social and Payal Kapadia is one of the finest we've published. Read it here: www.thecurb.com.au/all-we-imagi...
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Quiet Reclamations: Payal Kapadia on Malleable Cities, Friendship and the Boy Next Door in Contemporary Indian Cinema
Payal Kapadia - an Indian woman photographed in black and white
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Australian Film Critics Association @auscritic.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Multiple AFCA members have contributed to the work of bringing a cinematic master work back to life. Purchase via Umbrella.
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The artwork for the home video release for THE FALL by Umbrella is just breathtaking! So fitting for the most beautiful film ever made. Incredibly proud to be part of this release with some amazing people @nadinewhitney.bsky.social @antbit.bsky.social @williambibbiani.bsky.social ❤️
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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
a period of 11 months contains the releases of all these films: Dog Man Wolf Man Better Man Monkey Man Different Man Hit Man Working Man
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Alison Croggon @alisoncroggon.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Christ this is a grim read. (Heed the warning). Couldn’t stop thinking how it’s not only celebrity that enables this kind of abuse. It happens all the time
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
2024 was the Year of Retrospectives of the masters! Whether it be films by Nancy Savoca and Edward Yang, or John Cassavetes, Akira Kurosawa and the Iranian New Wave: 1962-79, venturing out to the movies for such retrospectives is a pilgrimage I would look back on fondly for the rest of my life.
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
All We Imagine as Light and the radicalism of a quiet film in India's (currently unbearable) loud cinematic landscape. Out now in Australian cinemas via Rialto Distribution AU. roughcutfilm.com/2024/08/21/r...
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Review: ‘All We Imagine as Light’ is a Stunning Tale of Intimacy as Dissent
This striking drama—the first Indian film to compete for the Palme d’Or in over three decades, and the first to win the Grand Prix since 1946—is about everything that’s become invisible in contempo…
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the Curb @thecurbau.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
A starter pack for Australian film festivals, distribution companies & media websites. If you see any extras pop up, please let me know and I'll add them in. Would love to see more film festivals and distribution companies active on here. go.bsky.app/4vyt1sM
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
New Almodovar thanks to @sydfilmfest.bsky.social
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
We are back here for the last Kurosawa and Mifune collaboration
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
@priyaspotpourri.bsky.social great to connect here 😊
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 26/11/2024
If this glorious new restoration doesn't woo you, new extras from @priscillapage.bsky.social @clembastow.bsky.social @joshnelsonfilm.bsky.social @martynpedler.com + @williambibbiani.bsky.social should. All hail producer/superstar @neilsnowdon.bsky.social - another @arrowvideo.bsky.social treasure!
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Recently I saw The Misfits on the big screen for the first time and I cannot get over this comeback by Clark Gable after getting rejected by Marilyn Monroe! I guffawed out loud in the theatre
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I've only made an effort to see 3 Hindi films in theatres (outside of film festivals) this entire year. Shoojit's latest film will make it 4. This just shows my faith (or lack of it) in contemporary mainstream Hindi cinema. Most of it is barely cinema, just a smorgasbord of scenes stitched at random
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few small beers after another @mrnarci.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Karan Arjun is a popular movie but to see it getting 105 screens on a single day in Mumbai versus AWIAL, a Grand Prix winner, getting 9 screens... the theatrical scene: distributors, exhibitors have failed us. will wait for a 2045 re-release when AWIAL will get 100 screens
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DocMartin @martinlow88.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
So pleased to see a good outcome for Alana, who underwent spinal surgery for chronic #endometriosis pain.
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"I wanted to make a film that gave hope to people who care for, love and want to understand someone who's experiencing chronic pain like this." Spoke with Osher Günsberg about his new documentary on chronic pain that's streaming at SBS now. www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/art...
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‘A World of Pain’: a long overdue conversation about the complex nature of chronic pain
Osher Günsberg talks about why he was compelled to make a film about pain, and how the documentary might help others.
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the Curb @thecurbau.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Not saying critics aren't to blame, but I wonder how much this has to do with the rise of influencers.
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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha’s MY FAVOURITE CAKE is a window into the private life of an Iranian widow It’s an act of hope, desire, and a sumptuous treat. It is also sad, furious, and pushing against a regime that stifles basic humanity. Glorious and heartrending. awfj.org/blog/2024/11...
Lili Farhadpour and Esmaeel Mehrabi in MY FAVOURITE CAKE
Review for AWFJ.org
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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Still throwing this thing together. HMU if you wanna be on it, jump on it to follow Australia's film scene, or at least the bits of it on Bluesky. go.bsky.app/3Dcd1dV
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Australian Film Critics Association @auscritic.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Please make sure to follow our active members via our starter pack here. More users will be added as they make their way to Bluesky. go.bsky.app/8GWb5rm
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
As a life-long, card carrying member of the not so prestigious 'Chronic Pain Association' (aka the other CPA), it was a privilege to speak to Osher Günsberg about his latest documentary investigating chronic pain for SBS On Demand. My latest interview: www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/art...
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‘A World of Pain’: a long overdue conversation about the complex nature of chronic pain
Osher Günsberg talks about why he was compelled to make a film about pain, and how the documentary might help others.
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Hanging at the Ritz so I can lose a phone number written on a piece of paper like a Kaurismaki protagonist. Movies have been great. 4K restorations of Yojimbo, Sanjuro & Paris Texas. Finally saw The People's Joker in cinemas. Being unburdened from new releases has been liberating to say the least ❤️
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Seeing Kurosawa restored on the big screen has been such an amazing experience + an education 😍
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Virat Nehru @nehrukigalati.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
New work: Deep dive, longform interviews are rare, so I licked my lips when SBS On Demand allowed me to go long and unpack the many nuances of South Asian representation on screen, in a conversation with showrunner Mithila Gupta about 'Four Years Later'. Read 👇🏾 www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/art...
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‘It all starts with the truth’: Unpacking 'Four Years Later' with showrunner Mithila Gupta
With all episodes of the hit SBS Original now streaming, Virat Nehru sits down with 'Four Years Later' showrunner Mithila Gupta for a deeper dive about suberverting expectations and exploring uncomfor...
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