John-Ghatak-Tarkovsky: Citizens, Filmmakers, Hackers
Author: Ashish Rajadhyaksha
Publisher: Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation and Tulika Books
Price: Rs 1,500
Pages: 336
Film historian Ashish Rajadhyaksha’s new book John-Ghatak-Tarkovsky: Citizens, Filmmakers, Hackers traces the history of protest at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, using the student strike in June 2015 as a starting point for his scholarly enquiry. In addition to the immediate triggers for discontent, the author also investigates the subversive potential of cinema to analyse, question and threaten the authority of the state.
It is published as a collaboration between the Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation and Tulika Books. The Centre