The Artists: Arts, Culture, and Cinema with Suchita Bhhatia

A fantastic new episode of  The Artists  is here!  🎙️ This time, Suchita sits down with  Siva Ananth  — filmmaker and most recently producer on  Thug Life , alongside legends  Mani Ratnam  and  Kamal Haasan . We dig into: The making of  Thug Life . Collaborating with two stalwarts — Mani Ratnam & Kamal Haasan. Why cho...

🎙️  A Great Episode of THE ARTISTS  🎙️ In this riveting conversation, we’re joined by legendary film critic  Jonathan Rosenbaum , a long-time contributor to  Cahiers du Cinéma , former lead critic of the  Chicago Reader , and one of the world’s foremost authorities on Orson Welles. Rosenbaum—also the co-editor of the essential film book  This...

In this fantastic episode of  The Artists  podcast, we are joined by the legendary  Sir David Sterritt —renowned film critic and scholar, celebrated for his extensive writings on  Alfred Hitchcock ,  Jean-Luc Godard , and more recently,  Martin Scorsese . Sterritt, who previously appeared in  Episode 89  where we explored Hitchcock, Godard, and Kiarost...

🎭  A powerful new episode of THE ARTISTS PODCAST is live! This time, we're joined by the brilliant  Abhishek Majumdar —playwright, theatre director, professor at NYU, and an incisive thinker on all things drama and performance. This is not just a conversation; it's a deep dive into the  very structure of drama —where it comes from, how we’ve been shaped by Aristot...

When a leading actor chooses to set boundaries, the industry takes notice. What began as one artist taking a stand on working hours has now cracked open long-suppressed conversations about working conditions in the Indian film industry. What Deepika Padukone may never have anticipated is unfolding—a ripple effect that could spark real, long-overdue transformation, especially around the menta...

🎙️  New Episode | THE ARTISTS Podcast "Brecht and Dialectical Thinking" with  Anthony Squiers , author of  Bertolt Brecht’s Adaptations and Anti-Capitalist Aesthetics Today In an age dominated by doomscrolling and passive viewing,  what does it mean to create art that wakes us up instead of lulling us into consumption?  In this rich and urgent conversation, scholar&n...

This episode of  The Artists Podcast  promises a captivating exploration of the evolving media landscape, featuring renowned producer, professor, and media cartographer  Evan Shapiro . Known for mapping the tech and entertainment ecosystem with sharp insights, Shapiro’s work in his  Media War & Peace  newsletter has helped shape the conversation around the future...

Steve Jobs was the greatest Design Thinker! How do you explain design thinking to a layman? Why should everyone be a design thinker? There is nothing B2B.. it's always human to human! A great episode with Preeti Vyas Giannetti, an artist, Brand designer, and entrepreneur who has steered VGC over the last two decades to a top position in India as an independent Design and C...

Who Was Shyam Benegal as a Person? How did he think? What was his style of working? And how did his worldview shape not just his films, but also the people around him? Shyam Benegal wasn’t just a filmmaker—he was a visionary who reshaped Indian cinema. His influence extended beyond his own films, shaping generations of storytellers, including his nephew,  Dev Benegal —an award-winning filmmaker wh...

Kant, Hegel, Kafka and Freud- Do we need to understand these philosophers before interpreting David Lynch? How did he manage to get into your subconscious mind and get you inside the storytelling? Trying to know him better through his films and also then understanding how his meditations would have worked for him tapping into his subconscious mind. From Eraser head to Dune- AND GIVE DUNE ANOTHER C...

Happy New Year to our wonderful listeners! What is the future of AI and creators, new revenue share models for filmmakers, OTT party, global or local content, the future etc. Our guests are Sunil Nair and Vivek Lath. Sunil Nair is a dynamic operations and technology leader with over two decades of experience spanning digital media, live commerce, and mobile advertising. He is currently the Co-Foun...

What trends will define moviemaking and content creation in 2025? How will AI shape the culture of filmmaking and creators' work? What should filmmakers focus on to stay ahead, monetize effectively, and tap into new opportunities? Is the revenue share model here to stay? We’ll explore the rising role of small and medium-budget films, the future of indie cinema post-global breakthroughs like...

How can you design your life as an Artist, where you focus on important things rather than mundane? How can you design in a way that will get you out of survival instincts and make you more productive in terms of enhancing yourself daily? How do you define yourself as a storyteller and an Artist? We ask this to our guest Danish Husain, a prominent theatre director, playwright, poet and a performer...

Niren Bhatt needs no intro. A very successful writer with a range of box office hits from Stree 2, which did 400 cr. plus business, to another hit of the year Munjya. You can google Niren Bhatt and see his writing across genres, many of which you would have heard or seen. But, more than the box office figures what is interesting to know is how does Niren Bhatt think? Because writing is a thinking...

A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda, is the book by award- winning film critic Carrie Rickey. Rickey traces Varda’s three remarkable careers—as still photographer, as filmmaker, and as installation artist. She explains how Varda was a pioneer in blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, using the latest digital technology and carving a path for women in the movie indu...

What is considered a good film in today's over saturated content market ? I saw a post by a film critic on 47 Indian language films getting released in a day and how is that justifying the audience going and watching the films. And that became the germ of this episode- Our guest for today is the CEO of distribution and film services vertical at the UFO MOVIEZ , Mr. Pankaj Jaysinh. He has worked cl...

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH: We have not been taught to understand our Mental Health- We donot know what depression feels like. We do not understand loneliness, although it is already an epidemic!! Ira khan our guest for today is the founder of Mental health centred organisation, driven by a community model- AGATSU Foundation; It has weekly activities related to mental health talks, plays, and m...

160 greatest Artists daily routines is condensed in this fantastic book by Mason Currey. In this snacky episode of THE ARTISTS PODCAST, Suchita extracts some of the rituals of her favourite artists- Fellini, Chopin, Picasso, Tesla, Benjamin Franklin, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Maya Angelou, Freud.. Hopefully this will inspire all you guys to identify and sculpt you routines. Please connect with us...

What is visual literacy and why is it important in a cluttered world? Are we getting desensitized to visuals because of the clutter?  Since everyone is a creator, who is the artist? How can you enhance your visual literacy?   Suchita digs Philip Yenawine- Visual strategist and the director of education at MOMA (Museum of Modern arts) and author of multiple books on Visual strategies. Stay tuned fo...

We are excited to get you the first community episode of THE ARTISTS PODCAST. Artists who participated in the first episode and shared their thoughts on the challenges they face as Artists are Gaurav Panjwani a filmmaker living in Mumbai and Mithul Parmar an independent musician living in the interiors of Gujarat. life as an artist balancing freelance work and regular monies what can the eco syste...

Do you know that your brain works in different frequencies through out the day- from the time you get up to the time you fall asleep, and while you are sleeping!; these frequencies are defined as beta, alpha, theta, gamma, delta. It is being researched and proven that the slower your brain wave frequency, the better your mental and physical health. It is also being researched that slower brain wav...

What is going to come after Creators economy? What will be the shape of cinema and moviegoers the world over in 2024- 2025? And as indie filmmakers what is the state of world cinema- Sundance sets the trends and the numbers don't seem very encouraging. How will AI shape the future- we do a quick check- If you have any thoughts- send in your views and we will relay it on the show. A quick announcem...

One of the most important thing in any film, and more so in a regional or an independent films is the camaraderie between the director and the DOP, where the two have to work together to not just design the film effectively, but also to deliver the film within a time span- to shoot the film in those number of days. The most effective camaraderie is a good friendship. Our guests are Darshan Trivedi...

HAPPY NEW YEAR YOU ALL YOU LOVELY LISTENERS OUT THERE- We were to release this episode at the end of 2023- but we are a very small team running this podcast independently, and so we mugged it up. But, also this year we have decided to go out with a begging bowl and look for some funding support for our podcast- we also got inspired from this episode to do that. So, any of you would like to sponsor...

This snacky episode of THE ARTISTS podcast condenses our year 2023,our journey, insights, memorable moments and the most heard episodes. "At the beginning of the year, we kicked off with our 115th episode, delving into the making of 'Joyland' with one of our favourite filmmakers. In total, we've clocked 27 episodes, averaging around 2 and a half episodes each month, even with a festive break and o...