documentaries

I must be more-than-a-myriad voice of documentaries. In fact, I almost began my career with recording ‘commentaries’ (as voice-overs were called back then} for newsreels & documentaries at Films Division. Later on, as a serious docu professional, I launched a website www.DocuMakers.com – its tagline being Real on Reel.

THE VOICE OF GOD

Of the 28,000 recordings that I have done so far. I would rank this in the first five for its rendition. This is a docu, in Sanskrit*, by an avant-garde German experimental filmmaker Bernd Lützeler – my second of three outings with him. It was written & supervised – thankfully like a strict teacher – by young Dr. Prateek Rumde,…

V. Shantaram: The Pioneering Spirit

Narration for an award-winning bio-docu by veteran documaker Sanjit Narvekar for Films Division.

GURU DUTT – The Guru of Celluloid (Writer-Narrator)

Although considered a doyen of dark cinema, Guru Dutt began his filmmaking career with lighthearted crime dramas, appreciated for their peppy music and intriguing shadow play in black-and-white cinematography. It was a privilege to write & narrate a film on the master for his own production company, Guru Dutt Films Pvt. Ltd. Filmmaker Uday Shankar Pani has directed the documentary…

Camera Ka Darr

Another offering from the German experimental filmmaker Bernd Lutzeler. Source: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1223455/

Pt. Ram Prasad Bismil

The renowned filmmaker Vinod Ganatra made this historical – and somewhat historic – document on the revered freedom fighter for the Films Division.

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