Ashim Ahluwalia

EVENTS IN A CLOUD CHAMBER

India, 2016, 22’ 48”

EVENTS IN A CLOUD CHAMBER

In 1969, Akbar Padamsee, one of the pioneers of Modern Indian painting, made a visionary 16mm film called Events In A Cloud Chamber. This was one of the only Indian experimental films ever made. The print is now lost and no copies exist.

Over 40 years later, filmmaker Ashim Ahluwalia worked with Padamsee, now 89 years old, to remake the film.

Ashim Ahluwalia

A filmmaker based in Mumbai, India. His directorial debut, the feature-length documentary John & Jane (2006), had a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and a European premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. This was followed by his first narrative feature, Miss Lovely, which premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Ahluwalia works across mediums and formats, often blurring the lines between documentary and fiction. His work has shown at the Tate Modern, the Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou and at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
Ahluwalia was named “one of the ten best emerging film directors working today” by Phaidon Press in “Take 100: The Future of Film.”

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