Madhuja MUKHERJEE is a trans-media artist and a film historian based in Kolkata (former Calcutta), India. Mukherjee teaches Film Studies at Jadavpur University and has published scholarly articles in international anthologies and journals. <b>Carnival</b> is her first feature film.<br />

Madhuja Mukherjee

This visually exciting film merges documentary and fiction, evoking notions of Eros and Thanatos, and of joy and sadness. Meandering with a very free camera style through intriguing situations in overcrowded Kolkata during a Hindu festival, the protagonist rediscovers old places.

IFFR 2012

Carnival, 

Bright Future

Carnival

Inspired by Indian film stars on glass plate negatives from the thirties, this video- installation invites visitors to recall personal stories of love, romance, and sensuality. Old publicity material, mirrors and obscure objects make the work more interactive.

Crumbled Papers, Fragments of Cinema, 

Signals: Regained

Crumbled Papers, Fragments of Cinema

Anup Singh

A deeply moving drama about a Sikh family that only gives birth to daughters, set in Punjab early after the Partition of India. The male heir of the family has to be fabricated. With amazing performances by Irrfan Khan and young Bengali talent Tillotama Shome.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Madhuja Mukherjee

Filmography

Madhuja Mukherjee at IFFR

Carnival

Crumbled Papers, Fragments of Cinema

Qissa