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This Film Starts on May 18 — Or It Doesn’t Happen
I’m going into production on May 18th.
To begin, I need to raise at least $30,000.
Not eventually.
Not “when things align.”
Now.
I’m making a documentary on Tibetan artists in exile using rock and hip-hop as a form of identity and...
I'm Making a Film
I’ve spent months writing about what’s broken in the film industry. About how good cinema struggles to exist within the current system.
I’m not just going to write about it anymore.
I’m making a film.
Music from the Roof of the W...
What's Up with Holly-Bollywood? April 13, 2026
Streaming Doesn’t Reward Quality. It Rewards Behavior.
For a certain kind of viewer, the cancellation of The Wheel of Time felt premature. Not because it had always been good—it hadn’t—but because it had just begun to understand itself...
What's Up with Holly-Bollywood? April 10, 2026
Independent Cinema Isn’t Dying. It’s Being Mispriced.
There’s a persistent claim circulating through both Hollywood boardrooms and Indian trade circles: that independent cinema is in decline. That audiences no longer show up unless the...
What's Up with Holly-Bollywood? April 8, 2026
India Is Embracing AI. Hollywood Is Fighting It.
There’s a clean split emerging in global cinema right now, and it’s easy to misread if you look at it as a question of creativity.
It isn’t.
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Filmmaker. Classical dancer. Story strategist. Prachi Hota bridges worlds—rooted in India, trained in London—thinking aloud at the intersection of cinema, society, and power, where storytelling becomes strategy.
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