Vishnu Mathur

Movies

Through the Looking Glass
Director
Short documentary on how television and advertising construct the image of modern Indian women.
The Courtesans of Bombay
Director of Photography
In the Mumbai, India, tenement community of Pavanpul, young female courtesans sing, dance and perform sexual favors for male clientele. Directors James Ivory and Ismail Merchant blend documentary footage and dramatic reenactments in their exploration of this seamy underworld, the flip side of the Bollywood film industry, where aspiring actors and dancers -- some even sold into prostitution by their own families -- end up, with their innocence lost and their hopes for movie stardom shattered.
Pehla Adhyay
Director
Ravi, a young man from a small village goes to the Bombay University and finds himself unable to relate to life in the city.