Commissioned by film historian and curator Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Arthshila, Delhi to
create original art works for the exhibition in collaboration with Yashaswini Raghunandan
and Arbab Ahmad.
Responsible for research and conceptualization, end to end production, filming and artistic
creation of multi-channel installations on display across all three galleries.
Duniya Parchaiyon Ki (Sep 2025 - Jan 2026) a multilayered exhibition explores perhaps the most defining trait of Hindi cinema: its elusiveness. Always present, always just beyond grasp, it speaks in images and sounds that are intimately familiar yet impossible to fully hold.
This exhibition invites you into that shifting space not to resolve its mysteries, but to inhabit
them. Hindi cinema is more than narrative; it is a shared cultural memory. A glance, a line of
dialogue, a haunting tune, these fragments move through the everyday life of modern India,
shaping how we feel, remember, and imagine. This intangible aura, the cinematic trace, is what
the exhibition seeks to evoke.
At its heart are over 300 artifacts from Arthshila’s collection — posters, lobby cards, song
booklets, and film ephemera each carrying layers of affect and history. Interwoven with these is
a sensory experience of sound and moving images, drifting across multiple monitors and
echoing throughout the space, mimicking the way cinema filters into streets, markets, and
memories.
ACT 1 - इक आग का दरिया ह
When romantic love is caught in the crosshairs of secrecy, and the stormclouds gather/ जब प्यार
की तड़प छुपाए नही छुपती और बादल घिरनेलगतेहैं
The Archive/बक्सों का खेल
Yashaswini Raghunandan, video on three retrofitted 17-inch cathode ray television screens
Samples Speak Easy / सना ु तो होगा Yashaswini Raghunandan, audio on three stereo channels,
25 min), featuring Shabbo magar pyar se (Neelansh Mittra, 2 min)
ACT - 2 - स्याह रात के हमसफ़र
In which the monster finally appears in a dark abandoned industrial estate / जिसमेआखिरकार एक
अंधेरी, सनसान ु औद्योगिक बसावट के बीच हैवान प्रगट होता ह
Okhla: दसरे ू सिरेतक
Arbab Ahmad, Neelansh Mittra, single channel projected film shot on 4K in the areas of Sanjay
Colony, Indira Camp, Naveen Printers, Okhla Phase 2 and Bhoomiheen Camp and Okhla
Container Yard, all within a kilometre of Arthshila, Delhi, 25 min
The First Meeting / पहली मला ु क़ात Yashaswini Raghunandan, 2-channel video on 12 retrofitted
17-inch cathode ray television screens, 25 min
Return of the Suppressed/बातों बातों मे ही Neelansh Mittra, multi-track stereo audio, 25 min,
with Yashaswini Raghunandan and Arbab Ahmad
ACT - 3 वहशत-दहशत क़यामत
The ghostly image takes shape and gives voice / भतहा ु छवि आका लेती हैऔर पकारती ु हैं। एक ऐसी
बात जिसमेंप्यार भी है, जहर भी।
The Perfect Storm/तफ़ू ान-ए-कामिल Yashaswini Raghunandan, single channel video on 30
retrofitted 17 inch cathode ray television screens, 25 min
Mala's Secret/होठो पेऐसी बात
Yashaswini Raghunandan and Neelansh Mittra, single track stereo audio, 25 min