Ashok Cashyap on the good, bad and ugly side of organising Biffes Premium
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Ashok Cashyap on the good, bad and ugly side of organising Biffes
Ashok Cashyap, the Chairman of the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy, is a very unassuming personality. Walk into the venue where he helmed Biffes 2023 (Bengaluru International Film Festival) and you will see Ashok hopping from one screen to another, personally checking on the guests, interacting with the crowd or facilitating a masterclass.
The cinematographer/director talks to MetroPlus about the behind-the-screen workings that put together Biffes this year. He talks about the good, bad and the ugly of organising the fest.
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To Urvashi, textiles are meant to tell stories of cultures. “I incorporate a new craft language every year,” she says. Urvashi likes to add modern spins to traditional textiles and techniques. For instance, she brings a geometric arch to block-printing. “In Prana, showcased at Lakme Fashion Week along with other collections curated over 15 years, I worked with tissue and metallic yarn woven in Chanderi, and merged it with jamdani. On the ramp, the collections celebrated lehariya done with kota doriya, a sheer tent dress with chaap silai, metallic block prints, hand-woven denims, Kutch weaves with kala cotton and Maheshwari weaves; you will also find a lot of micro-pleating with kantha stitch,” she says.