Documentary ‘Kathegala Kanive’ captures transgender persons’ journey into learning photography
The Hindu
Directed by Vikas Badiger, the film documents transgender persons’ journey into learning photography
Twenty-nine year old Vikas Badiger is passionate about Bengaluru. The MBA graduate, with a degree from abroad, quit his job to start Faces of Bengaluru in 2016, where he chronicles stories of people and places of the IT city. “Faces of Bengaluru”, he says, “is about digging into the culture and history of our city. For instance, many of us are aware of Vidhyarthi Bhavan and its dosas. However, not many know the people who started the place. That is what Faces of Bengaluru does, present the hidden stories about this city.”
Vikas’ latest project is the documentary, Kathegala Kanive - The Valley of Stories. The film, which was streaming on filmfreeway, has been selected for the Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival.
The documentary, Vikas says, is the result of a collaboration with Aravani Art Project, funded by the IFA (India Foundation for The Arts). “I taught photography for the Art for Transgenders project. While teaching transgender persons photography was a funded programme, the documentary is an independent project, scripted and directed and produced by Faces of Bengaluru.”