Lalit Vachani is an Indian documentary filmmaker.
Life Vachani studied at the St. Stephen's College, Delhi University and the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.
He was a visiting lecturer at the Mass Communication Research Centre in Delhi from 1990 to 1998. He also taught courses on film production at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the Amherst College. He has been a visiting scholar at the Center for Media, Culture and History at the New York University in 1999, and a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute and the Lichtenberg-Kolleg in 2011–12.
Vachani's films have received support from the Soros/Sundance Documentary Foundation, the Jan Vrijman Fund and the India Foundation for the Arts.
Works Recasting Selves (2019, 80 minutes).′Recasting Selves′, The Seventh Art An Ordinary Election (2015, 125 minutes).′Not an Ordinary Film′, The Hindu Tales from Napa (2010, 26 minutes).Tales from Napa, lalitvachani.com The Salt Stories (2008, 84 minutes), Winner of the Best documentary film, MIAAC 2009 and the 2nd prize in Film South Asia Kathmandu, 2009.The Salt Stories, lalitvachani.com In Search of Gandhi (2007, 52 minutes), Winner of the EBU Special Golden Link award, 2008.In Search of Gandhi, lalitvachani.com Rebuilding with Richie (2006, 27 minutes)Other films, lalitvachani.com Natak Jari Hai (The Play Goes on, 2005, 83min.).The Play Goes on, lalitvachani.com The Chhara Projects (2003, 63 minutes). The Men in the Tree (2002, 98 minutes).The Men in the Tree, lalitvachani.com The Starmaker (1997, 74 minutes)The Starmaker, lalitvachani.com The Academy (1995, 52 minutes). The Boy in the Branch (1993, 27 minutes), produced for the Channel 4 television, U. K.The Boy in the Branch, lalitvachani.comThe Boy in the Branch - Excerpts from Press reviews, lalitvachani.com
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Recasting Selves review on The Seventh Art