From the beginning of his career as a filmmaker, Satyajit Ray was interested in finding ways to reveal the mind and thoughts of his characters. Because the range of his sympathy was wide, he has been accused of softening the presence of evil in his cinematic world. But a director who aims to represent the currents and cross-currents of feeling within people is likely to disclose to viewers the humanness even in reprehensible figures.
In her films, Deepa Mehta has mostly been concerned with the lives of women, and the manner in which women communicate on the deepest and most intimate levels. A common theme has been the unlikely union developing between two disparate individuals who end up transcending age differences and cultural barriers as they strike up a friendship, and an understanding. Another of her recurring topics is the depiction of older women as vital and active. This is evident in her very first film, the documentary short At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch, in which her subject is shown doing
After spending three years working as a theater actress in New Delhi, Mira Nair was inspired to pursue a career in filmmaking after taking a course in documentary production at Harvard University. Subsequently, she made four documentaries in India that focused on her country?s changing culture. For example, the controversial India Cabaret is about Bombay
