About Prashant Bhargava
- Year Released:
- 2013
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Seven years in the making,
Patang is Prashant Bhargava’s
first feature film. His short film Sangam premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival, garnering several awards and
distinctions. The film was distributed by Film Movement and
MUBI and broadcast on Arte/ZDF, The Sundance Channel and
PBS. Prashant started out in the arts as a graffiti artist in his
hometown of Chicago. He went on to study computer science
at Cornell University and theatrical directing at The Actors
Studio MFA program. For the past fifteen years, he has directed
and designed commercials, music videos, title sequences and
promos. Prashant’s next film is entitled
The Highlands.
The visit is sponsored by The
Madhusudan and Kiran C. Dhar India Studies
Program. Special thanks to Michael Dodson.
