Film & Animation/2012/46 min/Reel № 12.001
ByAkshat Verma
Akshat Verma on breaking rules and expectations when writing for the screen
I Am Not a Designer/Recorded 2012
A close reading, kept within reach.
Akshat Verma takes film & animation as a lens on the larger question the festival keeps returning to: what design owes to the people and places it works among. The talk moves from specific projects toward a broader argument about practice.
Recorded in India in 2012, the conversation is grounded in Akshat's own working method — the compromises, the constraints, and the moments where the work taught them something they didn't expect.
The closing turn is characteristic of the archive: less a conclusion than a provocation, handed to the audience to carry into their own disciplines.
Akshat Verma reveals how his work is shaped by his raw experiences, as well as influences from various cultures.
About the speaker
Akshat Verma
New Delhi/India
Akshat Verma is a screenwriter, who shot to fame with Delhi Belly, a film that is often referred to as the Bollywood version of The Hangover.
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