Payal Kapadia Movies

In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in...

L, a student in India witness to the government's violent response to university protests, writes letters to her estranged lover while he is away.

A Kashmiri shawl seller's confession to a bomb blast he didn’t commit spurs an investigation revealing truths as absurd as everyday life in...

Bishnu returns to her Himalayan village after quitting her job, only to face mounting family pressures and societal expectations. As tensions rise...

Kaki is a 60-year-old widow who lives with her Nepali maid, Malti. The film takes place on one afternoon in their house where a flower blossoms in...

A fable about life in a chawl (urban middle class housing society) where superstitions, relationships and crisis combines the families into a unified...

Portrays a couple form Kerala who lost their house during harsh winter days while trying settle down in Delhi, building a bond amid challenges in a...

The film centers on Sethulekshmi, a single mother whose younger daughter disappears during a visit to her husband’s grave. When police...

Two technicians set up cameras in a forest to capture animal activity at night. A woman moved away from the forest a long time ago. She yearns for...

Without a love of my own.

The camera sways slightly, setting in a majestic black and white on the intimate stories of a small village bordering the jungle. A mystical and...

Payal Kapadia's second entry in the Mumbai trilogy after All We Imagine as Light.

A movement montage exercise.

Food and eating habits are deeply ingrained in the spiritual understanding of the human body and mind. For instance, in Hindu traditions, food is...

Presented by Payal Kapadia, and built around the words of Palestinian poet Shadi Zaqtan, this film carries the names, memories, and echoes of...