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Free Spirits features Zende | A Film directed by Akshay Shah

Aug 16 2024 – 10:00am-11:30am

About the event

Free Spirits – Screening of Contemporary Seminal Indian Films features FILM 1
Zende | Directed by Akshay Shah

This film explores the dynamic life of 82-year-old retired police officer Madhukar Zende, who significantly impacted Bombay’s crime history with his unique methods and unwavering humanity.

ABOUT THE FILM
Zende follows 82-year-old retired assistant commissioner of police in Mumbai, Madhukar Zende, known for capturing serial killer Charles Sobhraj twice. Sobhraj is just a small part of Zende’s vibrant life. Through his eyes, we explore Bombay’s crime history over four decades. Zende brought real change to the city and its people with his eccentric, comical yet effective methods. From parading underworld dons to quelling communal riots, he demonstrated the power of words and unwavering humanity. His inspiring love story takes us back to a time when real love lasted a lifetime. Watch this true super-cop, who, without a holster, became a hero from Bombay to Mumbai, leaving an indelible mark on the city’s heart and soul.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Akshay Shah marks his directorial debut with ZENDE, a film based on Mumbai cop Madhukar Zende, renowned for capturing the infamous French serial killer Charles Sobhraj. The film follows the 82-year-old retired officer from Mumbai Police, India. An independent filmmaker and producer based in Mumbai, Akshay has a knack for uncovering the real character behind ordinary individuals, often portraying them from a larger-than-life perspective. His narratives are deeply human, shaped by his extensive travels which lend a unique dimension to his work. Known for his commercial projects, Akshay’s storytelling is distinguished by its intimate portrayal of human experiences, resulting in one-of-a-kind narratives that resonate with authenticity and depth.

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IFBE

The Ice Factory at Ballard Estate (IFBE) is an experimental laboratory for transdisciplinary practices across modern and contemporary architecture, art, and pedagogy. The conserved and refashioned structure is itself a historical object; its complexity, diversity, and paradoxical forms of architecture are instruments for the invention of knowledge. Malik Architecture has created an architecture that does not settle, one with spaces to breathe through a crystallization and mutation of traditional, modern, and contemporary experiments. A century-old embodiment... of “the dreams that stuff is made of.” IFBE’s community of architects, artists, scholars, and students exists in the expanding complexity and multiplicity of the present without sacrificing a fidelity to pasts and archiving, to build and chronicle in the here and now, what Reinhard Koselleck felicitously called “futures past.”