India was all heat, speed and motion. It demands patience of you as a filmmaker. Nothing happens according to plan. You absolutely must sit down and have coffee with the boss, though you may miss your flight. A 20 minute drive may take 90. It seems like everything is out in the open, yet what we saw was surely nothing more than a splinter of a splinter of this amazing country.

Goat herders on one of the new highways under construction

Auto worker, Mahindra’s factory for the Scorpio, a light SUV model.

The CEO of NDTV. I used my Zylight to add a color wash to the background. I dialed in the color and propped it on a coffee table. It’s not my preference to work without an assistant or gaffer but tools like this are very useful when I don’t.

Mumbai sunrise, time lapse shot

Next up: China!

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