Support us
Hundreds of hours of footage, interviews, songs and archival material have already been gathered. The challenge is no longer to begin the project, but to turn this extensive archive into six completed films.
We are seeking your help to complete Jāt, the first film, and lay the foundations for the entire series.
Who are we
L’Atelier Bhimraya is the non-profit home of India Bhimraya. It was created to give lasting form to a project shaped by more than twenty years of research, filming, archives and long-term relationships in India.
A team built over time
India Bhimraya has grown through long-term collaborations in research, fieldwork, image, sound and editing. Some members have accompanied the project for many years; others joined as the archive gradually became a six-film series.
Joël Cabalion
Series Director and researcher, Secretary, L’Atelier Bhimraya
Mrina Reebye
Codirector, President L’Atelier Bhimraya
Julien Jugand
Anthropology, music and sound
Vinod Chahande
Field companion and voice of the series
Simon Borja and Thierry Ramadier
Research and scientific collaboration
Philippe Pereira
Lead editor and editing coordination
Nitin Singh Chauhan
Image, drone, and design
Mayur Kudupale
Research and Marathi – Hindi language work
Vidya Dharap
Marathi and Hindi language work
Nawaj Sharif
Cartography and spatial reconstruction
Creative collaborations
As the films move toward completion, new collaborations are extending the project intoits visual and public forms
Siddhesh Gautam/Bakery Prasad
Visual cycle and graphic identity
Miranj
Website design and development
Uttam Kamble
Writer and central narrative voice of Jāt
A project that grew into a collective endeavour
India Bhimraya grew for many years through the work, relationships and personal resources of those who initiated it. Over time, it became something broader: a collective project bringing together cinema, research, fieldwork, music, archives, languages, visual creation and cartography.
L’Atelier Bhimraya was created to give this constellation a shared and lasting structure.
Supporting the association means enabling the project to enter a new stage: completing the six films, fairly remunerating those contributing to their making, preserving an archive built over more than twenty years, and bringing India Bhimraya to wider audiences.