Imtiaz Ali stares out a train window for 6 minutes and somehow makes it feel like poetry.
Snippets of a journey with Imtiaz Ali
Direction
Ali turns a train window into an entire emotional landscape.
Cinematography
Blur of stations, faces, rain—India rushing past in fragments.
Director
Imtiaz Ali
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during actual Rajdhani Express runs with no crew—just Ali, a camera, and the chaos of Indian Railways.
The Rajdhani itself is a cultural icon—elite, fast, connecting Delhi to state capitals. Ali choosing it over slower local trains says everything about his characters' class position.
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