From Do Din Ka Mela, 2009
Publications
A Fly in the Curry: Independent Documentary in India: New Edition
K.P. Jayasankar and Anjali Monteiro, 2024, Aakar (Paperback). Sage 2016 (Hard Cover)
Many Voices, Many Worlds: Critical Perspectives on Community Media in India
Faiz Ullah, Anjali Monteiro and K.P. Jayasankar (Eds.), 2021, Sage
DigiNaka: Subaltern Politics and Digital Media in Post-Capitalist India
Anjali Monteiro, K.P. Jayasankar, Amit S. Rai (Eds.) 2020, Orient Black Swan
Videos
Catalyzing Social Imagination
A Dialogue on Documentary Filmmaking and Co-Creation
Anjali Monteiro and KP Jayasankar in conversation with Uday Dandavate, who is creating an archive of conversations entitled ‘The Legacy of India’s Imagination’ as a part of the birth centenary celebrations of his father the late socialist leader Prof. Madhu Dandavate.
Attitude Makeover
KP Jayasankar & Anjali Monteiro | Meet the Visionaries of Filmmaking to Create Social Impact | Ep-60
Films
Libby de Liberdade
89 Mins. English and Konkaniwith English Subtitles, Forthcoming
State of Hope
State of Hope follows the 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign of Dr. T.M. Thomas Isaac, the Left Democratic Front candidate in Pathanamthitta, Kerala. The film explores his election manifesto which focuses on employment generation, organic farming, women’s enterprise, waste management, palliative care and other initiatives for people’s empowerment. The film portrays the uniqueness of Kerala as a state, given its history of social movements and civil society organisations.
65 Mins. Malayalam with English Subtitles, 2025
The Kachchh Trilogy
Kachchh is a ‘border’ district of Gujarat, which has historically had a close relationship with Sindh, now in Pakistan. Prior to the Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, the communities in this region, mostly pastoralists, moved freely across the Great Rann of Kachchh, between Kachchh and Sindh, in search of water and pastures. Until the Indo-Pakistan war of 1965, the border between Kachchh and Sindh was a porous one, with frequent movement for trade and grazing. Sindh and Kachchh share common cultural traditions, drawing on Sufism and other traditions, as well as the same repertoire of poetry, folklore, embroidery, architectural practices and visual cultures.
The Trilogy of films is the outcome of the documentation of the musical and poetic traditions of pastoral communities, since 2008.
Announcements
Lifetime Achivement Award
National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad confers the Prof. Satish Bahadur Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film Education on Anjali Monteiro and KP Jayasankar, at the 6th Alpavirama — International Youth Film Festival, November 2022. Alpavirama also hosted an exhibition entitled Sutradhar, based on their work. Read More
Workshop
Filmmaking Workshop for Young People
4th Edition — Mentored by Anjali Monteiro and K.P. Jayasankar
Delegação Fundação Oriente India, Goa.
July-August 2026
Screening
State of Hope
Premiers at IDSFFK, Thiruvanathapuram at 6.15 PM @ Nila Theatre, on 25 August 2025.
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Screening at Indian Documentary Film Festival 2025, Bhubaneswar, on Sep 26, 2025
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Screening at the Chennai Documentary Film Festival, on February 26 at Chennai Institute of Journalism, Kotturpuram, at 5.30 pm.
Jhini Bini Chadariya
Screening at Experimental Theatre, NCPA, Mumbai