Karan Talwar

"It never comes out as it looks on screen. It's a lot of mental mathematics and magic with camera exposure, lighting and other variables because everything looks good on the monitor," says Akshay Singh, a cinematographer who has been working with film for over 10 years, and the person behind the lens for the critically acclaimed movie, Lipstick Under My Burkha. As the industry now sees a revival in traditional filmmaking, Singh will clue participants in on the nuances of shooting on film at a workshop co-organised by Kodak.