The Maker of Filmmakers: How Jagat Murari and FTII Changed Indian Cinema Forever

When Jagat Murari, a young film student in post-war America, finds himself at the feet of one of cinema’s true giants—Orson Welles—during the making of Macbeth in 1947, the lessons he absorbs on that set will shape not only his future, but also the future of Indian cinema. Returning to a newly independent India, Jagat goes on to build the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) from the ground up.

In The Maker of Filmmakers, Radha Chadha offers an intimate and meticulously researche...