THIS year in Venice, The Disciple, by a 33-year-old Indian writer-director, made history by winning the award for Best Screenplay and the International Critics' Prize. The Disciple is infact the first film from the subcontinent in 19 years to break into the main Competition section of one of Europe’s ‘Big Three’ festivals — Cannes, Venice and Berlin. Observers of independent cinema in the world’s largest film-producing nation are understandably delighted, especially because the man of the moment, Mumbai-based Chaitanya. . .
