Directing
Tejal Shah
Born
1979-01-01 (47)
Place of birth
Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India
Known for
Directing
Credits
5 titles
Tejal Shah (Hindi: तेजल शाह; born 1979) is an Indian contemporary visual artist and curator. She works within the mediums of video art, photography, performance, drawing, sound work, and spatial installations. Shah explores topics in her work including the LGBTQ+ community, sexuality, gender, disability, and the relationship between humans and nature. She lives in Mumbai.
Known for
NRInspired by a classic F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, 'Sati Shaves Her Head' is a modern take on the classic fish out of water tale. Bored during one hot summer, sophisticated Nikki transforms her dopey Indian cousin, Sati, into a beauty. But when Sati becomes more popular and sought after than she, Nikki learns a valuable lesson.
Sati Shaves Her Head
2011
No synopsis available yet.
I Love My India
2003
NRA reflection on lesbian desire.
There Is a Spider Living Between Us
2009
NRA scene that’s at once seductive and repulsive, tender and obscene, aesthetically thrilling and grotesque. Surrounded by flowers, fruits, juices and other delicacies, Tejal Shah and Marylea Madiman, dressed in Indian traditional clothing, sit side by side. Shah remains passively seated while her partner brutally feeds her. The excessive eating creates an erotic tension and the interaction between the two blurs the line between sex and aggression. In a provocative way, the human condition, the relationship between violence and power, the body and identity are questioned.
Feed/Kill
2010
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRInspired by a classic F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, 'Sati Shaves Her Head' is a modern take on the classic fish out of water tale. Bored during one hot summer, sophisticated Nikki transforms her dopey Indian cousin, Sati, into a beauty. But when Sati becomes more popular and sought after than she, Nikki learns a valuable lesson.
Sati Shaves Her Head
2011
No synopsis available yet.
I Love My India
2003
NRA reflection on lesbian desire.
There Is a Spider Living Between Us
2009
NRA scene that’s at once seductive and repulsive, tender and obscene, aesthetically thrilling and grotesque. Surrounded by flowers, fruits, juices and other delicacies, Tejal Shah and Marylea Madiman, dressed in Indian traditional clothing, sit side by side. Shah remains passively seated while her partner brutally feeds her. The excessive eating creates an erotic tension and the interaction between the two blurs the line between sex and aggression. In a provocative way, the human condition, the relationship between violence and power, the body and identity are questioned.
Feed/Kill
2010
