If I must disappear, let my films stay awake

My given name is Sanjay Srikant. As a filmmaker, I work under the name Sanjay Narayanan—trying to  understand the world and leave something behind that time cannot erase. 

At twenty, I wrote and directed my first feature film, Maalai Nera Malipoo, made on a shoestring budget. For  nearly two years, the film struggled to find its place. I was asked to move on. But how do you abandon a part  of yourself and walk away?