The Artists: Arts, Culture, and Cinema with Suchita Bhhatia

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The Artists is a podcast exploring the minds, methods, and inner lives of artists across cinema, culture, and ideas. Hosted by filmmaker Suchita, the show brings conversations with filmmakers, thinkers, cultural voices to ask one central question: How do Great Artists think? Through conversations spanning storytelling, cinema, design, psychology, technology, and the future of art, The Artists move... more

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Publishes	Daily	Episodes	169	Founded	7 years ago
Number of Listeners		Categories	TV & FilmFilm Interviews

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Kurosawa vs Ozu | ft. David Desser| The Artists with Suchita #172

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Two masters. Two radically different ways of seeing cinema.

In this episode of The Artists Podcast, we explore the worlds of Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirō Ozu with renowned film scholar David Desser—a leading voice in Japanes... more

3 May 2026 • 1 min

🎬 Kurosawa & Ozu | ft. David Desser #CLIP

How do artists form a way of seeing the world?

And what shapes the cinema of masters? Dropping Soon!!

If you enjoy the episode, do leave us a rating on Apple or Spotify—it helps us bring you more such conversations

1 May 2026 • 1 min

Thinking Drama | Ft: Abhishek Majumdar | The Artists with Suchita #shakespeare #162

A powerful new episode of The Artists Podcast is live.This time, we’re joined by Abhishek Majumdar—playwright, theatre director, Professor at NYU, and one of the most incisive thinkers on drama, time, and performance today.This is not just a conversa... more

30 Apr 2026 • 47 min

AI & The Future of Artists | Ft: Amanda Brock | The Artists with Suchita #170

AI & The Future of Artists — What You Must Know Now | ft. Amanda BrockThe future of creativity is being rewritten in real time.In this episode of The Artists Podcast, we are joined by Amanda Brock—CEO of OpenUK and a leading global voice on AI, polic... more

24 Apr 2026 • 41 min

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David Desser

Film scholar guest providing analysis on Kurosawa and Ozu

University of California, Berkeley (scholarship on Japanese cinema)

Episode: 🎬 Kurosawa & Ozu | ft. David Desser #CLIP

Amanda Brock

CEO/Founder of OpenUK; advocate for open technology and AI openness

OpenUK

Episode: AI & The Future of Artists | Ft: Amanda Brock | The Artists with Suchita #170

Renuka Shahane

Actor, Director of Loop Line

Loop Line / Indian cinema

Episode: Being An Artist l Ft: Renuka Shahane l The Artists with Suchita l #168

Annette Insdorf

Film scholar and author known for work on Hitchcock and Truffaut

Columbia University

Episode: Truffaut & Hitchcock | Ft: Annette Insdorf | The Artists with Suchita 171

Suhel Seth

Advertising executive, author, and filmmaker

Independent (Advertising and Cultural Thought Leader)

Episode: What is Shaping the taste of India? Ft: Suhel Seth | The Artists with Suchita | Ep. 166

Siva Ananth

Filmmaker and producer, known for his recent work in 'Thug Life.'

Episode: EP 165 LITERATURE, CINEMA & THE AUDIENCE FT: SIVA ANANTH

Jonathan Rosenbaum

An influential film critic and author known for his insights into world cinema.

Episode: EP 164 THIS IS ORSON WELLES FT: JONATHAN ROSENBAUM

Abhishek Majumdar

Playwright, theater director, and professor at NYU.

New York University

Episode: EP 162 THE STRUCTURES OF DRAMA FT: ABHISHEK MAJUMDAR

Dr. Avinash Desousa

Mental health expert and founder of the Desousa Foundation

Desousa Foundation

Episode: EP 161 - 8 hours work Day for Artists in Films Ft: Avinash Desousa

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Suchita Bhhatia

Host of The Artists Podcast

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3.6 out of 5 stars from 33 ratings

Informative and valuable!
Suchita has a great interviewing style and her first interviews here so far are very compelling and have covered very interesting aspects of filmmaking. As an aspiring filmmaker, I find this podcast to be just great. I’m always on the look out for something like this. I’m excited to see what she comes out with next!
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Aspiring filmmakers hear practical, inspiring insights that help them grow.

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The content covers a mix of cinema history, criticism, and contemporary industry issues with intelligent guests.

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Apple Podcasts	#29	Colombia/TV & Film/Film Interviews
Apple Podcasts	#35	India/TV & Film/Film Interviews
Apple Podcasts	#45	Belgium/TV & Film/Film Interviews
Apple Podcasts	#77	Denmark/TV & Film/Film Interviews
Apple Podcasts	#83	Austria/TV & Film/Film Interviews
Apple Podcasts	#101	Switzerland/TV & Film/Film Interviews

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Kurosawa vs Ozu | ft. David Desser| The Artists with Suchita #172

Q: What aspects of upbringing and life experiences shaped their cinema?

Ozu's lifelong bachelorhood, domestic life, and stable studio environment contrasted with Kurosawa's family background, samurai lineage, and more turbulent path, which together contributed to their distinct narrative and visual sensibilities.

Kurosawa vs Ozu | ft. David Desser| The Artists with Suchita #172

Q: What would there be in a word that describes the difference between Kurosawa and Ozu?

Two words: Kurosawa is interested in heroism and Westernized tension, while Ozu focuses on dailiness and the quiet domestic life, highlighting a fundamental stylistic and thematic split between them.

🎬 Kurosawa & Ozu | ft. David Desser #CLIP

Q: How does an artist form their way of seeing the world?

The guest explains that it's a blend of external cultural influences and inner psychology, with an artist exercising a kind of free will to inject their desires and unique styles into their work, resulting in a distinctive vision.

AI & The Future of Artists | Ft: Amanda Brock | The Artists with Suchita #170

Q: Right now, what stage of AI openness do we have in terms of policy and structure, especially for India?

There is a shift toward open source in policy discussions, with India showing progress and open-source models like SAVRAM being released under open licenses, signaling a move toward accessible AI infrastructure.

AI & The Future of Artists | Ft: Amanda Brock | The Artists with Suchita #170

Q: Amanda, tell me, when you say OpenUK, and when we say OpenAI, what do we mean by open and how open is that?

OpenUK is an industry organization for open technology (open source, AI, data, hardware). OpenAI is a trademarked company; openness in AI depends on the context, with OpenAI not aligning with the traditional open-source ethos, hence the emphasis on real openness.

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