Cinema of Prayoga: Indian Avant-Garde Cinema

A Monkey’s Raincoat (Mani Kaul, 2005)

DEFINITION:

1) ‘Prayoga’ (प्रयोग) is a Sanskrit word, which loosely translates as ‘experiment’ but can also mean ‘representation’ and ‘practice’.

2) Coined by film historian Amrit Gangar, the term ‘cinema of prayoga’ defines “the eternal quest, [the] continuing process in time and space” central to artists’ film and video. (Source: