Cinema Is an Inner Practice

I don’t make films to distract you.

I make them to wake something up inside you.

Life is loud. Social media is louder. Silence is rare.

Cinema, for me, is a way back to that silence — where truth lives.

Renegade Cinema isn’t rebellion. It’s awareness.

Watching the world without judgment.
Showing life without filters.
Letting characters breathe, fail, and become.

I believe stories are karma.

What we create shapes who we become.

So I choose responsibility over noise.
Presence over performance.

If a film slows you down…

If it makes you uncomfortable in a quiet way…

If it lingers like a thought you can’t shake…

That’s not discomfort.

That’s recognition.

Cinema isn’t entertainment alone.

It’s reflection.

It’s practice.

Welcome inward.

Welcome to Renegade Cinema.

---MANOHAR CHIMMANI