Shot single-handedly by photographer and visual artist, Arsh Grewal, in her bedroom during the lockdown, the music video for Kamakshi Khanna’s latest single, Qareeb, flips the narrative on the love song.
After college, Arsh Grewal, a mass communication graduate from Delhi University pushed aside her aspirations to attend a film school in exchange for freelancing as a photographer and videographer. An ardent music lover, she cold-messaged Delhi-based rock band, The Local Train, on Instagram with hopes of covering them in concert. To her surprise, the band responded. It was two hours before one of their gigs and their photographer didn’t show up. “That never happens,” Grewal chuckles. She covered the performance only to never turn in the pictures. “I really enjoyed covering that gig but I wasn’t satisfied. I wasn’t confident,” she explains.
In October, this year, Grewal debuted as a director and animator on the music video for singer-songwriter Kamakshi…