Brushstrokes from the wild: I didn’t visit Africa, Africa visited me, says Neeraj Bakshi

A movie buff at heart, Bakshi says the vast African expanse instantly brought to mind the sweeping visuals of the film Lawrence of Arabia. “I was taken aback--was I on Earth or another planet?” he recalls. “Africa is the only place where I saw both the fury and the bounty of nature at the same time,” he said in an interaction with The Statesman.