Gallerist Kekoo Gandhy’s tryst with
contemporary art and the voice of bold
artists in Independent India are captured in the documentary Kekee Manzil-The House of Art
Parinaz Gandhi
As an adolescent, Behroze Gandhy was raring to escape her family home Kekee Manzil and its occupants. Around five decades later, filled with nostalgia and pride, she was keen to show her childhood abode in Bandra to an appreciative audience who had come to view the nearly 90-minute documentary film, Kekee Manzil-The House of Art.
Her father, art connoisseur and gallery owner Kekoo Gandhy is the central figure who dominates the film. "There is always a timing,” said the daughter who as director and producer was keen to present the first screening on his 100th birth anniversary on February 2, 2020......