In a wide-ranging conversation at the Singapore International Film Festival , acclaimed filmmaker Deepa Mehta reflected on her decades-long career, the controversies that have shadowed her most celebrated works, and her unwavering commitment to independent filmmaking.

Mehta was speaking with longtime collaborator Hussain Amarshi, head of Mongrel Media, which has distributed her films. She will receive a lifetime achievement honor from the festival, capping a year of retrospectives and accolades for the director known for her groundbreaking “Elements” trilogy.

“For the first time these days, I’ve stopped being critical of all my work,” Mehta told the audience. “It’s not that I’m proud of it. I like it, which makes me feel good.”

Her father, a film distributor in India, gave her adv

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