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The nature of the documentary, “Life After Death?” is different from standard formats and comprises two major techniques of dramatic reconstruction of past events combined with a debate about those events that carries the audience forward. The story is seamlessly divided into various parts which lead up to a new contextual understanding of the still enduring mystery behind the story.
This is revealed in documentary style where an explanatory voice over explains the details of each part of the enduring mystery. To do this, the film uses surviving archival footage as well as photographs, as well other visual material from the time and context of the part of the story the film deals with.
Another technique used to tell the story in a graphic and effective way is through dramatic reconstructions which resurrect the past happenings before the audience, for a clearer understanding of the forces at play over the historical continuum.

This is how the Voiced Over sections of the film play out.
The other technique availed of, is a multi-camera shoot of an informed and involved discussion – featuring three leading analysts of the Bose mystery – of the same segments that have just been shown. So, each segment is looked at twice – once in verité documentary style, showing contemporary visuals, with a commentary describing the events and situation; and once in a bare-all discussion, sometimes contentious, between three persons with scholarly knowledge of what transpired (or must have) on the ground at that time. In this way, the complex and grand story, set on a scale that is almost impossible to imagine or fictionalise, is pieced together and inferences are drawn from the facts.
This form makes up the backbone of the film’s character – the documentary style and the discussion, shot with multiple cameras, making this a gripping and meaty watch, with much to mull over and details to digest. In the end, though opinions are put forward, the audience is free to make up their mind one way or the other. Or, indeed, to keep their minds open until further evidence and proof is unearthed or files from the secret archives in London, Paris, Moscow, Delhi, Saigon, and Tokyo are declassified.

Iqbal Chand Malhotra holds a first-class degree in Economics from Queens’ College, University of Cambridge. He is also a Foundation Scholar of the college and a Wrenbury Scholar of the University of Cambridge.
From 1993 to 1995, he was an advisor on India to Media Moghul Rupert Murdoch.
Thereafter, he launched the MTV Channel in India and also advised Nickelodeon, the M Group and Space Systems Loral on their Indian operations.
Since then, as Chairman & Producer of AIM Television Private Limited, he has produced over 500 hours of television programming which have been telecast worldwide.
He has directed three award winning feature documentaries, namely The Legend of Malerkotla, Subhas Chandra Bose: The Mystery and Netaji Bose and the Lost Treasure. Two other documentaries produced by him, namely, Temples in the Clouds and The Agony of the Ganges have received international awards. His latest film Kashmir’s Troubled Waters received two nominations at the Asian Television Awards 2021.
He is a member of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and has also consistently served on the panel of Jurors for the International Emmy’s between 2009 and 2020.
Malhotra has physically attended over 26 MIPCOM and MIPTV markets in Cannes.
Malhotra is the co-author of the bestseller Kashmir’s Untold Story-Declassified and author of Red Fear-The China Threat. He has visited both China and Tibet.
Currently, Malhotra is Chairman & Producer, AIM Television Pvt. Ltd.
He is a black belt Sho Dan in Karate-Do and also practices Shaolin Qigong.

The nature of the documentary, “Life After Death?” is different from standard formats and comprises two major techniques of dramatic reconstruction of past events combined with a debate about those events that carries the audience forward. The story is seamlessly divided into various parts which lead up to a new contextual understanding of the still enduring mystery behind the story.
This is revealed in documentary style where an explanatory voice over explains the details of each part of the enduring mystery. To do this, the film uses surviving archival footage as well as photographs, as well other visual material from the time and context of the part of the story the film deals with.
Another technique used to tell the story in a graphic and effective way is through dramatic reconstructions which resurrect the past happenings before the audience, for a clearer understanding of the forces at play over the historical continuum.

This is how the Voiced Over sections of the film play out.
The other technique availed of, is a multi-camera shoot of an informed and involved discussion – featuring three leading analysts of the Bose mystery – of the same segments that have just been shown. So, each segment is looked at twice – once in verité documentary style, showing contemporary visuals, with a commentary describing the events and situation; and once in a bare-all discussion, sometimes contentious, between three persons with scholarly knowledge of what transpired (or must have) on the ground at that time. In this way, the complex and grand story, set on a scale that is almost impossible to imagine or fictionalise, is pieced together and inferences are drawn from the facts.
This form makes up the backbone of the film’s character – the documentary style and the discussion, shot with multiple cameras, making this a gripping and meaty watch, with much to mull over and details to digest. In the end, though opinions are put forward, the audience is free to make up their mind one way or the other. Or, indeed, to keep their minds open until further evidence and proof is unearthed or files from the secret archives in London, Paris, Moscow, Delhi, Saigon, and Tokyo are declassified.