Wednesday, November 21, 2007

A Director’s bold attempt at “Message in a Movie”

“‘I’m interested in making films that deliver some message to the world... where the Director becomes completely invisible and ‘reality’ plays.” Set for release in September, in both Hindi and English, the movie stars Javed Jaffrey and Nandana Sen. Interestingly, a movie about the evils of poaching, is likely to have a much greater impact on public conscience at large than other forms of awareness campaigns undertaken so far. Kumar is upbeat about how the movie will be received. Says he, “The good news is that the world is ready to receive such reality bites! I think even the Indian audience is fed up of music and dance and is waking up to such stuff”. Looking forward, the Director has trained his sights on plucky issue of Islamic fundamentalism with his next project dealing with the issue “in a very humane manner.” Now, here’s a Director who’s harnessing the medium for a message.
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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative