(column : B-town). Missing: Makers Who Are Passionate And Have Conviction (ians Sunday Special)

(Column : B-Town). Missing: Makers who are passionate and have conviction (IANS Sunday special)

By Vinod Mirani What does it feel like to be called Film Factory by a film production company? It promises what? It doesn’t, however, promise creativity.

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What criteria are used when a corporation assigns multiple projects to a production company and pays a large sum? Is it a sign that the production house assigned has an artistic team and is passionate about films?

This type of enterprise does not promise creativity and passion for filmmaking.It simply means you’ve gained market confidence by releasing a few profitable films, and now want to make a profit.You can launch several films at once, and then you will be able to use the market money.

These films are only for people who have invested and trusted you.

The second scenario is where a large corporate house has invested a lot of money to support cinema business.One can’t look for talent, passion, or creativity with all these funds.A resourceful producer with easy access to stars, or who is already a star and can put together a project requires the resources.

It is a waste of money to release funds in the amount of Rs 100 crore to a production company and then ask that it deliver three films within a specified time.This is where creativity doesn’t belong! It is the turnover.

What is their contribution to the film’s story and music, as well as funding? Nothing.

What happens to the film? Project financing is what you are referring to.At the conceptual stage, films are very heavy.As any filmmaker will tell you, these films are dominated by the main star and have few or no supporting actors.

Films are not made to depend on their hero.

The role of your lead actor should be to perform all the roles that the side characters are meant to: comedy, buffoonery, and even wearing shades of the antagonist.It becomes boring if there is not much action in the first few minutes.This tells a lot about the movie.

There are many examples, and I will only cite two that count on an actor: “Mahaan” (Amitabh Bacchan plays a double role which exhausts the storyline to three hours), or “Tubelight” (Salman Khan plays mentally disabled lad, but does not impress).These are just a few examples to reiterate what I said before.

We don’t work with a script that can promise everything for everyone in one movie, to use an old but still relevant phrase.People used to arrive at a movie theatre long before it was actually showing.

This was so they could watch trailers for the upcoming films.

The trailers featured excerpts from everything the movie promoted including romance, comedy, emotion, action and music.

It was intended to present a movie as an entertainer that could be enjoyed by all.Many films lived up to that promise, even if they weren’t all.

Not for nothing, many movies were hits in a single year.They enjoyed lengthy runs and achieved landmarks like the Silver Jubilee and Golden Jubilee.

Every few months, one film is declared a success.Some of these films are released during festivals like Eid or Diwali.

Recent trends are to rely on actors like Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan for the first footfalls.Content was what made films work.

Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar were all stars in the industry.

Sunny Deol and Jackie Shroff followed suit later.They all continued their success despite being superstars – Rajesh Khanna and then Amitabh.

Today’s films are not lasting for long and they fade away as soon as you leave the theatre.There are no jubilees, success today is measured in millions.

Media companies take in crores without knowing the financials of film production.These 100-crore films don’t stay with viewers.Are they making films that viewers would love to see again and again because of their dialogues or songs?

What was the last movie to boast a dialogue like this: “Davarsaab main aaj bi phenke hue-paise nahin?a” (Deewaar) or “Chinai Sheth,” jinke ane ghar shishhe keh, who doosron per paththar nua phenka carte Is there a movie like “Sholay”, which people watched over and over just to hear the dialogue?

I can’t think.

There were also films that were watched over and over again by people just to hear their songs.”Sachchai Chhup Nain Sakti” (Dushman; Rajesh Khanna), “Khaike Paan Banaras Wala” (Don; Amitabh Bachchan), among many other songs, brought people back to the cinemas.

Filmmaking wasn’t just another enterprise, as it is now.Filmmaking was a personal venture that a filmmaker invested his entire life in.It wasn’t financed by any corporate houses.

Dilip Kumar was the reigning superstar of old.He produced “Gunga Jumna” for Hindi audiences.It was not in Hindi, but in Bhojpuri which is an eastern Indian language.The film became a huge success all across India.It’s amazing to consider that ‘Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo,’ was the first film in Bhojpuri!

K.Asif was the producer of ‘Mughal-e-Azam.In 1940 the film was released.

The financer fled for Pakistan in Partition, and the hero died.The film was finally released with a new financier and a completely new cast of stars in 1960.

“Mother India”, a film that was heroine-centered, saw two new actors, Rajendra Kumar, Sunil Dutt and Nargis.It was Mehboob Khan’s 1940 film, “Aurat”.

Raj Kapoor had been dreaming of “Mera Naam Joker” for years.The film was a labor of love and took much time to produce.

However, it failed to live up the viewer’s expectations.Raj Kapoor’s dream was a failure.

His regular distributors had lost faith in Raj Kapoor.However, rather than launching a commercial film with high-selling actors and top performers, Rishi Kapoor launched his son, Dimple Kapadia with the film “Bobby”.

They were makers who had conviction and believed in their work, as well as passion.This isn’t to say that other filmmakers lack passion.This was not a question of degrees.

Guru Dutt, Dev Anand, Vijay Anand, B.R.Chopra, Yash Chopra, Manoj Kumar, Sooraj Barjatya, Bimal Roy, V.Shantaram, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Ramanand Sagar, Shakti Samanta, Dulal Guha, Nasir Hussain, Basu Chatterjee, L.V.Prasad and K.Vishwanath were also dreamers and made films.

Only a handful of filmmakers in today’s generation have this ability to make films that leave an impression.These include Raju Hirani and Sriram Raghvan.

There are very few filmmakers/directors that truly love filmmaking.They have to settle for making low-budget films that don’t get enough promotion.

These films are not recommended by big stars (Akshay Kumar who directed ‘Pad Man’ as well as ‘Toilet : Ek Prem Katha’ is an exception).

There are few people who will support such movies in such situations.Anjum Riizvii, one of these backers is.Although he has worked on many serials and films, his “A Wednesday!” series is the most memorable.His ‘A Wednesday!’ film has been a highlight.Nagesh Kukunoor was the director and producer of ‘Hyderabad Blues.This film brought him to prominence.Another film he directed was ‘Dhanak.

“I Am Kalam” was another such film.However, only a handful of people care about such films.

Manish Mundra, Drishyam Films is one team that supports films by makers who are committed.His films include “Masaan”, “Dhanak”, “Newton”, and “Kamyaab”.

A week ago, I was able to catch this film ‘Karwaan” on an online movie channel.This was a movie I enjoyed.Akarsh Khurana is the film’s director.He is also Akash Khurana’s son and veteran actor-writer.Many such films are worth seeing, and I’m sure there are many more.

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