Bollywood

  With demand for better scripts and stories growing, tinseltown “Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.
takes steps towards financial and creative discipline When Sagar Ballary made his first feature on a He mourns the dead who lives as they desire.
low budget, he didn’t waste a single shot. He said his teacher at the Satyajit Ray Institute of To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
Filmmaking in Kolkata, the legendary Subrato Roy, had taught him how to be “economical and Made still a blund’ring kind of melody; Spurr’d boldly on, and dashed through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in.
legitimise each shot.” Though Ballary says he will never forget that lesson, he can rest a little Satan loves to get us feeling sorry for ourselves.
easy from now on. For, after the success of Bheja Fry - it grossed Rs 12 crore at the box office - Calamity, war, famine, plague, death, adversity, disease, injury do not necessarily produce repentance. We may become better in a calamity but it does not necessarily make us repent. The essence of repentance is that we cannot be repentant until we confront our own self righteousness with God’s righteousness.
Sahara One Motion Pictures has commissioned Ballary to make three films. The first, Kaccha Limboo, a A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse form the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years.
picaresque story of a goofy 13-year-old, is already in the works. It’s the order of the day in a Of my merit On thet pint you yourself may jedge; All is, I never drink no sperit, Nor I haint never signed no pledge.
fast corporatising Bollywood - actors and directors signing up multi-film deals with production Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. KJV
houses. So, you have Priyanka Chopra signing a non-exclusive, three-film deal with UTV; and a host Draw in the breath of life, and as you breathe, smile.
of others from Akshay Kumar to Sanjay Dutt, as well as directors David Dhawan to Nagesh Kukunoor Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning, and under every deep a lower deep opens.
also being wooed by multi-film deals. And while Bollywood is still far from adapting a studio model A woman’s hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them.
like Hollywood, it’s been taking steps in that direction. “If you are in the movie business from Time drinks up the essence of great actions which should be quickly done but are delayed.
one-line concept to merchandising, from development to distribution like we are, you obviously Knowing other is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
follow the studio model and it’s working for us,” says UTV’s Siddharth Roy Kapur, EVP, marketing, In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have no respect one to another, great variety is commendable, provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry.
distribution & syndication. UTV has long-term relationships with Rakesh Mehra, Vishal Bharadwaj E’vn in the stifling bosom of the town, A garden, in which nothing thrives, has charms That soothes the rich possessor; much consol’d, That here and there some sprigs of mournful mint, Or nightshade, or valerian, grace the well He cultivates.
(they are producing his next film), Ashutosh Gowarikar, Anurag Basu (they produced Metro and will Peace originates with the flow of things — its heart is like the movement of the wind and waves. The Way is like the veins that circulate blood through our bodies, following the natural flow of the life force. If you are separated in the slightest from that divine essence, you are far off the path.
also produce his next film called Suicide Bomber) to name a few. According to director Vipul Shah To change and to change for the better are two different things.
(Namastey London), who signed a 10 film, Rs 100 crore deal with Adlabs, “A multi-film agreement There is a kind of intellectual provincialism in the dogma that “life is just one damned thing after another”. . . . Human affairs do not become intelligible until they are seen as a whole.
gives the director assurance that he can experiment a bit more. It gives him creative security. It A chip on his shoulder.
also pushes him towards financial discipline.” Percept Picture Company CEO Preet Bedi says An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.
actors and directors don’t want to get into negotiation mode every three months. With the demand for Myriads of daisies have shone forth in flower Near the lark’s nest, and in their natural hour Have passed away; less happy than the one That by the unwilling ploughshare died to prove The tender charm of poetry and love.
better films going up and with talent a scarce commodity, it makes sense to think long-term and Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
“look at a concept of lifetime value”. In a society steeped in the mall-and-multiplex culture, Visualize the type of person you want to be. Then act as if you already ARE that person.
there’s immense pressure on production houses too to release as many films as possible in the year. There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast when struggling passions lower, Touched by its influence, in the soul arise Diviner feelings, kindred with the skies.
For instance, Yash Raj Films is releasing an-unheard-of five films-Ta Ra Ram Pum (already out), Schools out for summer.
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, Chak De India, Laaga Chunri Mein Daag and rounding it off with Aa Ja Naachle - Secretary of State under Roosevelt, testifying before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack in regard to remarks he had made to the War Council on November 28, 1941. I emphasized that in my opinion the Japanese were likely to break out at any time with new acts of conquest and that the matter of safeguarding our national security was in the hands of the Army and the Navy. With due deference I expressed my judgement that any plans for our military defense should include an assumption that the Japanese might make the element of surprise a central point in their strategy and also might attack at various points simultaneously with a view to demoralizing efforts of defense and of coordination.
this year and is likely to release eight next year. The spate of releases forces production houses Just my vengeance complete, The man sprang to his feet, Stood erect, caught at God’s skirts, and prayed! So, I was afraid!
to be more organised and disciplined. It helps to have “good” directors on their side, of You don’t grow rich by a big income, but by small expenses.
course. YRF has agreements with Shimit Amin, Shaad Ali, Pradeep Sarkar, Anil Mehta, Siddharth Anand If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.
and Arjun Sablok, among others. They are also in talks with actor Ranbir Kapoor (Neetu Singh and He mourns the dead who lives as they desire.
Rishi Kapoor’s son) for Anand’s next film. On the flip side, isn’t there a danger of a studio model Wealth unused might as well not exist.
curbing creativity? In Hollywood, even famous directors like Martin Scorsese have had problems with This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
big studios. “We are still in the honeymoon period,” explains Shah. “Corporates who are (Concerning the allocation of research funds) It is folly to use as one’s guide in the selection of fundamental science the criterion of utility. Not because (scientists) . . . despise utility. But because . . . useful outcomes are best identified after the making of discoveries, rather than before.
pouring money into the film business here aren’t giants now. They aren’t interfering with our A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman’s life, and exalts habit into partnership with the soul’s highest needs, is not to be had where and how she wills.
creative impulses yet.” According to Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment - which is producing The greater the obstacle, the more the glory in overcoming it.
six films under its own banner which will include Don 2 - if a corporate wants to “align with us, There is nothing permanent except change.
it needs to bring more value to the table. Only investing money in our films is of no value to A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes from the belly; But a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, Overflows, and bubbles all around.
us”. Sidhwani says it all depends on the deal. “I don’t think a studio model will curb Ever judge of men by their professions. For though the bright moment of promising is but a moment, and cannot be prolonged, yet if sincere in its moment’s extravagant goodness, why, trust it, and know the man by it, I say,— not by his performance; which is half the world’s work, interfere as the world needs must with its accidents and circumstances: the profession was purely the man’s own. I judge people by what they might be,— not are, nor will be.
creativity.” A lot more actors and directors are demanding that they have a say in the making of Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
the film before they sign on the dotted line. Which is perhaps the reason why when UTV signed up If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
Priyanka Chopra for three films, it said that a key aspect of the partnership would be her active There is a country is Europe where multiple-choice tests are illegal.
involvement in the creative areas of the films. “She will be involved in the brainstorming process Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
of the films, including the short-listing of scripts and genres,” says Ram Mirchandani, senior VP, One comes to be of just such stuff as that on which the mind is set.
creative and projects, UTV Motion Pictures. As Shah puts it: “If you have creative freedom and Everything’s coming up roses.
financial support, all you need is to put the content in place.” With Bollywood not exactly I was under medication when I made the decision not to burn the tapes.
sizzling at the Box-office this year - at least not yet - pressure mounts on its creative talent to Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.
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