Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 25 (ANI/PNN): SWA - Screenwriters Association successfully conducted their first ever Pitch Fest--a bridge connecting aspiring writers and the best producers and studios in the Indian Entertainment Industry. The event took place at the Celebrations Club, Lokhandwala. Esteemed producers, talent agents, and broadcasters came down to celebrate storytelling at its best.
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 11 (ANI): Actor Deepika Padukone received a lot of love and appreciation for her performance in 'Gehraiyaan'. And now, as the film completed one month since its release, she expressed her gratitude to people.
New Delhi Feb 23 PTI Director Shakun Batra says he has now embraced the good the bad and the criticism around Gehraiyaan which has become one of the most polarised and debated films of this yearThe 39-year-old director admits that the conversation around the film went out of his control and it was initially overwhelming to sift through starkly varying opinions about the movie that begins as an infidelity drama but actually explores themes of generational trauma and choices versus destinyI was hoping for a conversation when we were putting the movie out I obviously didnt expect such a huge polarised debate and discussion around it I was surprised by the sheer amount of it Batra told PTI in a Zoom interviewGehraiyaan revolves around Deepika Padukones 30-something yoga instructor Alisha whose six-year-old relationship with Karan Dhairya Karwa has grown monotonous Alisha who is estranged from her father and grappling with a childhood trauma is drawn to her cousin Tias Ananya Pandey fiance Zain Sidhant ChaturvediTalking about the first couple of days after the films February 11 release on Amazon Prime Video Batra said he realised the debate around it had gone out of my controlNow that some dust has settled the director behind films such as Ekk Main Aur Ek Tu and Kapoor Sons said the criticism is welcome and easy to understandIts the noise thats hard but when you zero in people are accepting that the truth of this film is more than just one thing I dont think its a perfect film Ive managed to kind of embrace both sides of it The good the bad the criticism the appreciation because theres so much of everything Batra believes that while surprises in Kapoor Sons a film about sibling rivilry and dysfunctional family worked a certain segment of the audience and critics hated those in GehraiyaanAsked why he often returns to the dysfunctional family setting which is central to the plot of his films including his debut Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu the director said it comes from a subconscious levelFamilies and the dynamics between people are interesting because theyre so close but so much is unsaid These are people whove spent so much of their childhood together and I enjoy that people who share similar histories dont connect Surprises in Gehraiyaan may not have worked for some but the director is glad that people are connecting to the indie themes which are close to his heart Batra said it was a challenge to fit these issues into a mainstream film backed by a banner like Dharma Productions and fronted by a star like DeepikaAsked whether the film should have been marketed in a different way the director admitted that a section of the audience had different expectations from the film and the hype around it had him worriedIts not a film that walks down chartered territory When you come to that unfamiliar space its not necessarily going to agree with you in that way It is a movie that is a bit unsettling Its not your comfort zone of mainstream cinemaBut I feel thankful that I managed to experiment within the mainstream in a certain way It may land for some and may not for others but I dont like the status quo I dont enjoy the familiar Batra said marketing a film like Gehraiyaan is challenging because one has to be careful about not alienating the audiences by talking about complex themesIt was trying to find a more universal thing that can be spoken about in a promo I wasnt even sure how many people would get to the layers of choice destiny cyclical generational trauma etcYou always market a film for a bigger audience and with the familiar but the film is not going in the familiar place Almost two weeks after its arrival on the streamer Batra said he has drawn some marketing lessons through the filmThere was also this criticism that some of the key points were similar to Match Point a film by Woody Allen who is accused by his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow of having sexually abused her when she was sevenBatra said he has no qualms about admitting the impact that the film or Allens filmography have had on his cinemaIm a student of Woody Allen films Of course theres a lot of controversy that surrounds the man today but I have seen so much of his cinema in my early days Ill be a hypocrite to say that those things dont stay with meOf course the tropes of Match Point or any other infidelity thriller I have homaged to all those things even Fatal Attraction and Unfaithful He may have used familiar tropes of an infidelity thriller but his film is executed differentlyMatch Point is about luck my film is about choices and destiny Fatal Attraction is about lust and how that ruins a family So the tropes are familiar but what to do with it as a writer and director is where the thin line between plagiarism and inspiration lies Another criticism the film faced was that there should have been a trauma warning for the suicide scene that appears in the film Batra said they are in the process of implementing itAmid all the judgement a scene that has stood out for its beauty is the conversation between Deepika and Naseeruddin Shahs characters as daughter and father whose distant relationship finds a resolution in the final moments of the filmBatra who initially had a shorter version of the scene wanted to create the distance between the father and daughter and slowly close itThe way they come and sit next to each other and what theyre saying to each other is very important Honestly a lot of credit goes to Naseer and Deepika for just doing it with such grace PTI BK RDS BK BK
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 11 (ANI): As 'Gehraiyaan' was released today, actor Ananya Panday, who plays the role of Tia in the film, penned a heartfelt note on Instagram.
Mumbai Jan 20 PTI Bollywood star Deepika Padukone on Thursday said on screen intimacy is not an easy task and she credited filmmaker Shakun Batra for creating a safe environment on the sets of her latest movie GehraiyaanBilled as a drama about complex modern relationships Gehraiyaan also features Siddhant Chaturvedi Ananya Panday and Dhairya KarwaAt the films virtual trailer event Padukone was all in praise of Batra for creating a safe and secure environment especially for the films intimate scenesShakun gave me and all of us the comfort you feel safe and secure because intimacy is not easy It is not something that we ever experienced or explored in Indian cinema before in a way we have in this filmSo to go down that route of intimacy and vulnerability is possible when you know the director is not doing it for eyeballs Because that is where the characters are coming from their experience and journey It is possible when you feel safe and secure in the environment Padukone told reportersIn a first for a major Bollywood movie the films makers have roped in filmmaker Dar Gai to serve as the intimacy directorThe 36-year-old actor said Gehraiyaan is a raw film and she had to dig deep into her real-life experiences to play the role of AlishaI want to say bold but I also dont want to say bold because the way we understood bold in our films I would say raw This character is a lot more raw and real than some of the other characters just emotionally completely stripped naked vulnerable and to be able to do it on screen it had to come from a deep placeIt is not to say that I havent experienced that before but to this extent I had to really dig places and visit places that arent pleasant experiences from my own life as well as dealing with mental health issues So all of that put together it came from a deep place she addedAsked how he decided to rope in Dar Gai as the films intimacy director Batra said he believes intimacy is a very specialised field and needs a specialist to supervise just like in choreography and actionYou have to create an environment where actors feel confident where you have thought everything and done prep as much as you do for a song or action sequence The Kapoor and Sons filmmaker said he had read how intimacy directors form an important part in the making of the film in the WestThere is a procedureI thought we should adapt those things My attempt was to design a system where everyone is comfortable In this entire film whenever we had a crew like a cameraman we wanted to understand their outlook towards intimacy Batra saidWe were treating intimacy like a story and we want to see it like a character So the prep and the detailing was required It was important we have an intimacy director And Dar Gai has contributed a lot to the film It is important to give her the same respect as we give to all HODs he added Praising Padukone Batra said he was amazed to see the hunger and dedication the Bollywood star had towards the filmFor me it was amazing to see her at this stage of career trying to do characters that are so challenging I cant see this film without her cant see this film with anybody else I am thankful that we did itGehraiyaan also starring Nasseruddin Shah and Rajat Kapur Produced by Karan Johars Dharma Productions the film will release on streaming service Prime Video on February 11 PTI KKP RB RB
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