Forever drawn to social themes, the director of ‘Katiyabaaz’, Fahad Mustafa is now all set to start work on his next film ‘Lalli’, which he wrote in 2018. He said that delving around “naalas” in Delhi, the film is a “meeting” between two worlds.
If you have watched the way directors Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar treated ‘Katiyabaaz’ (2013), centring around Kanpur, a city where 15-hour power cuts were a norm, and hundreds of people risk their lives to steal electricity, it would be hard to miss how different genres documentary and fiction, come together seamlessly in each frame.
What happens with documentaries often is that there is an anthropological gaze and it is mostly the intention of the filmmaker to return that gaze, something he avoided in ‘Katiyabaaz’, which also had a theatrical release.
Speaking to Ians, Mustafa said: “We were bold enough to make it mainstream. Looking back, I do feel we were too ambitious.
If you have watched the way directors Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar treated ‘Katiyabaaz’ (2013), centring around Kanpur, a city where 15-hour power cuts were a norm, and hundreds of people risk their lives to steal electricity, it would be hard to miss how different genres documentary and fiction, come together seamlessly in each frame.
What happens with documentaries often is that there is an anthropological gaze and it is mostly the intention of the filmmaker to return that gaze, something he avoided in ‘Katiyabaaz’, which also had a theatrical release.
Speaking to Ians, Mustafa said: “We were bold enough to make it mainstream. Looking back, I do feel we were too ambitious.
- 4/7/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
The first edition of India’s Cinevesture International Film Festival (Ciff) has revealed 20 projects that will participate in its accompanying market.
Comprising 17 features and three series, several of the projects are by creators who have found acclaim both internationally and in South Asia.
From Bangladeshi auteur Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Busan title “Something Like an Autobiography”) comes Hindi and English-language unconventional romance “To Hell With Love.” Alankrita Srivasttava (Tokyo winner “Lipstick Under My Burkha”) has English and Hindi-language drama “Girls of Orlem,” an adaptation of Lindsay Pereira’s bestselling novel “Gods and Ends.” Gurvinder Singh is prepping Hindi, Punjabi and English-language historical thriller series “The Trial.”
“#Jack” is a thriller film from Bhaskar Hazarika (Tribeca selection “Aamis”), while “Chhaal” (“The Skin”) by Don Palathara (Rotterdam title “Family”) is a folk thriller adapted from a story by Vijayan Detha. “Encounter” by Anurag Singh (the Jatt and Juliet franchise) is a drama-thriller in...
Comprising 17 features and three series, several of the projects are by creators who have found acclaim both internationally and in South Asia.
From Bangladeshi auteur Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Busan title “Something Like an Autobiography”) comes Hindi and English-language unconventional romance “To Hell With Love.” Alankrita Srivasttava (Tokyo winner “Lipstick Under My Burkha”) has English and Hindi-language drama “Girls of Orlem,” an adaptation of Lindsay Pereira’s bestselling novel “Gods and Ends.” Gurvinder Singh is prepping Hindi, Punjabi and English-language historical thriller series “The Trial.”
“#Jack” is a thriller film from Bhaskar Hazarika (Tribeca selection “Aamis”), while “Chhaal” (“The Skin”) by Don Palathara (Rotterdam title “Family”) is a folk thriller adapted from a story by Vijayan Detha. “Encounter” by Anurag Singh (the Jatt and Juliet franchise) is a drama-thriller in...
- 3/18/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Veteran actor Om Puri is currently in Pakistan for the promotions of his upcoming film, Actor in Law. The actor is making his debut in Pakistan film industry with this film. Om Puri arrived in Lahore from Multan on Sunday night. On Monday, he met with his fans and urged them to watch his film. The promotional tour will head to several other cities in Pakistan. Directed by Nabeeal Qureshi, Actor in Law is a story about an aspiring actor who succumbs to pressure from his father and takes up the role of a lawyer. It stars Fahad Mustafa and Om Puri in the leading roles and is set to release on September 13.
- 8/30/2016
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
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