Cinema plays an important role in our lives. Isn’t it?
It has a direct relationship with human minds. Human mind evolves and
so does the Cinema.
As with the change in the thoughts and ideas in our mind, we begin to
think in a different way. The filmmakers put new and innovative ideas while
making a film which caters to his trendy audience. As their film success
depends upon his audience, they work according to the taste of the audience.
Filmmakers try to satisfy his audience by Entertainment, Reality, and
Imagination/Fantasies etc. i.e. by which his audience can relate completely.
If we talk about Bollywood, many filmmakers came and gone. Some got the
success, some did not. In the past years, we have seen new filmmakers like Rakesh
Omprakash Mehra, Imtiaz Ali, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar,
Karan Johar, Raju Hirani, etc. who caters to their audience in their own
film making genres. And we must say all filmmakers are fabulous in their own
style.
I am a huge fan of Anurag Kashyap’s films, as he has a totally
different taste in films. His Gangs of Wasseypur(2012) was a crime film
and which has its cult following. Kashyap has been described as a film
maker who makes film on post independence era of modern India. He often shoots
in a guirella style where there is no permission to shoot, no good
props, mainly shoots in real locations, and makes his actors to improvise their
dialogues on the sets. While watching Gangs of Wasseypur’s making, I noticed
that he actually tore down the script of Richa Chadha who plays Naghma
in GOW. He asked her to act impromptu on the sets. His first film as a director
was Paanch, then came Black Friday (2004), No Smoking
(2007),Dev D (2009), Gulaal (2009), The Girl in Yellow Boots (2011), Ugly
(2014). And now we are waiting for his much awaited film Bombay Velvet which
will release on May 15 this year.
Another director who has been received applause from his audience is Amol
Gupte, which I personally find quite interesting person as a film maker. He
has altogether a different taste from all the directors of Hindi Cinema. He is
a screenplay writer, a director and an actor. He has worked as a Creative
Director of Taare Zameen Par (2007) and has directed some films such as Stanley
Ka Dabba (2011), (in which he introduced his own son Partho Gupte as
a main lead in the film), Hawa Hawaii (2014). He had a small appearance
in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) as a race commentator. But his
actual first role as a villain came in Kaminey (2005). His Bhope-Tope is surely a famous dialogue from the film. His other
films as an actor are, Phas Gaye Re Obama
(2010), Stanley Ka Dabba (2011), Bheja Fry 2 (2011) and Singham Returns (2014).
His two films (Stanley
Ka Dabba & Hawa Hawaii) as a director were based on development issues
of India. Stanley Ka Dabba depicted Child
Labor as a very serious problem, which is disclosed at the climax of the movie.
His thoughts of making films are different from other directors of Indian
Cinema.
Hawa Hawai which has Partho
Gupte and Saqib Saleem in the lead
role is an outstanding movie by Amol
Gupte. He has written, produced and directed this film. The film released
on 9 May, 2014. His style of making a film like this is commendable in Hindi
Cinema.
I watched this film today and I observed that he has included
different development issues of India in his one film. He included Child Labor, Farmers Suicide in Maharashtra, no health care facilities in rural
areas, Poverty, beggary on streets etc. Amol has focused on all these
issues in the form of one single film. These types of films do surely have some
specific audience who are actually satisfied with what they expect. In the
film, Amol has shown two different world;
World of Education and World of Poverty.
The bifurcation of two different worlds in one single film
and also focusing on various development issues is a commendable work by Amol Gupte. His films actually impacts
people like those who wants something different to watch.
The film serves as a reminder and a lesson - in hope, in
empathy and gratitude. Amol has
juxtaposed the lives of the under-privileged with the ones who have an easier
urban life, he manages to set the tone which helps you understand kids who are
working for a living rather than go to school. It also makes you thankful for
the life that you have while making you respect the dignity of the worker. Amol Gupte uses a good trick to take out
your emotions from the inside of your heart.
You Smile, You Laugh,
You Brood, You Cry too.
Go watch the movie
before it’s too late to understand what you are thankful for.
