Starring: Raghuvir Yadav, Veerendra Saxena, Shoaib Nikash Shah, Sonali Sehgal
Directed by Rahat Kazmi
The stories of Saadat Hassan Manto are not pretty evening-time entertainment to be ingested with a glass of ‘read’ wine. They are gut-wrenching nauseating, stomach-churning renditions of a time when India was split into two.
So were human skulls and while many fled to the new country nextdoor, a lot of legs were forcibly parted by marauders masquerading as political vigilantes. Yes, rape is not pretty and when a young gangraped girl responds to the simple request ‘Khol de’ by reflexively loosening her salwaar we know the times that this film takes us back to must never be visited again.
This cinematic visit to those troubled times serves up a telling warning.
Director Rahat Kazmi must be commended for bringing to life 4 of Manto’s most savage depictions of the pains of Partition. Rather than narrate...
Directed by Rahat Kazmi
The stories of Saadat Hassan Manto are not pretty evening-time entertainment to be ingested with a glass of ‘read’ wine. They are gut-wrenching nauseating, stomach-churning renditions of a time when India was split into two.
So were human skulls and while many fled to the new country nextdoor, a lot of legs were forcibly parted by marauders masquerading as political vigilantes. Yes, rape is not pretty and when a young gangraped girl responds to the simple request ‘Khol de’ by reflexively loosening her salwaar we know the times that this film takes us back to must never be visited again.
This cinematic visit to those troubled times serves up a telling warning.
Director Rahat Kazmi must be commended for bringing to life 4 of Manto’s most savage depictions of the pains of Partition. Rather than narrate...
- 5/7/2017
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
“19 January 1990 was a very cold day despite the sun’s weak attempts to emerge from behind dark clouds…’Naara-e-taqbeer, Allah ho Akbar!’ I looked at my father; his face was contorted. He knew only too well what the slogan meant. I had heard it as well, in a stirring drama telecast a few years ago on Doordarshan, an adaptation of Bhisham Sahni’s Tamas, a novel based on the events of the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan. It was the cry that a mob of Muslim rioters shouted as it descended upon Hindu settlements. It was a war cry…The crowd wanted to turn Kashmir into Pakistan, without the Pandit men, but with their women…Ma rushed to the kitchen and returned with a long knife. It was her father’s. ‘If they come, I will kill her,’ she looked at my sister. ‘And then I will kill myself. And...
- 10/6/2014
- by Amitava Nag
- DearCinema.com
Om Puri, who had gained popularity with the TV serial 'Tamas' before he took on to the big screen, is all set to return to the small screen but this time he will be hosting a non-fiction show. Om Puri will turn host a show titled 'Crime Control' which will talk about the rising crimes in the country. While the format involves real crimes with a little bit of fiction, the show will also make people aware of how to avoid being trapped in such situations. Puri also stated that the show will focus on day-to-day life stories, so that citizens become cautious and try to prevent them from getting involved in such sticky circumstances. 'Crime Control' will go on air on Doordarshan soon.
- 6/30/2014
- BollywoodHungama
Starring: Vinay Jain, Satish Kaushik, Tanvi Azmi, & hordes of other talent
Directed by Feroz Abbas Khan
Routinely, we love to sweep the truth about Hindu-Muslim relations under the carpet. Or simply sugar-coat it to make the actual volume of mutual distrust and animosity palatable to a nation steeped in escapism and self-delusion.
Dekh Tamasha Dekh(Dtd) directed by theatre legend Feroz Abbas Khan (of Tumhari Amrita fame) is a jolting wake-up call for a nation swept into a slumberous silence by the status quo. Put simply, we don’t want to face the reality about the friction that simmers just under the surface among the two communities. Dtd is perhaps the first Hindi film which ventures into the vista of vitriolic without the fear of offending the more refined sections of the audience who may not be comfortable watching the vanguards and trouble-makers of the two communities addressing each other with the harshest of epithets.
Directed by Feroz Abbas Khan
Routinely, we love to sweep the truth about Hindu-Muslim relations under the carpet. Or simply sugar-coat it to make the actual volume of mutual distrust and animosity palatable to a nation steeped in escapism and self-delusion.
Dekh Tamasha Dekh(Dtd) directed by theatre legend Feroz Abbas Khan (of Tumhari Amrita fame) is a jolting wake-up call for a nation swept into a slumberous silence by the status quo. Put simply, we don’t want to face the reality about the friction that simmers just under the surface among the two communities. Dtd is perhaps the first Hindi film which ventures into the vista of vitriolic without the fear of offending the more refined sections of the audience who may not be comfortable watching the vanguards and trouble-makers of the two communities addressing each other with the harshest of epithets.
- 4/19/2014
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
A Holy Fire is one of the twenty-three films selected for the co- production market of Film Bazaar 2013. We spoke to the director Govind Nihalani:
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
Govind Nihalani
Phoolvati, a young widow, 35, immolates herself on the funeral pyre with her dead husband, 72. Instantly, she is elevated to the Goddess- like status of a Sati, the epitome of virtue for being a selfless devoted wife. A grand temple is planned by the town to worship her. Phoolvati is survived by young Vidya, her only child, who idolised her for upholding the traditional values of society. Mother’s death shatters daughter’s world, Vidya herself having been widowed recently.
Soon Vidya’s relatives, particularly the male members, encircle the vulnerable young widow like vultures. Vidya stands up to them and they don’t find her resistance amusing. The confrontation escalates and...
Tell us about your project. What language will it be in?
Govind Nihalani
Phoolvati, a young widow, 35, immolates herself on the funeral pyre with her dead husband, 72. Instantly, she is elevated to the Goddess- like status of a Sati, the epitome of virtue for being a selfless devoted wife. A grand temple is planned by the town to worship her. Phoolvati is survived by young Vidya, her only child, who idolised her for upholding the traditional values of society. Mother’s death shatters daughter’s world, Vidya herself having been widowed recently.
Soon Vidya’s relatives, particularly the male members, encircle the vulnerable young widow like vultures. Vidya stands up to them and they don’t find her resistance amusing. The confrontation escalates and...
- 11/14/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
Mumbai, Aug 12: National Award-winning director Govind Nihalani feels the movie and television industries will keep changing because they act as a mirror to society, which constantly changes.
"TV will continue to change. TV and cinema are media, which respond to the times, which they are made in. They are not static," Nihalani told Ians in an interview.
Although he hasn't indulged in TV soaps, the filmmaker was instrumental in bringing controversial mini-series "Tamas", about the migration of Sikh and Hindu families to India during partition, on the small screen.
It was beamed on Doordarshan and now it will once.
"TV will continue to change. TV and cinema are media, which respond to the times, which they are made in. They are not static," Nihalani told Ians in an interview.
Although he hasn't indulged in TV soaps, the filmmaker was instrumental in bringing controversial mini-series "Tamas", about the migration of Sikh and Hindu families to India during partition, on the small screen.
It was beamed on Doordarshan and now it will once.
- 8/12/2013
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
Mumbai, Aug 11: "Tamas", about the migration of Sikh and Hindu families to India during partition, will go on air on History TV 18 on Independence Day Thursday without any cuts. Govind Nihalani, who directed it, says it's important for the present generation to see his movie.
The TV film will be aired as an eight-part series daily from Aug 15 at 9 p.m.
Happy with the channel's decision, Nihalani told Ians: "This is the kind of show one would like the present generation to see. The last time the show came on TV was 25 years ago."
"'Tamas' is about the times which were very difficult and tragic in our nation's history when.
The TV film will be aired as an eight-part series daily from Aug 15 at 9 p.m.
Happy with the channel's decision, Nihalani told Ians: "This is the kind of show one would like the present generation to see. The last time the show came on TV was 25 years ago."
"'Tamas' is about the times which were very difficult and tragic in our nation's history when.
- 8/11/2013
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
Reliance Home Video launched Govind Nihalani’s critically acclaimed film Tamas on home video. The launch was done at an exclusive retail event at Planet M, Andheri. Besides the Director Govind Nihalani, Om Puri, Deepa Sahi, Ila Arun, and producer Lalit Bijlani other key members from the cast & crew were present at Planet M to formally release the DVD of the film... Read More...
- 8/16/2011
- Bollywood Trade
Reliance Home Video launched Govind Nihalani’s critically acclaimed film Tamas on home video today. The launch was done at an exclusive retail event at Planet M, Andheri.
Besides the Director Govind Nihalani, Om Puri, Deepa Sahi, Ila Arun, and producer Lalit Bijlani other key members from the cast & crew were present at Planet M to formally release the DVD of the film.
Tamas is based on the classic Hindi novel of the same name written by Bhisham Sahni. The film was first shown on Doordarshan in 1988 as a mini series.
Tamas is being released as a four DVD (Rs. 799/-) and Vcd (Rs.499/-) set. The DVD contains a collectible booklet and an audio-visual interview with Govind Nihalani on Tamas.
Sweta Agnihotri COO of Reliance Home Video said that “This August India will celebrate completion of 64 years of Independence. Tamas is a good reflection of how communal prejudice can...
Besides the Director Govind Nihalani, Om Puri, Deepa Sahi, Ila Arun, and producer Lalit Bijlani other key members from the cast & crew were present at Planet M to formally release the DVD of the film.
Tamas is based on the classic Hindi novel of the same name written by Bhisham Sahni. The film was first shown on Doordarshan in 1988 as a mini series.
Tamas is being released as a four DVD (Rs. 799/-) and Vcd (Rs.499/-) set. The DVD contains a collectible booklet and an audio-visual interview with Govind Nihalani on Tamas.
Sweta Agnihotri COO of Reliance Home Video said that “This August India will celebrate completion of 64 years of Independence. Tamas is a good reflection of how communal prejudice can...
- 8/14/2011
- by Trupti Kantilal
- Bollyspice
Govind Nihalani’s epic tele-film Tamas has been released on DVD by Reliance Home Video.
Tamas is based on the classic Hindi novel of the same name written by Bhisham Sahni. The film was first shown on Doordarshan in 1987 as a series and later as a 4-hour-long feature film.
Tamas is being released as a four-dvd (Rs. 799/-) and Vcd (Rs.499/-) set. The DVD contains a collectible booklet and an audio-visual interview with Govind Nihalani on Tamas.
The film won the Nargis Dutt Award for the Best Film on National Integration. In 1988, Tamas won two national awards: Surekha Sikri won the National Film Award for Best supporting Actress and Vanraj Bhatia won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction.
The film features Om Puri, Deepa Sahi, Amrish Puri, Bhisham Sahni, A.K. Hangal, Manohar Singh,Dina Pathak, Saeed Jaffrey and Surekha Sikri.
Tamas is based on the classic Hindi novel of the same name written by Bhisham Sahni. The film was first shown on Doordarshan in 1987 as a series and later as a 4-hour-long feature film.
Tamas is being released as a four-dvd (Rs. 799/-) and Vcd (Rs.499/-) set. The DVD contains a collectible booklet and an audio-visual interview with Govind Nihalani on Tamas.
The film won the Nargis Dutt Award for the Best Film on National Integration. In 1988, Tamas won two national awards: Surekha Sikri won the National Film Award for Best supporting Actress and Vanraj Bhatia won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction.
The film features Om Puri, Deepa Sahi, Amrish Puri, Bhisham Sahni, A.K. Hangal, Manohar Singh,Dina Pathak, Saeed Jaffrey and Surekha Sikri.
- 8/6/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Reliance Home Video has released Tamas on DVD and Vcd. Tamas is a television film directed by Govind Nihalani, which is based on the Hindi novel of the same name written by Bhisham Sahni. The film was first shown on Doordarshan in 1987 as a series and later as a 4-hour-long feature film. Tamas is being released as a four DVD (Rs 799) and Vcd (Rs 499) set. The DVD contains a collectible booklet and an audio-visual interview with Nihalani on Tamas. Reliance Home Video COO Sweta Agnihotri said, "India will celebrate completion of 64 years of ...
- 8/4/2011
- BusinessofCinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Best known for her roles in Maya Memsaab (1993), Hum (1991) and Tamas (1987), Deepa Sahi’s directorial debut Tere Mere Phere, starring Vinay Pathak and Riya Sen, talks about our society’s obsession with marriage. The wife of acclaimed director Ketan Mehta, Sahi insists she didn’t take creative inputs from him, saying, “Once I have written a script, I invite 20 close friends over and have a reading over beer and biryani. I ask them to attack the script and give me suggestions. Ketan also participates in this.” She did ask her husband to produce the film. “It was pay back ...
- 2/7/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Literary adaptations on big screen have always been a tricky business. Across countries and languages there are numerous examples of how sometimes brilliant literary work has been reduced to mediocre movies (example from closer home: Mahashweta Devi’s Hazar Chaurasi Ki Maa, filmed by Govind Nihalani), and how sometimes great literature has been made into even greater cinema (example from closer home: Bhisham Sahani’s Tamas, filmed again by Govind Nihalani). While bad literature can almost never be converted into good cinema, there are many good novels that have been made into forgettable films. But despite all that and more, literature continues to be an important source of cinema (the only exception perhaps is our own Bollywood which only rarely taps into India’s rich literary heritage but all the time lament about the lack of good stories, especially at (very often) times when it has to get ‘inspired’ by...
- 2/22/2010
- by Runumi G
- DearCinema.com
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