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The Artist and the Critic are in the very nature of their roles set to have a history and lineage of opposition very much like a mother in law and a daughter in law. Just as the age old deeper complexes of a certain ownership over the son, psychologically will create issue which have to be thought about and ironed out in each one's mind, so also will ownership over what is GOOD ART which could be writing, painting, photos music and so on, be a reason for an artist and critic to be in a relationship diametrically opposed.
Interestingly there are SO many COMMONALITIES between the artist and the critic.
1.They...
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December 24, 2012 |
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Just as with everything in LIFE, films too can be viewed from different lenses.
The other day on Facebook I read a post, which spoke about Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge and how the author of the post felt it was an extremely sexist film.
The following were his main issues with the film:
DDLJ is a film that tells Indian women how they should be.
That the female lead, Kajol who plays Simran, has absolutely no real CHOICE. All her choices are taken for her.
That she does first what her father tells her. And then what her boyfriend tells her. She does nothing...
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December 20, 2012 |
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Ask an assistant director what he does and he might say 'I work with Raj Kumar Santoshi.' or 'I work for YASHRAJ FILMS', or 'I work with Ashutosh Gowarikar.' Or ask a writer what he does and he might say 'I write for YRF' or 'I write for UTV' and this kind of talk applies to actors also.
So why this obsessoion with namedropping?
One reason is probably that its an industry where each person himself/herself is powerless to make a film. When even the biggest director approaches a producer the poor director has to drop the name of a star he's spoken to or has enough of a rapport with to be able...
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December 15, 2012 |
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Argo for all the excitement it's creating and the over 100 Million Dollars it's pulled in is almost BORING in the first one hour. And here are the reasons:
Ben Affleck's character doesn't have ANY OBSTACLE WHATSOEVER. And the ones they want us to believe he has just aren't obstacles at all. There is one little speech or conversation and each and every obstacle is overcome. When its convincing this whole board of people its one conversation, when its convincing the make-up artist its one conversation, when its convinving this old timer of a movie producer its one conversation and a chance...
If the sole purpose of marriage is companionship then like Tom Hanks in 'Cast Away' you could have a companion who is a beach ball. So yes the lowest common denominator or the lowest possible thing you can get from marriage is companionship but 99% of humanity looks for way more than that. Similarly for films, the least, absolute least you can get from films is entertainment. This is true even of friendships, you can get so so much more than just company from a friend.
There used to be a time when people used Mythologies to learn things about how an ideal life should be lead. Those STORIES became...
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December 13, 2012 |
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None. That's the answer. While one is creating it's best to be completely involved in the creation process. The process of creation itself is fairly complicated. Just the structuring of your idea, testing if it has enough meat in its PREMISE to be a 200+ page book or a 12+ page script is a big deal. You'll also be grappling with insecurities like what producers will think? will you find an actor? will anyone believe in it other than you? So at this point to think of marketing is like thinking about your child's education while your wife is pregnant and you're both going through the months of pregnancy.
But...
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December 11, 2012 |
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There has from the beginning of time seemed to be a certain comfort in numbers. From gathering food in groups to settling down in them human beings seem at ease in company. What seems good for large numbers for some reason without us even realizing it, seems good for us, at least at a sub conscious level. What it also does is that it takes the onus of having a 'Take' or a real 'Opinion' away from us. We don't need to really find our own path, voice or opinion or have a take on something because there is comfort in just going by what do many people seem to have liked. But when it comes to a film...
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As a culture and society Indians specially but also people in general choose not to really talk about the negatives in any aspect of their life. It is looked down upon if you talk of how your marriage isn't working. it is frowned upon if you talk about how on some days you wished you hadn't had kids. If you're undergoing treatment for depression you'd rather not talk of it for fear of people thinking there's something wrong with you. The irony is, in a society fuelled with success stories of seeming heroes the norm isn't people who have no frailties, no pains, no frustrations, no anguish, no angst...