Movies And Society

A Note from the Producer

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How I Started

I was fond of writing articles as freelancer. Seeing movie is one of my hobby, I planned to make small stories and decide to go in Film Industry. But getting there is big problem, Money & time. So I decided to do a 3 days Film Making course. After that I invited friends for this plan, they agree and promise to help me in this field. First I gave a small ad for 1-Day Workshop for learning Basic of Film making. 40-50 people called me for this workshop and I started making team. Then I planned to make first Ad film, as it takes no time with very less budget. I purchased Sony DVD camera and my builder from whom I purchased my flat was my first Client. He want to start his new building & want his small ad DVD to give to his costumers. It took only one week to complete the principal photography for the ad film. I have taken audition and started my work. After that I edit in my PC and the first ad film of my Production is ready for viewers.

Then I started to shoot small functions like marriage parties, college annual functions and thus my work starts.

I made a short film & want to produce. I realized that post-production could be done anywhere and my family needed more support during the process, so we moved back to my home Independent filmmakers.

The film was officially finished around May 2011. This is when we officially considered it completed and the last version of the script was sent in for copyright. 1 Jun 2011 was our first premiere of “Taxi-Driver” at the Ideal Theatre in MOCHA CLUB.   We created our own press releases; receiving advice from my mentor Advocate Jeevan Goge (currently the Co-chair of the Red Carpet Films Corporation and VP of GV Club). By promoting the film with press releases, a “taxi driver” could actually promote a film and attract an audience without spending much. We were pleased with the seven newspapers and four TV station that ran stories on the film screening in Regal and had a great.

Don’t tell your ‘GOD’, how big your ‘problem’ is.

Tell your ‘PROBLEM’ that how BIG your GOD is.

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Script was nicely written by Salim-Javed in SHOLAY.⁾

Make sure you have exhausted every idea that you have BEFORE writing the script

Original Thought:

See 3 Idiots, all story & acting of Amir Khan, full film is great.

Treatment.

Explain the main plot of the film more specifically, within three-four pages. However, if you are going to show to financers, you should give good explanation of the story in about two pages

MAKE ACT SHORT - main characters are and the inciting incident. That’s it. What is the inciting incident. The main problem that needs to be resolved within the story.

Saraswathi sabatham is classic Tamil movie released in 1966. It was written and directed by A.P. Nagarajan. This film is not only devotional film; it is a philosophical and social film.

Story line:  Which is best in the world? Knowledge, wealth, strength

This three things are taken by director as three goddesses. Knowledge is related to saraswathi. Wealth is related to Lakshmi. Strength is related to Paarvathi.

The main question raised by Naratha who is sage. Three goddesses quarrel between them and try to prove their power. They took three persons in earth. That three persons are vidyapati(mute person), selvambigai(beggar girl), Maalya(coward).

Now we analyse this main seven characters. The whole story belongs to these seven characters.

  1. Saraswathi:

The first challenge raised by Devi Saraswathi. At the moment the story starts.  She desired to prove knowledge is best in the universe. So she took the mute person vidyapati and gives him to power of speech, literary and mathematic knowledge. She ordered him to prove the power of knowledge.

Actress Savithri play this title role very grace fully. Till now, she is role model for many actresses.

  2. Lakshmi:

Devi Lakshmi desired to prove wealth is the supreme power in this world. So she took one beggar girl and changes her as a queen.

Actress Devika play this role. She is very calm and beautiful actress. She had done this work very nice.

  3. Paarvathi:

Devi Paarvathi desired to prove strength (of brave) is the ultimate among all things. So she changes one coward person’s character as a brave person.

Actress Padmini play this role. She is not only a good actress, great classical dancer too. She has the title “Nattiya peroli”. It means light of dance.  One special scene proved her dance talent. That scene is paarvathi dance front of her children (vinayagar and murugan).

  4. Vidyapathi:

He was a mute person and innocent. After getting power from goddess saraswathi, he became a great poet. According to some situation he became enemy to queen and head of the army. The basic problem is he refuses to sing about queen.

Actor Sivaji Ganeshan play this role very clever. This role has two dimensions. One is innocent. Another one is knowledgeable person. These two variations easily handled by this great actor. Till now, he is praised as head of all actors (“Nadigar Thilagam”).

  5. Selvambigai:

This role also has two dimensions. These are poverty and rich. By the power of Devi Lakshmi, this beggar girl became the queen of one country. After getting the power, she became arrogant person and tries to control the two persons, vidyapathi and Maalya.

Actress K.R. Vijaya plays this role. It is mind-blowing performance. As a beggar girl, she gets sympathy from all. Then she became queen, she gives shock to all.

  6. Maalya:

This also the two dimension role. These are coward and brave. He got brave and strength from goddess Paarvathi. Then he became the head of army to one country which ruled by queen selvambigai. According to some situation, he fights with queen and also treated vidyapathi as enemy.

Actor Gemini Ganeshan play this role. He was a chocolate hero in his times. He has the tile “Kaadal mannan(king of romance). But in this film no place to romance. He proves him as a versatile actor.

  7. Naaratha:

He is the famous sage in puranas( old devotional tales and stories). He is the main reason for this triangle fight. But his aim is wise.

 Once again, Mr. Sivaji Ganeshan plays this role also. No words to say his talent. This role is full of humor and clever.

 Yes! It is true. We can’t confuse with naratha role with vidyapathi role. That is the talent of sivaji.

Like the seven characters, seven songs too enriched this film. K.V. Mahadevan gave good devotional, pathos and comic music to this film.

These are

1. Agaramuthala:

 Singer T.M. Sounderarajan gave his golden voice to this song. Lyricist Kannadasan play with Tamil vowels in this song. This song’s situation is vidayapathi getting voice and knowledge from goddess saraswathi.

2. Deivam Iruppathu Engey:

 Determination voice of T.M. Sounderrajan to actor Sivaji Ganeshan is super. Kannadasan’s meaningful lyrics touch heart. This song creates fight between queen selvambigai and vidyapathi.

3. Kalviya Selvama Veerama:

 T.M. Sonderarajan to Sivaji Ganeshan in another character, that is Naratha. Kannadasan’s this song is the core meaning of this film. What is the best in this world? Knowledge, wealth, strength. That is the concept of this song.

 4. Thai Thantha:

 This is pathos song written by Lyricist A. Maruthakasi. It sung by melody queen P. Susheela. The situation is beggar girl(selvambigai’s first life) singing with pathos mood.

 5. Uruvathaikattidum Kanaadi:

 This is song of good mood written by A. Maruthakasi and sung by Susheela. The situation is beggar girl became queen and she sung with enthusiasm and joy.

 6.Komatha Engal Kulamatha:

 This song is written by kannadasan and sung by P. Susheela. Goddess Saraswathi doing pooja to cow. This is the situation of this song. In our culture, Cow is important animal in our life. It is one of the pillars for agriculture. So, Event though god and goddesses, they also worship cow. This is good imagination.

7. Ranimaharani:

This song is sung by T.M. Sounderarajan to Sivaji Ganeshan. It is comic song. It is written by kannadasan. It gives some story details too.

Comedy track:

 Mr. Nagesh and Mrs. Manorama did their comedy role very well. They are first film coupen on those days.

They are escorts of queen Selvambigai. Manorama’s dialogue delivery is very interesting one.

 This film distributed by sri vijayalakshmi pictures. This film dubbed in Hindi also.

Conclusion:

Finally three goddesses and their three special devotees realize their mistakes and agree the three powers are equal. May be man or country knowledge, wealth, strength all are essential to good life. This is the justice of this film.

 Remembering and watching this good film giving good felling at this festival season.

Shyam Benegal was born in Trimulgherry in Andhra Pradesh. He made his first amateur film, with his father’s camera, when he was 12 years old. Benegal was inspired by the peasant unrest during the 1970s which reflected in his early work set in rural environs. Ankur, his first directorial venture, came in 1973 and Nishant was made in 1975. Bengal spawned a new sector of filmmaking known as `middle cinema which was neither art nor commercial cinema. His work was an aesthetic expression of the aspirations of rural Indian and it helped to mould government policy towards our villages.

Givind Nihalani, born in Karachi, fled with his family to Delhi during the partition of India in 1947. He began his career in cinema as a cameraman in the Marathi film Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe. His first directorial venture came in 1980 with the film Aakrosh which dealt with urban crime and Drishti in 1990. His films are based on politically relevant topics and the moral dilemmas that individuals are faced with.

Ritwik Ghatak was born in Dhaka. In 1946, his family migrated to Calcutta where Ghatak became a political activist. He joined IPTA (Indian people’s Theatre Association) as a playwright, director and actor where he was associated with Bengali Productions. Ghatak launched his career in Mumbai with the scripting of Madhumati (1958). He collaborated with Hrishikesh Mukherjee on Musafir. His classics in Bengali are Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960) and komal Gandhar (1961).

Shekhar kapur, born in Lahore, gave up his career as a chartered accountant and management consultant to enter Indian films. His first directorial debut was Masoom (1982) in which he used techniques derived from advertising films. It was followed by Mr. Indian in 1987, noted for its side effects. Kapur became known internationally as a director with the controversial Bandit Queen (1994) Elizabeth (1999).

Mani Ratnam was born in Chennai. He worked as a management consultant for a while, before embarking on his career as a director. His first success was (1987). Nayakan relocated Hollywood’s The Godfather in our underworld. He used features inspired by music vides in Agni Nakshatram (1988), Geetanjali (1989) and Anjali (1990). Ratnam’s biggest hits were Roja in 1992 and Bombay in 1995. This film music director is AR Rehman. Now he is a great Hollywood director.

*the film and television institute of India was established in 1974 at Pune to provide training in acting, directing and production.

Jhootha Hi Sahi is an upcoming Hindi romantic comedy film directed by Abbas Tyrewala starring John Abraham and Tyrewala's wife, Pakhi. The film was originally titled 1-800-Love later renamed as Call Me Dil but finally will release with the title Jhootha Hi Sahi. The album marks the return of the combo AR Rahman with director Abbas Tyrewala. Expectations are bound to be high since the earlier album of the combination Jaane tu Ya Jaane Na was a big hit and quite popular among youngsters. Hence the music is expected to be youthful and peppy . The question is does the music meet the expectations? Let us see.

Cry Cry:

Cry Cry itna Cry has been sung by Rashid Ali (Kabhi Kabhi Aditi fame) and Shreya Ghoshal. The song is surely going to be an instant hit among youth. It is light and peppy and with its easy lyrics is surely going to win over. The song is too simple in terms of composition and lyrics more like an instant composition. It connects instantly and gets into the head(Rating 4 out of 5)

Maiyya Yashoda (Jamuna Mix):

Maiyya Yashoda (Jamuna Mix) has been sung by Javed Ali and Chinmayi . The lyrics are quite good and somewhat remind of Maiyya Yashoda from Hum Saath Saath Hain. After a long time arrives a song from Rahman on festive spirit of Janmashtami. Last time it was Radha kaise na jale from Lagaan. It is the desi version of Maiyya Yashoda in the album. It has more classic beats(Rating 4 out of 5)

Hello Hello:

Hello Hello sung by Karthik . It reminds one of Karthik calling Karthik .The song is perfectly apt for that movie . The song more about telephone with sounds of ringtones , beeps and ringers thrown in between. (Rating 4 out of 5)

Do Nishaniyaan:

Do Nishaniyaan has the soulful voice of Sonu Nigam . The rendition by Sonu reminds of Sau Dard hai from Jaanemann. The singing by Sonu is such that we feel that no body can sing this song better except for those words like Phone in lyrics which are like brakes in the song. The song, though a sad version, is quite good( Rating 4 out of 5)

Pam Pa Ra:

Pam Pa Ra sung by Shreya Ghoshal with Suzanne D’Mello is more like a playful song with a joyful mood. There many layers in the song track and different instruments with variations in the music including jazz. The music is quite good and reminds of Rahman’s music of Rangeela . (Rating 3.5 out of 5)

I’ll Be waiting:

I’ll Be waiting sung by Vijay Yesudas is a song about wait for the return of loved one. The song has a feel and mix of the Kahin To Hogi Wohand To Bole from Jaane tu Ya Jaane Na. I can’t help by remember more Tu Bole throughout the song.The song has a combination of English lyrics with the hindi which became more popular with Give me some sunshine from 3 Idiots. The song is very good and can be called among the best from the album. (Rating 4 out of 5)

Maiyya Yashoda (Thames Remix):

Maiyya Yashoda (Thames Remix) also sung by Javed Ali and Chinmayi . It is more like remix version of Maiyya Yashoda in the album .The song sounds more good to ears than the Jamuna version. (Rating 4 out of 5)

Do Nishaniyan (Heartbreak Reprise):

Do Nishaniyan (Heartbreak Reprise) sung by Sonu Nigam is a shorter version of Do Nishaniyan and more situational( Rating 3.5 out of 5)

Call Me Dil:

Rashid Ali who started the album with Cry Cry , ends the album with this track.As told earlier the working title for the film was Call Me Dilwhich may be the reason for the track being called as Call Me Dil instead of Jhootha Hi Sahi though the words feature in the track. This may have been conscious decision to incorporate to working titles so that they don’t need an additional song which is a good strategy. The song is also quite good and impressive. ( Rating 4 out of 5)

Final Verdict:

The album is quite impressive. The album is definitely going to be popular among youngsters and the catchy line Cry Cry itna cry will be more popular. The album is good and it meets expectations. (Final rating 4)