Its tough to get producers for such classic and good movies. Everyone wants to make money out of production, whereas Shyam benegalji is a very Classic Director.
Hope so, someone takes this project. It would be a musical hit for sure On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:15 PM, rayrai2k <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/dec/17-benegal-struggles-to-find-producers.htm > > Benegal struggles to find producers for Spy Princess > Suktara Purkayastha in New Delhi > > December 17, 2008 17:30 IST > Veteran director Shyam Benegal [Images] is having a tough time finding > producers for his ambitious project Spy Princess in the recession hit > film industry. The film has been adapted from a book of the same name > by Sharabani Basu. Noor Inayat Khan, a descendant of Tipu Sultan, was > a British-Indian princess who served as a spy during World War II and > was captured and shot dead by German forces, who failed to extract any > information from her. > > "It is difficult to get a producer due to the economic situation. > Everything will be finalised once we get a producer for the movie," > Benegal told PTI. > > Benegal has been planning the film for quite sometime and feels that > "the project is worth making." > > Similar is the fate of Chamki, another Benegal project that has been > in the pipeline for quite sometime. The film, inspired by George > Bizet's classic Spanish opera Carmen, revolves around a fiery gypsy girl. > > "The music is by A R Rahman and Javed Akhtar has written the lyrics, > however the star cast has not been finalised yet." said the seven time > national award-winning director. > > Benegal said he has shifted his focus to social and political satires > after the success of his recently released film Welcome to Sajjanpur. > > The director said he is enjoying "this genre of films" and is all set > to make a political satire. > > "We can depict very easily the complex situation in the society, > people can relate easily to that and see everything with a comical > eye," he said. > > However, the 73-year old director is keeping his future plans tightly > under wraps. When asked about audience's expectations from his next > film the director has just two words: "Don't anticipate." > > "I have never repeated myself and this time too it will be an entirely > fresh approach," he said. > > Asked about India's hope at the Oscars this year with Aamir Khan's > [Images] Taare Zameen Par and Danny Boyle's film Slumdog Millionaire, > the director said, "It is difficult for Indians to get noticed at the > Oscars as there is an entire process of lobbying that goes on there." > > "Everyone is talking about Slumdog Millionaire, but people forget that > the film is also a part of that establishment," he says. > > Benegal is also happy with the new crop of creative directors in the > Hindi film industry. > > "The young directors are doing some very good work, I have seen more > creativity in recent years than I have seen in 20 years," he said. > > On the filmmakers who want to make a film on the Mumbai terror > attacks, Benegal says, "it is a very subjective matter, depends on how > one interprets. Personally for me the incident is too personal, too > close and traumatic to make a film." > > > -- regards, Vithur
