Is he rewriting the epic? :P --- On Sat, 6/6/09, Sreekrishnan R <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Sreekrishnan R <[email protected]> Subject: [arr] Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s next : Paanch Kaurav To: "We, the fans !" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 1:27 PM ‘I don’t get the point of intervals’ | Article on ROPM Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra was in the city for just a few hours. But he didn’t take much time to get nostalgic. “Chennai is not new to me. I have literally lived here for the last five years. I came here to meet AR Rahman to discuss music for my films. I was also present in the city when Rang De Basanti (RDB) and Delhi-6 were screened,” he says. Rakeysh is upbeat about the city’s Mozart. “I have worked with AR Rahman in two of my films and I feel at home with him. After he won the Oscars, we talked for half an hour! I also met him as soon as he returned to the country. I heard that a huge crowd gathered at the airport to receive him. Guess I missed that scene,” he chuckles. He is equally effusive about our Ulaga Nayagan, “I saw Dashavathar with Kamal Haasan. He has the most expressive face,” but adds, “I was disappointed I couldn’t see ‘actor’ Kamal in it.” His recent movie, Delhi-6, received a mixed response at the box office. And, Rakeysh accepts that with a smile. “I’m both happy and heart broken with the results of Delhi-6. Certain aspects of the story worked well. The songs have almost become anthems. But, I wasn’t able to tell what was running on my mind and transcribe the thoughts on to the screen. Well, it’s all a part of life. I’m a story teller. There is no excitement in telling the same story again and again. A filmmaker learns the most while he’s making a film. After making RDB and Delhi-6, I have gained more knowledge. I discovered why I make a film,” he says. Though his movies are commercial (read song and dance) in nature, Rakeysh is tired of them. “It will look idiotic if a cop bursts into a song in between the story. So, I weaved songs with the script in RDB and Delhi-6. But, I don’t get the point of having intervals. I was forced to have an interval in my films for economic reasons. I don’t think attention spans are decreasing, at least, not in the entertainment business,” he says. Rakeysh believes that the market will expand only if a filmmaker tries out new things. “Audiences are humans. It’s ok to make them feel uncomfortable because their sensitivity will make us experiment. Unless we give them things on a new platter, they won’t know which they like the most,” he says. Rakeysh reveals that he is currently working on a few scripts. “My next film, Paanch Kaurav, will be an adventure film, based on mythology. The film will be set 100 years ago and I’m sure it will be better than Lord of the Rings or any other film in that genre. It will be a fantastical film,” he says. And, it doesn’t stop with that. “I’m writing the script for Bhairavi,” he says and adds that he plans to make a film on the romance between Mirza and Sahibaan, which is likely to have his Delhi-6 pair, Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor, in the lead. But he’s more excited about producing films for young directors. “I’m planning to produce movies with young talents. My first movie will go on the floors this September,” he says and adds, “I want to work with newcomers. You never thought you would get a captain from Ranchi!” Rakeysh is also quite clear about his formula for making his films. “When I make movies, it’s more like a personal experience. It has to challenge me, excite me. Slumdog Millionaire is one of my favourite. How do we expand our cinema? That’s the challenge Slumdog... throws at us. If I can achieve that, I’m a perfect filmmaker. After all, I have just arrived,” he signs off. http://timesofindia .indiatimes. com/Boll ywood/I-dont- get-the-point- of-intervals/ articleshow/ 4624981.cms Krish.. His Music ~ My Mother Tongue Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel Click here!
