....so, will the kauravas too battle it out on the streets of Delhi??? Frankly, I feel ROM feels his biggest claim to fame is his having studied at DU!! The earlier he comes out of his Delhi fixation, the better for him!!!!
--- In [email protected], Sreekrishnan R <rahmanfe...@...> wrote: > > âI donât get the point of intervalsâ | Article on ROPM > > Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra was in the city for just a few hours. But he didnât > take much time to get nostalgic. > > âChennai > 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,â he says. > > Rakeysh is upbeat about the cityâs Mozart. > âI 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,â he chuckles. He is equally effusive about our Ulaga Nayagan, âI > saw Dashavathar with Kamal Haasan. He has the most expressive face,â > but adds, âI was disappointed I couldnât see âactorâ Kamal in it.â > > His recent movie, Delhi-6, received a mixed response at the box office. > And, Rakeysh accepts that with a smile. âIâm 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 wasnât able to > tell what was running on my mind and transcribe the thoughts on to the > screen. Well, itâs all a part of life. Iâm a story teller. There is no > excitement in telling the same story again and again. A filmmaker > learns the most while heâs making a film. After making RDB and Delhi-6, > I have gained more knowledge. I discovered why I make a film,â he says. > > Though > his movies are commercial (read song and dance) in nature, Rakeysh is > tired of them. âIt 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 donât get the point of having intervals. I was forced > to have an interval in my films for economic reasons. I donât think > attention spans are decreasing, at least, not in the entertainment > business,â he says. > > Rakeysh believes that the market will expand > only if a filmmaker tries out new things. âAudiences are humans. Itâs > ok to make them feel uncomfortable because their sensitivity will make > us experiment. Unless we give them things on a new platter, they wonât > know which they like the most,â he says. > > Rakeysh reveals that he is currently working on a few scripts. âMy > next film, Paanch Kaurav, will be an adventure film, based on > mythology. The film will be set 100 years ago and Iâm sure it will be > better than Lord of the Rings or any other film in that genre. It will > be a fantastical film,â he says. > > And, it doesnât stop with that. âIâm writing the script for Bhairavi,â > 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 heâs more excited > about producing films for young directors. âIâm planning to produce > movies with young talents. My first movie will go on the floors this > September,â he says and adds, âI want to work with newcomers. You never > thought you would get a captain from Ranchi!â > > Rakeysh is also > quite clear about his formula for making his films. âWhen I make > movies, itâs 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? Thatâs the challenge Slumdog... throws at us. If I can > achieve that, Iâm a perfect filmmaker. After all, I have just arrived,â > he signs off. > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bollywood/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 http://in.travel.yahoo.com/ >
