In an industry which is well established it is very difficult to make serious cinema; but in an industry that has just opened its chapter, it is easy to make good films, said renowned Director from South India Girish Kasaravalli, here on Wednesday.
Girish Kasaravalli who has won four national awards in the feature film category -along with different international awards for his work- was in the city to participate in the 2nd Raipur International Film Festival (RIFF). While talking to The Pioneer he suggested local filmmakers of Chhollywood to make serious films.
“The audiences here want to see Chhattisgarhi cinema so you give them a good film and they accept it, or you give them bad films and they still accept it. So I would like to advice filmmakers here to rather make good cinema,” he said. An alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Pune, Kasaravalli feels that making serious cinema is like swimming against the current.
“It is a difficult job not only in the 21th century but was same in 20th century and it is same across the world. This is the beauty of artists they always want to swim against the current and make their point and bring it on to the screen,” he added.
Expressing views over recent controversies at FTII he said, “I really feel sorry that that some people are trying to kill the institute.”
“There are students with great ideas and they should be encouraged. let them differ and move around. The curving of free thinking is unfortunate,” he pointed. Kasarvalli who initially had B.Pharma degree before getting admission at FTII Pune, revealed that he preferred tragedy over comedy.
“I prefer tragedy to comedy because it makes a larger and deeper impact on the human psyche.”
“When I say tragedy it does not mean someone dying at the end but a film that does not give false hopes, one which makes you introspect so it makes a bigger impact than those giving false hopes,” he mentioned.
“What should be the purpose of art is to ultimately make us introspect and help us develop a dialogue with self. It can be done beautifully with a film that has tragic undertones,” he remarked.