The Bhopalites learned about the aspects and importance of creativity and direction to make a complete feature film here on Monday in a popular lecture held at Antrang Hall, Bharat Bhavan.
Under a five-day event ‘Cine Samaroh’ dedicated to Indian cinema organised by Chhavi series of classical cinema Bharat Bhavan, a noted and renowned Hindi film critic, Anil Choubey, highlighted the aspects of direction giving references of old movies.
As Choubey has been a renowned critic for past many years, his knowledge about Indian Hindi Film Industry is incredible. The film lovers listened to his lecture with rapt attention.
He said that in the black and white era of the Indian film industry the directors did not have much equipments and that was the time when they used most of their creativity in entertaining the audience. He further threw light on the kind of cinematography used in that era. According to Choubey, being the most simple time of Bollywood, it has impressed the audience so much that the movies of that time are remembered till now.
Further, Shriram Tamrakar a noted film journalist also presents their view points before the Bhopalites. Giving references of directors like Shyam Benegal, V Shantaraman and more, he explained the importance of creativity. He said that directors in that era did not use much language all they used was their creativity to bring out the best of what they are making for the Indian masses.
He further said, “I love movies and I would like to present the social scenarios through the movies to reach out to the masses.”
Being the one of its kind cultural programme, Cine Samaroh featured more than 10 films under the five-day event. Before the popular lectures here on Monday two Hindi movies Amar and Kalyug were screened before the audience.
Amar is a 1954 film that featured Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Nimmi and Jayant in the lead roles. This movie was produced and directed by Mehboob. Another movie Kalyug is a 1981 film featuring Raj Babbar, Rekha and Shashi Kapoor in leads and directed by Shyam Benegal. After the popular lecture another Hindi film Mere Apne directed by Gulzar, the movie features Meena Kumar, Vinod Khanna and Shatrugan Sinha in leads.