The month-long Ramadan in Bhopal is most fascinating experience,” says city’s filmmaker and candid photographer Troy Khan.
The city of lakes is known for its rich history and its colourful festivals. Being the city of Begums and Nawabs, the lake city is also famous for its Ramadan time.
Bhopal’s filmmaker and candid photographer Troy Khan has captured the best moments of city’s Ramadan in a short movie called Ramadan in Bhopal.
His movie Ramadan in Bhopal has won the award for the best movie in cinematography. Notably, recently a film festival ‘2nd lake City International Film Festival 2017’ was organised in city. Various movie makers participated for different nominations among which Troy Khan’s movie won the award for best cinematography.
While in a candid talk with The Pioneer, Troy was extremely happy sharing the news. He also shared the experience and journey as he shot this movie with his team.
“We shot this movie in a two years’ period i.e. we took up the Ramadan of year 2015 and 2016. We shot every bit of it and it was a real fun.”
Elaborating further, Troy said, “During Ramadan, the city of lakes is adorned with different colours and an atmosphere of festivity is seen everywhere. The entire city is lit up with joy and laughter.” As he was sharing his experience, he said, “I have experienced Ramadan of different cities, but have never experienced a time like this city.”
On asking about, why he chose Ramadan topic for his movie, Troy said, “There are many things which are different from other cities like the breaking of fast, boondi-chuda and most enjoyable, the markets of the city. So I just wanted to capture all these moments in a movie.”
On winning the award, he said, “I am really happy that my movie won the award.” While signing off he said, “More projects are in pipeline among which one is based on ‘Bhopali tea’.”