subject: Encouraging Young Generation In Cinema: Sanjay Leela Bhansali [print this page] Sanjay Leela Bhansali is innovatingSanjay Leela Bhansali is innovating. From the usual Grand flicks and emotional sagas, the movie maker is evolving with projects like Rowdy Rathore and My Friend Pinto to keep the pace with industrys new and young thinkers who he says are brining newer ideologies and revolutionizing the industry.
I want to do a lot more things. I want to be a part of the younger generation that is revolutionizing the cinema in a unique way. There are some young filmmakers who are doing great cinema nowadays. The younger generation is getting newer ideologies to cinema, a newer point of view to look at films. It is very intriguing to be in touch with the new generation the 48 year old maestro filmmaker quoted in an IANSs interview.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali showcases his desire to try his hands at fresher things in his upcoming productions. Rowdy Rathore, starring Akshay Kumar, is a action-packed flick, while Shirin Farhad with Boman Irani and Farah Khan, is a love story of a parsi couple and My Friend Pinto, ready to hit the screens on Oct 14, is a out and out comedy.
On being asked if it was easy for the maestro to switch off the director in him and only produce films, the filmmaker responded: Im a very selfish director. The director in me is always very alive. First when I was going through the scripts, I contemplated why am I not doing work on my own directorial? But when I finally concluded to produce the films, I put in conscious efforts trying not to intervene. Thus resulting in selection of scripts which werent of my forte, so that I can supervise and guide from a distance, the filmmaker added. At the moment, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is looking forward to the release of My Friend Pinto, which has been directed by debutant Raghav Dar, and stars Prateik Babbar and Kalki Koechlin as the protagonists.
Speaking of My Friend Pinto, Bhansali added it was a script that was filled with smiles, packed with unusual characters, created with an unusual point of view, which had humor in the weirdest of situations. I just found the entire take very fabulous and fascinating. This shift is extremely refreshing for a filmmaker like Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who has created epic movies like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas, Black and Guzaarish. It was a challenge to adapt out of my comfort zone to produce a film of this genre, Sanjay Leela Bhansali added.
It moved me a lot on the basic premise learn to respect a friend. Also this is a film I would have never made. Im not artistically capable to make a film like this, its not my genre. But its a great endeavor producing it. We are paying tribute to Kundan Shah in this film because Raghav is a great fan of his, he said.
Just like many who have praised Prateiks acting palette and temperament, Bhansali too is impressed with the 24 year old young actor and the son of Raj Babbar and late actress Smita Patil. Prateik has grown up; he is a man now who can take responsibilities. He doesnt have to rely or depend on people. He boasts a lot of talent, coming with a clean slate image and fits into any character. The innocence on his face and the way he talks just incorporated into the character. Adding more the filmmaker says He is extremely spontaneous and he has consanguinity. He resembles to his mother in acting. One cannot stray his attention from him when he performs.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali hopes to get back to direction at the earliest. He has finished the scripting process for his next film and will now move on to decide the cast and crew eventually next month. The filmmaker even quotedIll start shooting my next film in June next year and will announce the cast next month.
