When was the last time you remember having waiting for a movie.
An experience that would change the way you’ve seen anything unlike before.
I remember the longing we all had for Jaws, Star wars in the 70′s, E.T, Indiana Jones in the 80′s, Titanic, Jurassic Park in the 90′s, Matrix, Lord of the Rings trilogy in the millenium and the more recent Avatar.
If we look at these films during those path breaking decades, each of these films had a vision. A vision that would transcend all barriers that could otherwise slowdown the pace, the technicalities of making films in a traditional sense!
Star wars was and is still considered to be one of the most prolific and visionary movie of it’s Genre.
Same goes for Matrix where a single action scene was shot across various angles which would become a trend for most of the films to follow. Such a technique was unimaginable before Matrix. And now it’s become a norm for most action and thrillers.
Coming to Lord of the Rings, the book written by JRR Tolkien. Such a piece of fiction cannot be literally brought to life on screen. To bring words and put them as pictures was not an easy task. Peter Jackson broke the usual norms of conventional film making. Peter Jackson sourced out each and every artist who had contributed some images for the original work. It was not an easy task. Each of these artists had dispersed and moved on with life. I guess the movie saw the light of the day once all these immensely talented artists were brought together to create an unimaginable magic onscreen. Each frame of the movie was captured at a particular location with this creative group of people who sat together and brainstormed as to how the sceen would look and then sets were created accordingly.
And as we all know LOTR went on to win major oscars for all the three films.
The much recent Avatar has not only broken all time box office records. A special camera was actually invented during the filming of this movie. This camera is tied around the actor and it captures each and every nuance of the actor in terms of their facial expression which gives amazing and realistic looking scenes in the film. The film is an experience by itself. Now most of the films to follow (Atleast the major ones) will be shot in 3D which has caught up big time with viewers alike. Similarly most prominent films might be re introduced on a 3D version. Even the TV technology today is gearing up towards this concept…
So what else should we expect as viewers? Is there anything new that we can expect? Or we have seen enough and we all guess that this is the end of creativity in terms watching a film?
I guess as long as we as humans have the capacity to think and go beyond selfless norms, to have a vision, mission and the will to follow dreams… there is always a possibility of exceeding everyone’s expectations!
Having said that the only worthy concept that comes to my mind is the great epic “Mahabharata”
I guess no matter what we see in terms of a myth, mystery or adventure… each of them would in a way be similar to what we have seen the past in terms of their look and feel…
Mahabharata goes beyond all that.
Mahabharata has a major story line and various sub-plots within the main story. A trilogy would just work perfect.
Now, imagine this movie on a big screen. The finest actors we have in Indian cinema today. You name the actors and they all are there. (The list would be too much to mention, but yes, the best ones we all know who they are)
It should be a trilogy. Shot one after the other. A collaboration of minds and not egos! A creative vision and not just a financial one.
The best directors (Mani Ratnam, Vishal Bharadwaj, Bala, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ashutosh Gowarikar and various other regional visionary directors) The best music directors (AR Rahman, Shankar-Ehsan-Loy, Amit Trivedi, Illaiyaraja just to name a few) The best lyricists (Gulzaar saab, Javed Akhtar, Prasoon Joshi etc)
Each and every department should work towards getting the best and the most talented and above all the most deserving candidate.
Corporates should join in to finance this project showing their solidarity, integrity towards such a project.
This will be multilingual film as it has to be shot in various languages to make it to national viewing.
This will be the face of modern India. The one that the west is yet to experience.
Are we really ready to do this?
I guess the answer is a Yes and big No?
Yes, because we are still a very talented lot. We still make movies that attract a lot of international attention. Our premise is different. Music, Colors, Drama et all
A big no. Yes a very Big NO, I would say.
Let’s first give talent its due credit. Most of the award ceremonies that we see today are a farce. A group trying to impress the most happening person in the industry. Let’s first get away from that.
Secondly, let’s first have a great story, a good screenplay, a great cast, crew and a vision!
I guess we have got the first and third. What we need is the second and the last in the list.
Are we ready to keep working on the script and the screenplay till we know that we have achieved that perfection?
The best movies were not done in months or even few years.
They were fruits of labor that were conceived by passionate men who were ready for anything to better their chances of creating that episodes in time.
To begin with, do we have that patience?
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