Indian cinema, last ten years - Part 1
Its been raining incessantly for the last five days, which essentially implies house arrest. Apart from trudging with the dog to the ‘movie empire’, I have generally just spent hours on work, taxes, color correcting my film, sipping red wine and watching as much ‘Indian’ (and foreign) cinema as I possibly can.
Indian cinema is going through a new era of transformation, led by the highly stylized works of contemporary directors like Anurag Kashyap, or the superb productions by Aamir Khan’s production house, and recent works of well known directors like Hrituporno Ghosh.
Over the next few posts, I am going to list some of the Indian films of this decade that, I believe, are subtly transforming the industry into a space where creative films like Shaitaan can now get nationwide showings.
Directed by Anurag Kashyap, Dev D is his contemporary take on the famous Devdas novella originally written by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, and probably the most innovative adaption of the original tale. Superb.
Produced by Aamir Khan Productions, and directed by newcomer Abhinay Deo, this film reminds of the all-too-familiar ‘toilet explosion’ incident caused by the bellies too unaccustomed to Indian food. It might be just me, but its hard to comedy scripts this right.
Directed by Sudhir Mishra, the movie is set against the politically charged backdrop of 1970s India, during the time of the national emergency, and tells the story of three youngsters whose aspirations are intricately intertwined with the social upheavels of the time. Probably one of best depictions of the Naxalite movement I have seen on film.
(More in the next batch)…
