Logbook of a Screenwriter
‘To Let’, I sincerely believe, is a textbook in cinematic realism. Every student of cinema should watch it carefully, again and again, to find those various ‘moments’ and study their ‘making’ that makes this film memorable. A film like this can’t be possible without a like-minded team coming together and working in unison – to attempt something that remains somewhat…
2 Comments‘To Let’ is a film that deserves to be celebrated. When I say that, please do remember, I am a Bengali, brought up in Assam and Kolkata, and based out of Delhi for almost two decades now; and yes, I do not understand a single word of Tamil. Yet, I cherished every single moment of this debut-film by Writer-Cinematographer-Director Chezhiyan.…
3 CommentsEditing is the process where the story takes it’s real shape – but that’s what we already know, don’t we? What we probably do not know is the role that the film-editor plays during the entire creative process of a film. Yes, he is there, all along, and not just as a spectator – as an active storyteller. That’s how…
2 CommentsWhen Sreekar Prasad, the ace film editor, agreed to talk to me for my blog, I was totally baffled. I have grown up drooling at his work, from the time I bunked school to watch ‘Raakh’ till I gaped in awe at the visual opulence of ‘Ashoka’, from the understated poignancy of ‘Vanaprastham’ to the coming of age with ‘Dil…
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