The world’s most famous director charmed the film making fraternity
and even praised the Bandra-Worli Sea link In a recent article in the
New York Times, Steven Spielberg was hailed as Hollywood’s Secret Santa.
Reportedly, the world’s most influential filmmaker is a “sounding
board” for directors not always working with him. However, when the
publication wanted to speak to him about the invaluable creative inputs
he shared with the aspirants, Spielberg declined, saying they were
private conversations.
Bollywood just got lucky on Monday night. In a discussion organised
by Anil and Tina Ambani, and helmed by Amitabh Bachchan, over 40
filmmakers here got a glimpse of his generosity and vision.
A suburban five-star was the milieu for the unique congregation –
when did you last see Abbas Mastan sit next to a quiet, and evidently
restless Prabhu Dheva, or a Sudhir Mishra share a table with Javed
Akhtar or for that matter a Raju Hirani win a nod from Spielberg himself
– he said he loved Three Idiots.
It was interesting to see filmmakers with similar sensibilities share
tables – so you had Kiran Rao, Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti with Anurag
Kashyap at one place, while R Balki and Raju Hirani sat close elsewhere.
The conversation flowed from Spielberg’s earliest works, to his wife,
who is “the smartest person” in his life while taking in almost all of
his seminal works and how they were put together. The director-producer
was at his charming and wittiest best. When asked about Jaws, he said:
“It scared me off filmmaking.”
And if all movies were this tough to make, he said he’d rather not
make another one. As for the scary water beast, Spielberg said
apparently, the 20 feet machine did not respond well to “salt water” and
that when he watched frightened people throw their popcorn in the air,
he “couldn’t believe that the audience believed in that white turd!”
For a filmmaker with such an immense body of work, it was interesting
and heartening to hear him pick his favourites – ET and Schindler’s
List. And that is because both these films are what
people still talk about everywhere he goes. ET especially because his seven kids love it.
ET also has a deep, personal subtext. It was Spielberg’s
conversations with his father about benevolent and curious aliens that
shaped the film. In fact, talking about how his films are often
deeply personal, he said, “I have never visited shrinks, my films are psychiatric.”
Not the kind of person who believes in compromises, Spielberg touched
a chord with many of the filmmakers present when Jaya Bachchan asked
him if he ever considered dropping a project
because he did not get the actor he wanted. Once again, Spielberg was
ready with his answer: Lincoln, because Daniel Day Lewis took a fair
bit of convincing even after turning him down twice.
It was Leonardo Di Caprio, “a friend of the family” who took the
initiative to track down the reclusive actor in Ireland, and got him to
read the new script. The rest is moviemaking history.
It were the many anecdotes about the camaraderie between Spielberg
and his contemporaries – Martin Scorsese and Francis Coppola to name a
few – that livened up the conversation. “We are fiercely competititve
but always helping each other out,” he said.
What was most amusing, however, was Spielberg’s take on why he could
never make a Bond film. “I tried,” he said, shaking his head. Not once,
but three times. The first attempt was right after Jaws, when producer
Cubby Broccoli turned him down because he was “not successful enough.”
After several attempts, there came a time when Cubby wanted to use the
haunting 5-note leitmotif from Close Encounters of the Third Kind as the
entry code for an electronic laboratory door lock in a scene in
Moonraker, Spielberg readily agreed. But when he wanted to use the 007
signature tune for The Goonies as a tribute to the franchise he always
loved, he was flatly refused. “I was told the Bond theme had two more
notes….” he shrugged.
The hour-long conversation ended with an interactive session, that
saw Kunal Kohli, Anurag Kashyap, Sudhir Mishra, Javed Akhtar, Prasoon
Joshi among others ask him questions and even indulge in some fanboy
moments – Rakeysh Omparaksh Mehra gushed – “We love you. God Bless you!”
Spielberg admitted he has not seen enough films from India as yet,
but encouraged filmmakers to think of shared platforms for a global
cultural exchange so that Americans get to see more of the films we make
here. He also wanted to know if the audiences here were accepting of
genrebenders, the way they were in the West. And cited the example of
Beasts of the Southern Wild, an indie film that was hailed as one of the
finest to have released last year.
And last but not the least, Mr Sheshadri Srinivasan take a bow. If
you are wondering who that is, well, he is the gentleman who designed
the Bandra-Worli Sea-Link. And to quote Spielberg: “It is the best piece
of art in this city.”
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Tollywood might be having the most number of comedians than any other
Industry in the country, but there seems to be no threat for
Brahmanandam in the near future. Our comedy king always has a special
place in the Industry and in the hearts of film lovers. He is
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Their warm relationship in real life has helped them create magic on
the big screen time and again but Boman Irani feels his good friend
Arshad Warsi has a lot more to offer as an actor.
The climax of the Tamil film ‘Deal’, starring Arun Vijay and Kathika
was earlier scheduled to be shot on the March 5, 2013. But, the makers
of the film have postponed the shoot owing to a request of the natives
of the shooting location.
Anushka who is in full swing after Damarukam and Mirchi, with films
like Bahubali and Rani Rudramadevi revealed her success secret in her
media interactions.
Celebrated painter Ganesh Pyne died of a cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday. The painter was 76.
Acting and production are two different ball games and PreityZinta,
actress who turned producer with ‘Ishkq in Paris’, is learning this the
hard way. Although the initial release date was announced as October 5,
2012, it was first postponed to November 2 and then indefinitely.
Oscar-winning sound technician Resul Pookutty has refuted rumours
that he is doing any film with southern superstar Rajinikanth. However,
he says he has shared his script with Bollywood megastar Amitabh
Bachchan.
Another leading actress is now following the footsteps of Ileana,
Kajal, Tamanna and few others who made it big in the South and then
moved to Bollywood in search of more fame and attention.
Prabhas latest film ‘Mirchi’ has added attraction now. A rain fight
between Prabhas and villain gang, which was removed by the editing
section earlier, has been added to the film now. Although, the director
and producers of the film want the fight in the film, they have obliged
the editor’s decision and released the film without the fight.
Swamy ra ra’, starring Nikhil and ‘Colors’ Swathi going to be
released on March 22nd .Sudheer Varma is the director of this film.
Vijay starrer Jilla has completed its official Pooja on March 11.
R.B.Chowdary is producing this Tamil-Malayalam bilingual under debutant
Nedsan’s direction. The movie shooting will kick start from May 15 and
before that a photo shoot will be held.
Actress Kajal Agarwal has been roped in as the face of Dabur Amla
Hair Oil for the South Indian markets. A new print and television ad
campaign featuring her will be released soon.”Being in the cine
business, my hair goes through a lot of styling, chemical treatment etc
on a daily basis. I make it a point to nourish my hair with its weekly
dose of massage with Dabur Amla hair oil,” Kajal said in a statement.
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actor teja passes away The dead body of the child artiste Narla Teja was
found in Rishikesh. It may be recalled that the Telugu child actor
drowned in Ganges near Rishikesh a week ago.
Anjali has got name and fame with success of Seetamma Vakitlo
Sirimalle Chettu. She paired with Venkatesh which created a magic spell
on all movie lovers. She may once again star with him. It is known that
Vijay Bhaskar is directing Bol Bachchan remake in telugu with Venkatesh
and Ram in it. Buzz is Venkatesh will be donning the role of Ajay Devgn
while Ram will be doing Abhishek Bachchan role.
Veteran actor Paresh Rawal, who has shown his acting prowess a number
of times, has now put on his dancing shoes for director Sajid Khan’s
“Himmatwala” remake.
Indian cinema couldn’t have asked for a bigger gift just after
completing 100 years. In a move that will catapult Bollywood onto the
global stage, legendary Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg has
decided to make a film that would feature Indian actors as well as
Hollywood biggies.
Karan Johar’s latest film is going to be Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika
Padukone starrer ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ and the filmmaker states it
will be after long that Bollywood see an out and out love story.
We already loved Anna Kendrick for her wry performance in “Pitch
Perfect” and her hilariously spot-on tweets. (Sample: “To the
manufacturers of price tags that come off cleanly in one motion – I
raise my glass to you; you are true gentlemen.” Oh, and this.)
Sairam Shankar, brother of Puri Jagannadh and Esther upcoming fil
’1000 Abaddalu’ under the direction of Teja is in post production. The
film’s talkie part has been completed and only the songs remain to be
shot.The film’s shooting is expected to finish by April 10th and the
audio launch will take place on April 15th.
