Anish Kuruvilla | PassionforCinema

Anish started out his career working as an assistant director with Manisankar. He worked on a series of music videos commemorating 50 years of Independence, called Meri Jaan Hindustan, an album which had a cosmos of stars like, Illayaraja,Lucky Ali,Remo Fernandes,Vishal Bharadwaj etc. He went onto to direct and produce corporate and ad-films for that company. Later on he worked with Nagesh Kukunoor on Rockford.However since Nagesh never hires ï¿½ADsï¿½, he was demoted as a production asst.Anywaysï¿½ Things changed when he began his association with Sekhar Kammula and their company Amigos Creations, starting with Dollar Dreams (national award for best first film), Anand-manchi coffee lanti cinema (8 State Awards, incl Best Director) and the modern classic, Godavari last year. Currently ï¿½Happy Daysï¿½ is on the floors. Among other things, Kamalinee Mukherjee and Manchi Coffee Lanti Cinema, were discovered and coined by him respectively. Anish is currently the executive producer of Amigos Creations and has made his first feature-film based on his experiences in the industry, called ï¿½Confessions Of a Film-makerï¿½. All this is too much information??ï¿½ ok Iï¿½ll make it simple. www.confessionsofafilmmaker.blogspot.com and youll have me completely figured out, ala freud. and to, see what Iï¿½ve just madeï¿½.and am hoping to release.. a sneak peek.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m4xNSix_sw

Anish Kuruvilla's Blog

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A Writer Prepares to Prepare to Write…
4 months after my first movie got released and after 10 years of dreaming to do just that, I was stuck not knowing what to do next…..stuck. I know I needed to write my next screenplay, but I also knew that I had to get really prepared to do just that…. At first I thought, let me take off, like a lone ranger…just take off into the wild west in search of...
by Anish Kuruvilla at April 4th, 2009 at 03:04 am
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Goodbye Avakai
So with a little more than a month gone since the release of AB, it’s been a trying time for me. The film doesn’t seem to have set the cash registers rolling and there isn’t too much hype or hoopla about it being ‘a good film’…BUT…. …it’s still running in theatres 5 weeks on, all over A.P.! amazing! So money wise it...
by Anish Kuruvilla at December 19th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
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a lot of avakai in my mind….
Its taken me a while to get back to writing on PFC. I just have not been in that state of mind to sit and write, so much post production work has been happening, so many marketing and distribution issues to take care of, just so much on my plate to make me worry and think only about my film and its fate, its been tough to be a little objective and write what I feel like….but...
by Anish Kuruvilla at November 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 am
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a little bit of avakai in my life…
As I sit watching the edit happen on my movie Avakai-Biryani (Mango Pickled Biryani), I am reminded about how all of this first started.. Back in 2006. Sekhar Kammulas Godavari had just released to good reviews but to an unfavorable box office response, finally ending as an average film business wise. Having worked as both the executive producer and associate director...
by Anish Kuruvilla at July 1st, 2008 at 07:07 am
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filmictionary
p.s the article below may or may not reflect times and tides in the Mumbai film industry. My thoughts are driven by Hyderabad and its business with the movies. I have spent time (way too much!) introspecting /watching /observing/ the business of filmmaking. I have spent a lot of time, just thinking about what it takes to survive and be someone in this place, we call the...
by Anish Kuruvilla at August 14th, 2007 at 12:08 am
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One final confession…
It’s a little over 2 weeks since COF released online. Its been something alright. Initially I just caved in to the pressure and the comments. I didn’t know how to react and sort of went into a shell. Also what was bothering me was I never had a chance to sit back and just enjoy the fact that I’d released my movie. There was tremendous backend support work which I...
by Anish Kuruvilla at July 4th, 2007 at 02:07 am
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Confessions of a different kind
So as the film nears its release date, I am faced with questions I ask myself often. “Anish, whatever got into your head, to make a film like this”? A damn good question, I must say myself. Shouldn’t every filmmaker confront himself with a question like this.? Let’s see….did I hope to make money? not really….however I hope I can validate my investment by recovering...
by Anish Kuruvilla at June 10th, 2007 at 09:06 pm
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Some Q
Why make movies? Yeah. Why? What purpose does it serve? Entertainment? Escape? Enlightenment?, all of the above? (maybe that’s the answer) Or maybe its a turn on watching people (read actors) live out our fears and fantasies. Why do we need it? Because ‘Life’ is one big cinema. Its playing every hour, by the second, by the breath. And its hard for us to be our own...
by Anish Kuruvilla at May 23rd, 2007 at 01:05 pm
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the hearts beating wildly
its been ages since i have written on passion….i feel extremely guilty about that, but i have been possessed with getting my film ‘confessions of a film-maker’ ready….and its done finally…and i had a show for the press and some members of the film fraternity…. i am writing now simply because i need an outlet…an outlet for all the...
by Anish Kuruvilla at May 14th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
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when is the new wave coming?
So when is the new wave coming? Or did the new wave actually come and go? Did we all miss the bus? I’m talking about what people have been harping about for a few years now. But I think they miss the point…. See just because certain production companies have turned corporate, it doesn’t mean the films they produce or the directors that are making films with them...
by Anish Kuruvilla at March 22nd, 2007 at 11:03 pm
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been digging my grave…
Yep that’s pretty much what I have been upto. why you might ask? Well, to answer that, I have to look inwards. Maybe I have never been an honest man my entire life, maybe I have never ever told people what I really, really felt all the time, maybe I have been way too diplomatic, way too friendly, in the process I have made a great deal of friends in this place (the telugu...
by Anish Kuruvilla at March 16th, 2007 at 03:03 am
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why some film-makers get horny!
Its been 24 hours since my first post and not an hour has passed without me thinking,whether I really deserve equal footing as the folks on top of me. I mean Sudhir Mishra,Anurag Kashyap…jeez, I am just diddly squat compared to these giants.I dont know. Been feeling kinda guilty, but I have decided while I may not have their under-ground,grindhouse appeal, I do have...
by Anish Kuruvilla at March 13th, 2007 at 12:03 am
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cinema-man’s life in a coconut shell.
Why call myself that huh? Well why not? Thats what I’ve been upto the last decade or so.Saving the poor,lighting up their lives,bringing joy to millions…yes thats me!..cinema man. Its a bird,no its a plane…noooooo, its cinema-man, cry out millions every friday when they see me zipping through the stratosphere…. Sigh…Ok I’ll shut up with...
by Anish Kuruvilla at March 11th, 2007 at 10:03 pm