Hansal
Filmography - 1. Jayate... 2. Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar 3. Chhal 4. Ye Kya Ho Raha Hai 5. Raakh 6. Anjaan 7. Dus Kahaniyan 8. Woodstock Villa. After being upset with myself for some indifferent work took a year long sabbatical to reflect, read, write and cook. Working on my next films - an ambitious biopic, a political satire and a relationship based thriller. Favorite films : Blue (Kiselowski's film not the Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt starrer!), Underground, Pyaasa, Jules et Jim, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, DevD, Amar Akbar Anthony, Bicycle Thieves, Maqbool, Ijaazat, Rouge, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Meghe Dhaka Tara.

 

Hansal Mehta's Blog

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    Raj Thackeray ‘Get Well Soon’ – Gandhigiri v/s Goondagiri
    I have been overwhelmed by the angst and distress my post on Raj Thackeray http://passionforcinema.com/raj-thackeray-%e2%80%93-get-well-soon has caused. The objective of my post was not to gain sympathy for what happened to me nine years ago. The post was an emotional response to this continued attack on helpless citizens by goondas posing as self-appointed moral police....
    by Hansal Mehta at October 4th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
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    Raj Thackeray – Get Well Soon.
    Quote: A few months ago Shiney Ahuja was arrested for allegedly raping his maid. Yesterday Karan Johar apologized for being raped. His rapists have emerged triumphant. In our law books there is punishment for physical rape. There is no law for raping our freedom of expression. There is only triumph for the rapists. Bravo, Raj Thackeray. You are a master rapist. :UnQuote Nine...
    by Hansal Mehta at October 2nd, 2009 at 09:10 pm
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    Mind-blasting, Mind-blowing, Chaiwalla!!! (Pankaj Advani and Sankat City!)
    Saat intertainment aur miser buyer ki peshkash, Sankat City… Nirdeshak Sai Pankaj Advani, abhineta Kay kay Man, Anupam Fauzdar Kherfree, Yashpagal Sarma, Monkey Pandey, Remixed Sen, Prilip Dabhavalkar, Virubhai Sexena, Sanjay Misri, Manoj Power ityadi. Vari Pankaj Advani kya pictude banaya sai… Ek aadmi ka achcha khaasa sabbatical khatm kar diya. Uski duniya palat...
    by Hansal Mehta at July 10th, 2009 at 02:07 am
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    Without malice…
    You know what? Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan have buried their differences. For the cause of a body called the united forum or something like that. While talking of some pipeline that needs to be repaired, Mr. Shahrukh Khan says that the big guys will fight for the smaller guys (not verbatim but something to that effect). Thank you Mr Khan. I, your humble subject, your...
    by Hansal Mehta at April 8th, 2009 at 10:04 am
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    With malice towards none…
    disclaimer : I admit to attributing quotes to Mr. Amitabh Bachchan in this blog which in fact are not his. I admit to writing the blog based on stories and quotes attributed to Mr. Bachchan in ‘respectable’ publications. However, I stand by my opinions and comments in the blog. My apologies to Mr. Bachchan Let me come to the point. All of us, including myself,...
    by Hansal Mehta at January 20th, 2009 at 11:01 am
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    No more…
    I looked at my wife taking a walk in our colony. I saw my daughter playing in the garden. I called my son and checked with him. Thank God. He did not take the bus to Mumbai. I spoke to my parents. Thank God. They have decided to miss a wedding scheduled for Sunday. Thank God. They are all safe. Are they? Are we safe? Even as all the news channels flash the news that operations...
    by Hansal Mehta at November 29th, 2008 at 02:11 am
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    A noble film
    Dus Kahaniyaan is due for release on the 7th December 2007. Hectic post-production activity and promotional strategies are in motion. All of us keenly awaiting the release of a collection of 10 short films that have been made with passion, love and conviction. With a corporate responsibility my job requires me to dispassionately ensure that deadlines are met, that promotional...
    by Hansal Mehta at November 16th, 2007 at 01:11 pm
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    CHHAL – Uncertain Days
    Friday, August 03, 2007 4.25 am IST Directors are an insecure lot. In fact I feel that most of us in the film business suffer from a great sense of insecurity. To some it is the insecurity of sustaining a livelihood. To some it is the insecurity of sustaining fame. To some it is the insecurity of sustaining expectations. To many it is the insecurity of surpassing expectations....
    by Hansal Mehta at August 5th, 2007 at 08:08 pm
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    Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar! – A bittersweet life PART I
    I hate the past. But I still cannot help looking back. Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar is perhaps the most bittersweet experience of my life. A film whose highs and lows began way before it even started. Sometime in August 1997 music baron Gulshan Kumar was brutally killed by unidentified assailants. There were many unsuccessful attempts on film personalities before this and it was...
    by Hansal Mehta at December 30th, 2006 at 12:12 pm
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    Fate Unknown – Anjaan
    It was a quiet day at work today. In the dark, cold confines of the edit suite my editor was assembling a scene from my new film ‘Woodstock Villa’. Its quite amazing. Its been ten years since I’ve been making movies. I still marvel at watching the dailies. The process of editing still scares me. All that you have shot takes on a completely new perspective...
    by Hansal Mehta at December 20th, 2006 at 03:12 pm
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    Meanderings…
    The last schedule of my new film is fast approaching. The office is like a fish market. I feel like the most important person on earth. The very next instant I feel small and insignificant. I am a bundle of contradictions. Production staff scurrying around with reams of paperwork. Assistant directors trying to convince production that their requirements are all part of...
    by Hansal Mehta at December 15th, 2006 at 07:12 am
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