Archive for the ‘Empty Pictures’

  • What happened
    They say your first film will be an unforgettable experience also because of the tremendous vulnerability debutant filmmakers face on their films’ release and sheer lack of means they have to deal with all that may get unleashed. Dil Dosti Etc sauntered out on 28 September, and I felt my tiny apartment in Versova becoming an island, exposed to come what may! As I was...
    by Manish Tiwary at November 28th, 2007 at 02:11 pm
  • Dum Laga
    [Update : Sept 27/2007. Stills of songs added] Do songs hurt the narrative flow (and form) of our films? I believe they usually do. When we were working on about the fifth draft of the screenplay (it went on till ninth by the time it was ready to be called ‘bound’), I realized that there are some ‘natural’ places where songs can have a place in the film, mostly...
    by Manish Tiwary at September 26th, 2007 at 03:09 am
  • How Dil Dosti Etc Came into Being
    Visiting Passion For Cinema, I realize how it has become a very active forum for discussing Indian film works. PFC is also a place where filmmakers of now and the future champion the films they like, cut the ill-fated ones to pieces and battle out the elements they want to defend or discard. It is a virtual Congress that is in session day-in and day-out. I confess I am...
    by Manish Tiwary at September 12th, 2007 at 04:09 pm