Get A Celebrity To Say Few Things About Your Film….
Yes, that is what I have been hearing from the time we wanted to run a publicity campaign for Frozen. We wanted to follow a new way of releasing an independent film…very few prints (three to be precise), platform/staggered release, low cost marketing and blah blah. But one support we wanted was from the media, to write something interesting about the film and create the “buzz”.
Frozen having travelled to 32 international film festivals and having won 22 awards, we thought it would be easy for the media to write interesting things about an Independant film from India. Shot in extreme conditions, no big names attached, self financed (truly independant), no studios to support us…wow what great material to talk about. SO WE THOUGHT!!! The thing came to my head when I was told “Please get a celebrity to give a quote”.
Wow, I thought…whom to contact? My Mumbai release date was announced by that time and I turned to Anurag Kashyap to say things about the film. Well he did that as he had loved the film anyway . Lo and behold…I see my film hoarding and poster and Anurag’s name covers half the space :-). You type Shivajee Chandrabhushan Frozen in Google and pop…Anurag’s name comes up. Hey, I am not complaining about Anurag, he is a good friend (he was the first person to mention Frozen in PFC 2 years back. Thank you Anurag for doing that for me. Anyway I was happy to get good audience in Mumbai, Pune (thanks to Satyendra Jha) had one full house show, and (badly publicised) Delhi screenings. People kept complaining about not being able to watch the film as they missed it, were not aware of it, never saw anything in the media etc etc. Media was never interested as they never found anything juicy to write about.
I thought ok…lets see what happens if I win a National Award? Well , yesterday Frozen won two of them. I check the electronic and print media and I see them crying hoarse that “The Khans Lost to Prakash Raj”, “Southies defeat Bollywood” and Frozen which has won Swarna Kamal(Golden Lotus) for Best Debut Feature and Rajat Kamal(Silver Lotus) for Cinematography (for Shanker Raman) finds nil coverage. We were foolish enough to think that a debut feature and best cinematography are good enough reasons for the media to take notice of our humble beings. By the way, I don’t want to name other big bollywood films “defeated” by Frozen, (c’mon it is not a competion).
One last message for all the Independent Filmmakers….better to align yourself to some or the other camp rather than trying to break this mammoth ugly monster called “Bollywood” on your own. Please know what you are doing before selling your car, home etc and jumping into this bandwagon. Get a girl friend who is in media, have enough booze to quench the thirst of the media…forget about good cinema. Make something aligning yourself to some studio or some camp and then one day break away, if you can, and make that one film which you always wanted to make. Don’t make a classic with your first film.
Well on that note I am ending my writings coloum in PFC regarding Frozen. Thank you PFC for supporting my cause for the last one and half years. Quite a few people here are bored of Frozen by now. Frozen is still travelling across India with DVD release happening very soon.
Shit…I am still going on and on about Frozen….
What to do I am getting my first National Award.
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Shivajee, dont get too cynical or downbeat. I can understand your frustration, having had to walk through half a dozen inane headlines, with no meaning yesterday. For the media, Bollywood is Indian Cinema, period, its too predominant, and all of us know that media works on TRP’s nowadays. Don’t let this affect you, and just keep going on. It would be sad if folks like you lose hope due to such incidents.
However getting people like Aamir Khan to endorse your movie does help to get more visibility, so nothing wrong in that per se. One reason why indie cinema flourished in the US, is due to the backing of stars like George Clooney, Robert Redford, Sean Penn who have bought more visibility to it.
@Ratnakar
Nah I was just vomiting ;-)
congratulation for winng for
Indira Gandhi National Film award in 55th indian film festival inDelhi
Shivajee- I’m sure you understand that the media is only interested in highlighting the big names.The day is not far when you would receive your due from the very same media.So dont get too worried about it.Now take a well deserved break ( which you’ve planned )- you certainly need it
Hi Shivajee
It is really sad that you had to go through this. Sorry that as a part of the media I too never spoke to anyone from you team.
But seriously… did you even hire a publicist? No one even did anything except an interview i saw bollywoodhungama. You handled the publicity? i did want to talk to you then but there didn’t seem to be anyway to reach you…
i won’t be defending the media but there needs to be a definite publicity campaign and just getting names like Anurag Kashyap to endorse the film does not always help. It didn’t help Sankat City much despite it having a way larger cast than your film. because at some level the publications you seek attention are primarily star driven… they are read for afternoon gossip and entertainment.
There are only a handful publications that talk more about films. Maybe you should have targeted them…
While media is blamed by many for leading the readers wrong, it could also be looked at as a mirror to what people want to read… and how they think. I have wanted to do so many stories as a journalist which just does not get a website any hits. Indians probably are not too much into film as a mode of art. They are meant for entertainment considering the amount of money that goes in for every ticket. and when they don’t want to watch it, it is assumed they would not want to read about it as well.
Publicity and marketing, today, is as important as the film. A film like Kambakkth Ishq was drubbed by the critics but the promotions got it the opening and the money. So it is not always about critics as well.
Let’s hope you don’t give into bitterness and cynicism and make more movies.
All the best
@Noyon
Well yes we had a publicist and a top one during the release. He tried but then it is true that none of the print media and electronic media were not ready to come unless Danny Saab confirmed his presence. I am ever so grateful to Danny Saab for trying to veer the questions towards Frozen :-).
Well the situation hasn’t changed today and the result vis-a-vis the media coverage after the award announcement,is in front of you.
I very well understand that entertainment is nip-slip, or star tantrums and love affairs.
I can’t blame the media, I am not doing that. It is just that the media coverage was better in say Spain than my own country. I might sound cynical and cribbing boy but then I am just bringing the present state of affairs to light.
Of course it doesn’t stop me from doing my stuff :-).
Cheers to Good Cinema…..
Noyon, I personally tried reaching your offices through our publicist. There was no response. Not that our publicist did not try, they did. We announced a press conference with Danny and the cast being present. We spent on that but not many from the media arrived, who did asked about inane questions away from the film at hand. Shivajee is aware and that is why he says what he says.
Anyway, I don’t blame you. There were many who just flippantly told us that they had seen Frozen whereas we know they hadn’t!! So, its not the media alone..
I can totally understand the way you are feeling now & must say even I was utterly disappointed having to scourge thrugh the muck-full rakhi sawant controversies, the khan war being truced by another khan and other such load of cock & bull stories, both on tv & print, just to figure out your feat being mentioned somewhere.
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BUT what you derive fromm this ghastly experience is a lot unfair… i mean towards the craft. cuz had u become a rocking media whore & made a crap film, you wouldn’t get zilch / mundu. you stayed true to your craft & passion and today the world is eating outta your hands!
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What I believe is that each film has a destiny of its own, beyond the ones of the maker & the cast n crew. Plus, each film has its intentions very clear. OSO & Frozen [though dft ends of the spectrum] are sparkling examples of the VICTORY of the fact that the intentions of the makers were very clear and thats when you connect with the audience.
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P.S.: having said all that i had to, the fact remains that having KJo or Yash uncle on your friend list makes sense any day!
some of the news channels just mentioned names of JWM, TZP, Chak de etc. and started showing Saroj Khan’s inteview (won for best choreography JWM)…it was ironical…
I am also one of those who couldnt see Frozen but are eager to catch the film. waiting for the DVD.
And Shivaji, congratulations for getting an National award and please dont belittle its value by cribbing about media coverage or it. I guess it a proud moment for you and frozen team and you people should celebrate.
What you said in concluding paragraphs of your article is the Hard core truth of bollywood, but then I didnt expect this from someone like you.
Still, I wish you best of luck for you LIFE and all your project !!
@Yaatri
The DVD is coming soon. Very soon.
Well as I mentioned somewhere I had to vomit out as I had too much wine :-)
“What to do I am getting my first National Award.”
Forget the cynicism…. This one line summed up your mood at the wine session…..
Send me your address and I’ll send you something nice from my collection to celebrate ;-)
I am sure Pankaj sir, Sankat City waale, would totally mirror your sentiments…
I am sure Shanker would have seen it coming considering he’s had some experience in the TV media.
(Almost)All media is entertainment, not news. So if you wanted to be on it, you’ve had to pay a price. If you want to put out a positive article without ‘entertainment’, you got to pay for it or get a star to endorse it.
Sc*&w the media. Use it like a condom-just to be on the safer side. Don’t give it more importance than it deserves. Appreciation from audiences in Mumbai and Pune is a zillion times bigger considering just the other day they made ‘Ghajini’ or ‘Singh is King’ a hit.
I missed the film as I was travelling and it went out by the time I got back. Same thing happend during the Lions of Punjab release. Haven’t seen a copy of that DVD in the market yet. But I know Shankar rocks and so does Frozen. Hope to see it on DVD. Cheers Shivajee and Shanker.
Congratulations Shivajee. You are right. I read about Kanjeevaram winning awards. I read interviews of Prakash Raj, Priyadarshan and Umashree (Gulabi Talkies). Only when I saw this post, did I realize that Frozen had won two national awards. Pankaj Advani too didnt receive any media buzz about Sankat City. However, Shashanka was successful. You are right again, when you say that winning 22 awards across the globe and winning 2 national awards without any studio support, should have attracted the media itself to Frozen. Amazing. Yours is a case study.
Vinay, guess who produced/distributed Sankat City? Moser Baer. And who ‘took over’ Quickgun Murugan? Fox. Do the maths. Poor Anand Surapur, who’s the real producer of Quickgun Kahin Dikhaayi Bhi Nahin Diya! Anurag Kashyap is being celebrated ‘now’ because it is fashionable to do so.
Do your own thing.. go all out and let everyone know how you feel.. become a parallel force..
and congratulations.. i haven’t recieved any national award ever.. black friday wasn’t even nominated.. you have a good thing to celebrate.. go and party..
Dude…have a twitter account for yourself. You can create waves! Even the crappier lot are into that! Why not you?
Sirji thank you that you could find out time from you present engagement in Venice, I appreciate.
Do have a toast from my side. Lets meet up when you are back.
I think Adoor, Girish serve as right examples for people like you. They still sticks to his guns. Hardly their movies make headlines unless they win national awards. But things are changing for good. I am big fan of Anurag’s movie from the day I saw Black Friday. How many knew Anurag till Dev D was made? And even this hoophla of people knowing Anurag I think is just because of Emosanal Athyachaar song and the controversial statements he make. But now he has his legions of fans who will watch no matter what he makes. With internet making waves and creating opportunities for independent filmmakers like you, its time to rejoice not to feel low or sad.
And yes, we are waiting for the film to release in Bangalore! And congrats for the feats you achieved on your first movie!
@Shivajee- i know how you are feeling. get prepared for the next thing that might hit you. like me you might become an untouchable, at least till you make your next film.
when my first film “hope’ got a National award, i was on cloud nine.. i was thinking now i have arrived, now people will make the kind of films i want to make… sorry it took me two years to make my next film, with lots of compromises.
i only hope god will be kinder to you and bless you to make your next film soon.. all the best and Congratulations for winning the National award.. not every one can get one… have a party, have a blast..
@Satish
Saar thank you very much.
I have already waited two years, hahahaha.
Thank you for your wishes.
Let me quote Superstar Rajni here…
God gives aplenty to the evil, but lets go of them all at once, suddenly
God might put to test the good, but never leaves them in time of strife…
These awards are just the beginnig.. We hope to see greater films from you.. Also bring Frozen to bangalore soon…
i copy all that ram says, same 2 same. also bring frozen to bangalore… soon! MIND IT!!!!
@Ram
Thank you very much…Frozen is coming soon to Bangalore…
Shivaji, i m sure u knew it right from the beginning that this is going to happen. i m talking about the media thing not the award. but you were relying on the fact that things change. yes, things change but not so easily. every good film maker has to go through what u r going. ur disappointment is justified but just for the time being. atleast the national award jury took the decision in ur favor. it also happens very rarely.so, congrats!!! enjoy!!!! cheers!!!and start working on ur next.
@disturbingbehaviour
well I have noted the points :-)
Thanks man.
Congrats shivajee,
its awesome – the National awards!!! keep it up.
best
@hardik
Thank you!!!
Congrats Sirjee again!!! Would watch you take that one on stage
Would Shanker Raman be the cinematographer for your next too?
@Sridhar
Well just came to know that the award function will be in on 21st October at Delhi. 20th is the day when we will have a rehearsal,reminds me of good old days of school function. Yeah looking forward to it.
It would sound nice national award winning due gets back again. But then all depends on Shanker’s schedule. He is more busy than me :-). Lets hope and see.
I too hope to see your combination again on screen. All this said, I haven’t watched Frozen yet….I live in Hyderabad…I guess no releases here, but will surely grab the CD when its available
BTW – I am getting more eager to watch it from the time Vijay(the live wire of PFC) had told that Shanker Raman is a visionary cinematographer. Personally I am awed by the works of these guys. Simply amazing. The craft, the technique, such finesse….I guess its my time to blog and post
Congrates Shivajee Sirji…for getting National award for your debut movie…Well what you said is right but still you are getting your dues in some way, people are appreciating your great effort…may be they are few but they are… you are right publicity for delhi screening was very bad but despite that when i Watch Frozen in Delhi, crowd was not so great but everybody present in the hall was appreciating it… Keep going janab, hoping to watch your new venture soon…
@akash
Thank you and I appreciate that you took the effort of watching Frozen in Delhi. As far as I know there will be some more screenings in Delhi now as we have got this award. One print is with the Directorate of Film Festival Delhi. You can pull more people with you this time maybe.
Next venture…hmmm…
I will definitely go for it again and try to pull some more peolpe with me, if it is screened again. Infact last time it was a call from PFC author Arun Prakash to watch it together and will try to make it a point again…
@akash
Arun is a dear friend and a supporter of Frozen too. Hope to see you guys in Delhi. Am arriving there in another 48 hours :-)
Great Sir, I will try to make up with Arun about this…hope to see you…
Congrats Shivajee sir for your win and constant interaction with people like us who continuosly wants to learn about cinema. I have learned more about India and world through cinema than whole academics and talks. Let bolly, kolly and all wood raise their standards after watching their debacle.We have to merge with mainstream oneday and conquer popular cinema through quality films one day. Inshallah, hum honge kamyaab ek din.
Congrats to PFC team to stand for ‘Frozen’ for getting it recognized in the span of time to all its readers and viewers of cinema. For indie cinema, this is the right time of growth and flourish..
@yayaver,
I love your nick “yayaver”…it reminds me of myself :-)
Thank you and this is the supports which has kept me and others like us going…
Sir, its honor that you liked my nick and it reflects your insight. Take the nick “yayaver” and use, misuse, abuse, recylce and revise. do whatever way you want for the sake of good cinema…
Thank you yayaver…I will use that nick surely…
Shivaji sir… firstly heartiest congratulations on ‘Frozen’ … all the accolades and awards… all of it is well deserved… unfortunately, our media today is all about yellow journalism, its about making stories and creating a ruckus… the tone in which I am unhappy about you not getting your due coverage, its also still good, that the media did not start up creating stories like ‘Frozen story was originally written by XYZ’ .. which could taken all your satisfaction of winning the award into an anger… with journalists being a name and no face (physically or being under the garb of ‘journos’) lately the authenticity and the way a news rubs off on a person doesn’t bother them … So for all we know… for no fault or even without asking, the ‘KHANS’ are defeated by prakash raj (come on, the 2 Khans know if they do a barah anna or a 3 deewarein, or even if a Salman in Saawariya kinds, they will be awarded and toasted up by media even if these folks wouldn’t ve even seen the movies… so they dont even have to bother for now…)… so sir, all I am trying to say (you’d already be knowing anyways
) abhi toh cherish this moment… this is huge… and you know how huge it is, and so do a lot of folks like us in PFC… the one thing I have noticed in the ‘bollywood’ mafiasoed world is that all you gotta do is keep holding and being present.. somehow or the other… sooner or later, if you are still around, you would somehow make it big… and make real big… in your case, when you do that … you also got a huge backup now, which will be paraded around then, cementing you for permenency in media, books and audience…. keep holding on sir… as much as Frozen is celebrated today, Frozen will be back in full swing, few years down the line.. again .. and this time, with even more mass acceptance…
All the very best for future … cheers…
forgot to mention… hold on for a little more time… very soon you’d be the celebrity who will be saying a few things for somebody else’s cinema
@Prasanna
Thank you for your heartfelt wishes. Actually under normal conditions I would have just kept quiet as I have done till now. It was just this morning that I opened the laptop and poured my feelings. Wanted to share things,just that.
Somewhere during the day, I realised that the enormity of the whole thing…The Highest National Award for A Debut Film in my own country is this…there will never be a second debut award ever for me…holy shit…phew…etched in history. I don’t know which was the last Black and White Hindi film which got the Indira Gandhi National Award…can some one tell me?
Anyways yesss am excited….
Wow .. Sir, you just raised our priviledge, by letting us know that you were sharing your feelings with us..it honestly feels like a huge raise to an audience like me
… we can understand what you are feeling… though maybe not the enormity… but we are equally sore about enough focus not being paid… then again … at least the few of us right here are cherishing the success… As Anurag Sir said in an earlier post, make sure you do make this a point of discussion sometime in future… jisne nahi dekha, us-e dikha dete hai ….
going a lil out of context.. lekin jus another toast to PFC… on the 3rd anniversary … maybe I understood only today, how PFC bridged gaps between cinema maker and viewer, apart from discussin subjects, to sharing passions … cheers oz and team …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematography
Last Black and white film came around 1984. 25 years of gap. Rise of phoneix. Again my wishes to you, shanker raman sir and frozen team
@yayaver
that was an Oriya film but Hindi was in 1974…anyways long time…
Dear Shivajee, Shanker, please accept my heartiest congratulations on winning the National Awards for Best Debut Feature and Best Cinemetography.
Not many people can boast of winning the National Award for their very first film, that too from the First Citizen of India, and purely on merit.
It’s the country’s biggest honour. And you guys did it without anybody’s good PR, recommendition, or Jhol-Jhapata. Take a bow!
Thank you on behalf of the whole team.
Dear Shivajee,
Andrei Tarkovsky, Russia’s greatest director ever, made perhaps the best film ever (Andrei Rublev), and yet anybody could even see it for a long time due to the policies of Kremlin.
But it didnt stop him from making his masterpieces. Keep kicking at the door, brother. Someday, common sense will prevail in Indian Media. And you’ll get your dues.
In any case, be f**king proud of yourself.
@ajay singh
We are really proud of our film and are thankful of the people of Ladakh for helping us complete this dream in -25 degrees celcious and at the height of plus 15k feet height.
Shivajee,
Any further projects in the pipeline for you? Anything that you’d like to share with us at this moment.
@ajay singh
just few days more…there will an announcement but presently due to obvious reasons I can’t comment on that…I hope you understand :-)
@Shivajee,
Boss,
Congratulations on wining two National awards for your first Film. This itself is a kind of big achievement.
Your second film will witness different and welcoming reception from the audiences.
Frozen had its own gains and losses like a person has in his/her life. Guess somewhere things have to be accepted as they are.
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You know it already but there is no harm in repeating the things. (There is nothing to lose hope and courage. We can find devoted filmmakers whose films make a round all over the world and they are shown at almost all the important film festivals and people speaking the same language in which these films are made, dont even bother to attend these screenings. But this avoidance from people of their own states has not stopped or discouraged these devoted filmsmakers and they have been making films since decades and they have not compromised in their films to make them suitable for the general audience’s taste.
If words like Market, audience, media etc etc will start affecting so deeply the courage then it will become difficult to make sensible films. So examples are there and these creators have been survining for long. and they still make films.
Not all can become super stars but then not all can become universally reputed actors/directors etc.
Choice is there before one. Preference is independently available to everyone.)
@Rk sir
Thank you very much for your thoughtful remarks…
Hey..Shivaji..
Once the DVD comes out, Frozen will get the status of a cult movie.
I am pretty sure of that!!
I am just thinking , It will be hell difficult to put all the awards logos on the cover!!!!!
@Faltu
That is a point…am getting a very good feeling about that DVD…yeah the cover would be an interesting one.
@Shivajee
Any screenings in Bangalore?? would love to watch it ASAP
@Arvind
Yeah…I will have the complete schedule of Bangalore and Kolkata release in just a few days.
Thanks Shiva, looking forward to it. And many Congratulations!!! to you on this great feat…
congrats, shivajee!!
can’t wait for the dvd to come out so all us DC viewers can finally see the film!
@Amanda
Thank you very much…
All those who are asking me to keep a saner mind and enjoy…kindly read the heading of this article and see the first question…Dharm has won the Best Feature Film For National Integretion…Frozen has won The Best First Film of A Director…can anyone tell me what does a debutant director mean??
I understand, Nargis Dutt Award for National Integration goes to Dharm, and it is the Director’s First Film.
My question is does that make the director to be the first Debutant Director to win a National Award???
Now please don’t give crap to me not to be cynical and crib about media…
http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleImage.aspx?article=09_09_2009_539_004&mode=undefined
Shit I forgot to paste the article in my anger…
Hey Shivajee and team….heartiest congratulations…..
super duper debut man…….
U have something that most of these camp shamp wallah’s would give an arm and leg for (crores as well who knows…)….
“Shivajee Chandrabhushan’s debut was a B & W film shot at one of the most astounding and difficult places in the world, it won two national awards and today is regarded as a cult classic and a trendsetter”
How will that sound ten years down the line?
Eagerly awaiting the dvd.
p.s you too belong to a camp though…apna camp…PFC camp
good one bro ashwini.. i hope one such camp actually emerges… one that stands for & provides a forum to quality cinema in India! What an idea sirjee!
Amen to that bro….
apna bhi time aayega..
cheers…
The link to the Hindustan Times article is not working.
Anyway the articles is in HT Mumbai supplement HT Cafe, page 9
Congratulations on the National Award! It is a big feat.. And dont let what you have gone through dilute the celebration. I agree the film industry can be a tough place to be in, turning optimists into cynics. But I guess you are still lucky Shivaji, your film released, got recognised, got awarded. There are still many who are still waiting… Write in something encouraging for them!
After all, you have ‘made it’! Albeit with trouble and roadblocks.. We all go through shit. The point is, who comes out. And you did!
well said arati… but jus check the blooper done by Hindustan Times… such things do cause heart burn… especially as you are associated with a national award winner yourself, you might know, how bad it wud feel, if the facts are fudged & ur name is sweeped under the carpet, just cuz of rakhi ka swayamwar or some such!
Ha ha! Rakhi ka swayamvar!
But yes, these errors are totally disastrous and unpardonable. We also won the Best Film on Social Welfare last year for our Bengali film and NO ONE wrote! This year, TZP wins the same award and voila! Its news! It sucks totally and I am sure and hopeful that more responsible journalists will come. The crap has to go, sooner or later.
I just think that this is the time to pop the champagne and chuck negativity! It’s the time to reply to congratulatory messages, bask in the glory and have fun! Bring it on!! :D
@Arati
Thank you too…
Yes we did it :-)
Shit this is extremely ridiculous.Looks like a poor PR exercise for Dharm and Bhavana Talwar rather than professional journalism.How could HT allow this????? this shows how media could be so lopsided.
Shivajee- dont let this upset you too much- I repeat, one day the same media will be going all out to cover you for sure.
true sethu: but its high time the pen-pushers learn their lessons for good. had ho gayi …
one question Shivajee?? would you do it yourself? I mean will you forget making good cinema n align yourself to some studio who makes the same usual crap movies like daddy cool, life partner etc…
for the sake of cinema, i hope he doesnt stoop to such ‘cool’ levels
n for sake of us too!! Shivajee Sir you achieved so much with your debut movie..So many veteran n wonderful directors like maniratnam n sudhir mishra did not win awards for nayakan n Hazaaron Khwahishein aisi. Hope to see you winning more such awards n the fame too that’s alluding you for now….
btw congrats on your win..
@SC – First of all, many congrats for winning the accolades for the movie. Though its not fair to say that you should not be disheartened, as the movie is not getting it proper credits. You should be. And the way you have fought till now, I know it will pay some day or other.
Your work is speaking for you…let media do their work. Sooner or later, they will realize their mistake. Its unfortunate that the complex behaviour of the journalists in film industry is unpredictable. If you are good to them, they will be good to you is a doubtful question.
The more you give, the more you find is an old saying…and it now happen only in utopian world. But then no body can stop you to explore new horizons and challenges.
Though I haven’t seen the movie, but the long list of awards says all. Will definitely watch is whenever I get a chance.
All i can say is – Good Bless. Rock Hard. Kick Ass and carry on the way you want. Looking forward for a lot from you.
Cheers
~Ashu Bhai MAPRM wale.
SHIVAJEE,
CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THE WELL DESERVED ACCOLADES!!!
congratulations for yor national award and all your international awards.i would be more than happy if i could watch your film its not yet released in kolkata.hope its been shown at the kolkata film festival this year.now you shouldnt blame the media .i would never dicuss maths with my friends or tell them the benifit of it bcoz i have a problem understanding it.thats the problem with media they dont understand cinema.now you know it better than i do.what would they write about your film when none of them have seen it or none of them could understand.they still think someone who made ‘its all about loving your parents’ is the best director of this country.have you ever found any article where they dicussed about takeshi kitano’s films or kim ki duk’s work.now when it comes to any english film they would publish the review given by any critic of chicago times or so.thats easier for them.i am not blaming them as you cant blame me for not knowing maths.my request is to keep doing good work and keep inspiring us.once thank you.
Dont know if this is any relevent, but heres a poem for you (have picked it up from an old Baja caliber ad)
“I’m not a star
There is no Halo over my head
Fate doesn’t like the colour of my eyes
Struggle and strife are old friends of mine
Who am i?
I’m survival. I’m guts. I’m pride
I like odds
especially when they’re
stacked against me
Because there’ll come a time
When I’ll stare them in the eye
And smile the smile of
the one who’s pulled it off
I am the guy who will have
deep lines on his face someday
And it’ll make me look good
When i laugh
Because that is the day
I’ll fear no fear
And taste sweat that is sweet
And look back for the
very first time and say,
I did it my way
The long hard way!
~Ashu Bhai MAPRM wale
bro ashu, that was kickass! thanks for putting it up here… it will be an inspiration for many indie film makers here! my day is made… magik ki jhappi
Wow…That is cool…
That is the motto!!!
Thanks to you…
Thanks Sir…it was just a piece of poem which i picked up from an old ad..but it has stricked deep in my heart. It has always motivated me to keep on doing good and kicking asses, without looking back.
i even don’t know how to react and kill somebody who is really responsible to kill these beautiful creations….all i can say then indian shd not complain about good or diff cinema if you cannot respect that…..if possible then mail me to share my part of story….deepakmetro2000@gmail.com
thnx to make a movie like this …shiv ….
thank you…
Listen!
In Pune 35 people died in 34 days because of swine flu (and ppl are still dying). Electronic media mysteriously stopped the swine flu coverage after the 8th/ 9 th death in India. you know why because information and broadcasting ministry served them the notice not to create panic by the coverage. As their licences could get in trouble – they almost stopped the coverage – civic hospitals in pune as well as in India still having lots of loopholes – to uncover them electronic media support was must – but now the whole issue has been hushed ! If this is the tragic story of reality in India – why do u cry about the tragedy of your realistic film in india?
http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/epaper/index.php?location=49&edition=2009-09-10&pageno=9#
shivaji,is link par jayenge to aapko apna zikra milega.baki puraskaron ka bhi ullekh hai.shayad aap ne gaur kiya ho ki aap,feroz abbas khan,aamir khan,amrit sagar,sushil rajpal aur bhavna talwar sabhi first time director hain.iske alawa imtiyaz ali,farah khan aur shinit amin kee doosri film ko awards mile hain.cheers!
http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/epaper/index.php?location=49&edition=2009-09-10&pageno=9#
read it.
It just released in Cal. I shall catch it.
shivajee… first of all, congrats for the national awards, and sorry for replying so late. kya karein, bahut jyada travelling ho gayi last week.
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ur angst is justified, and tht will keep ur desire burning to prove the nay-sayers wrong… hit back harder, that the mantra. keep making buzz and getting awards for frozen, and for your other future films, till ppl realise they cant ignore ur talent any longer.
Fuck it dude dont get these things bother you, just remember yourself BEFORE frozen when u would have sold your soul to make ur first film, would u care about any of the above mentioned issues? I mean it sucks but hey you ended not just making ur first film but a great first film! 50 years from now when criterion releases ur film NO ONE will remember how the media covered ur awards or who was quoted on ur poster they will remember frozen! So now just look past it and make another killer film bro
Cheers
@Suparn
Thanks mate and best of luck for your film too….
I am dying to see this film. The trailers made me drool. And yeah, second Suparn Verma on this. You won the National Award! Awards are not important for what has already been accomplished, but encouragement for what can come next.
@Sri
I understand what you mean and can feel the pressure all the more now :-)
Congrats Shivajee! Way to go
Hey…Thank you :-)
Congrats Shivajee… I was one of the people who had attended the first screening in Mumbai where you were there… Frozen is a wonderful movie and truly something different from what is being seen normally.. It was visually stunning and one could see the effort of each one of you behind the film
@Gaurav Tanna
Thanks for your continuing support to all of us…
Hi Shivajee,
Congratulations on the awards. Since watching Frozen when it was released in Bombay, I have been looking for stills from the film. Can you please help me locate some? Maybe on the Internet.
Or you can even mail me some to sujata4@gmail.com.
Much encouragement for your next venture.