Amrik is an actor and filmmaker and writes and shares his ideas about films on Instagram. He’s also made several short films, his recent one being “Yeh Nayan Dare Dare”. In this episode of Monkey Baat we talk about his filmmaking process, casteism in cinema, why Bengali film industry is dying and other things.
Timestamps:
00:00 - intro
1:56 - his writing process
4:38 - genesis of yeh Nayan dare dare
6:23 - writing is a self hating job
9:05 - how to take criticism
12:46- writer’s block
14:59 - yeh Nayan dare dare’s making
19:00 - what’s his film about?
23:08 - making mundane interesting
29:00 - his process working with actors
31:00 - why is it in black and white?
35:07 - second braining
36:51 - dreams as films
38:22 - weird films
40:45 - shining is CREEPY af!
44:21 - Brahman Naman
48:10 - Bengali cinema’s downfall
51:56 - Tamil cinema using caste narratives
53:33 - casteism in film industry
54:18 - casteism in urban India
56:54 - Neeraj Ghaywan’s Juice and intersectionality
1:00:55 - Caste in mainstream cinema
1:02:28 - Rajkumar Hirani is a genius
1:06:37 - Anurag Kashyap
1:11:22 - Restrictions on cinema in Iran
1:12:48 - How Iranian filmmakers get around censorship is CRAZY!
1:15:22 - Stories are all we have!
1:17:14 - Why Sudhir Mishra blocked him?
1:22:30 - writing on films and his film page
1:25:58 - acting while writing
1:31:11 - film school vs actually making short films
1:38:57 - communicating with actors
1:40:39 - casting is the most important
1:45:24 - workshops before shoot
1:48:37 - Sanjay Leela Bhansali and is misbehaviour in the name of art justified?1:50:58 - outro
You can find Amrik on:
https://instagram.com/actorsahabhttps://instagram.com/justonemoviehttps://twitter.com/actorsahabtwt
Subham: https://instagram.com/subhamparik
Watch his film here: https://youtu.be/zLBJqb_pKjg
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