Episode 5: Apurva Asrani Part 2
04/16/19 • 55 min
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Storytelling (on film) occurs in three stages: on paper (writing), on sets (direction) and in the editing room.
Apurva Asrani has had the experience of wearing all three hats. He’s been an integral part of some of the finest Hindi films in the last 20 years.
Spoke with Asrani about his experiences working with RGV, Kalpana Lajmi, Hansal Mehta and Nagesh Kukunoor; his role in persuading RGV to switch from Steenbeck to Avid; the personally cathartic experience of writing ALIGARH; Indian queer cinema; and struggles of gay men in India.
Asrani was articulate and insightful with his responses, and bared his soul on several issues he holds close to his heart. I greatly appreciated that. I think you’ll too.
Part 2 of my conversation with Apurva Asrani.
Feedback/comments/questions: [email protected]
Credits:
Concept, script: Himanshu (@loveofcinemasf8)
Host: Himanshu
Editor: Devika Joglekar
Music: Nakul Abhyankar
Copyrights © Love of Cinema 2019
If you liked the episode and found value, please considering supporting the show. Your support will help me continue making good content for fans of Indian cinema everywhere across the world: https://www.buzzsprout.com/257788/support
Hi everyone, thanks for listening. Drop a line or two about the episode!
Storytelling (on film) occurs in three stages: on paper (writing), on sets (direction) and in the editing room.
Apurva Asrani has had the experience of wearing all three hats. He’s been an integral part of some of the finest Hindi films in the last 20 years.
Spoke with Asrani about his experiences working with RGV, Kalpana Lajmi, Hansal Mehta and Nagesh Kukunoor; his role in persuading RGV to switch from Steenbeck to Avid; the personally cathartic experience of writing ALIGARH; Indian queer cinema; and struggles of gay men in India.
Asrani was articulate and insightful with his responses, and bared his soul on several issues he holds close to his heart. I greatly appreciated that. I think you’ll too.
Part 2 of my conversation with Apurva Asrani.
Feedback/comments/questions: [email protected]
Credits:
Concept, script: Himanshu (@loveofcinemasf8)
Host: Himanshu
Editor: Devika Joglekar
Music: Nakul Abhyankar
Copyrights © Love of Cinema 2019
If you liked the episode and found value, please considering supporting the show. Your support will help me continue making good content for fans of Indian cinema everywhere across the world: https://www.buzzsprout.com/257788/support
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Episode 4: Apurva Asrani Part 1
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Storytelling (on film) occurs in three stages: on paper (writing), on sets (direction) and in the editing room.
Apurva Asrani has had the experience of wearing all three hats. He’s been an integral part of some of the finest Hindi films in the last 20 years.
Spoke with Asrani about his experiences working with RGV, Kalpana Lajmi, Hansal Mehta and Nagesh Kukunoor; his role in persuading RGV to switch from Steenbeck to Avid; the personally cathartic experience of writing ALIGARH; Indian queer cinema; and struggles of gay men in India.
Asrani was articulate and insightful with his responses, and bared his soul on several issues he holds close to his heart. I greatly appreciated that. I think you’ll too.
Part 1 of my conversation with Apurva Asrani.
Corrections: In my intro, I mentioned Apurva wrote Waiting (2015), which is incorrect. Waiting was written by Atika Chohan, Anu Menon and James Ruzicka. Also, Shahid (2013) was co-written by Sameer Gautam Singh. My apologies to all four writers. Sorry about this.
Feedback/comments/questions: [email protected]
Credits:
Concept, script: Himanshu (@loveofcinemasf8)
Host: Himanshu
Editor: Devika Joglekar
Music: Nakul Abhyankar
Copyrights © Love of Cinema 2019
If you liked the episode and found value, please considering supporting the show. Your support will help me continue making good content for fans of Indian cinema everywhere across the world: https://www.buzzsprout.com/257788/support
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Episode 6: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
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My chat with Shivendra Singh Dungarpur about film preservation and film restoration.
We chatted about preservation and how restoration also entails keeping the filmmaker’s original intent intact.
We also spoke about Muzaffar Ali’s Zoonie; the recent restoration of Kubrick’s masterpiece, 2001: A space Odyssey; the first Bengali silent film, Bilwamangal; and Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old.
Dungarpur also touched on his unfinished film, Ittefaq. For which he had assembled an enviable crew, comprising Rahman, Gulzar, Sriram Raghavan, Karan Bali and Sharmishta Roy.
And.. of course, I asked him about the wonderful documentary, Celluloid Man.
Please do consider making a donation to the Film Heritage Foundation at: https://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/donate/
Feedback/comments/questions: [email protected]
Credits:
Concept, script: Himanshu (@loveofcinemasf8)
Host: Himanshu
Editor: Devika Joglekar
Music: Nakul Abhyankar
Copyrights © Love of Cinema 2019
If you liked the episode and found value, please considering supporting the show. Your support will help me continue making good content for fans of Indian cinema everywhere across the world: https://www.buzzsprout.com/257788/support
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