New Delhi, July 17: Multiple National Award-winning filmmaker Jahnu Barua detests gimmicks as they make him feel uncomfortable. He prefers making movies in the Assamese language as he is not compelled to include elements like item numbers in his craft, which he feels are a reflection of a filmmaker's weakness.
Barua has made National Award-winning films "And the River Flows", "Aparoopa" and "Bonani" in his mother tongue and even showed his craftsmanship in Hindi movie "Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara".
"I don't like gimmicks because I feel uncomfortable. In the 1950s and the 1960s, movies that were commercially successful didn't.
Barua has made National Award-winning films "And the River Flows", "Aparoopa" and "Bonani" in his mother tongue and even showed his craftsmanship in Hindi movie "Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara".
"I don't like gimmicks because I feel uncomfortable. In the 1950s and the 1960s, movies that were commercially successful didn't.
- 7/17/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
Still from Almanya
After some furious browsing through the festival booklet, I zeroed in on an Italian film The Salt of Life as my first film of the day. A very funny take on the middle- aged generation. A 50-something forced into early retirement is caught between a demanding mother and his own inability to attract young girls. Sort of like Shaukeen with just one lascivious gent.
Jahnu Barua’s first feature Aparoopa was part of the Indian Retrospective segment. A few discerning viewers chose it over other stuff playing elsewhere. Those that stayed till the end were rewarded with a warm Q & A with the director with cinematographer Binod Pradhan. Mercifully, the questions were meaningful and not ‘These are a few of my favourite things’. One question was on the unavailability of his other films. Barua mentioned that he’s working towards getting his films released on DVD. My fingers are crossed.
After some furious browsing through the festival booklet, I zeroed in on an Italian film The Salt of Life as my first film of the day. A very funny take on the middle- aged generation. A 50-something forced into early retirement is caught between a demanding mother and his own inability to attract young girls. Sort of like Shaukeen with just one lascivious gent.
Jahnu Barua’s first feature Aparoopa was part of the Indian Retrospective segment. A few discerning viewers chose it over other stuff playing elsewhere. Those that stayed till the end were rewarded with a warm Q & A with the director with cinematographer Binod Pradhan. Mercifully, the questions were meaningful and not ‘These are a few of my favourite things’. One question was on the unavailability of his other films. Barua mentioned that he’s working towards getting his films released on DVD. My fingers are crossed.
- 10/19/2011
- by Devang Ghia
- DearCinema.com
Still from Climate for Crime
The 40th edition of Paris Autumn Festival, as a tribute to Indian cinema, will screen films of Jahnu Barua and Adoor Gopalakrishnan in “North East by South West” section from October 25 to December 20.
“From Assam, Jahnu Barua directed twelve feature films, which explore social aspects of rural India in a humanist and realist vein, while Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s documentaries and feature films form an ode to the arts and history of his native Kerala,” as mentioned on the official website of the festival.
The following films of Jahnu Barua will be presented: Aparoopa (1982), Kahani Ek (1986), Papori (1986), Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1988), Bonani (1990), Firingoti (1992), Porte Bohu Xagoroloi (1995), Kuhkhal (1998), Pokhi (2000), Ramdhem Konikar (2003), Tora (2004) and Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005).
The following films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan will be presented: One’s Own Choice (1977), Rat Trap (1981), Face to Face (1984), Monologue (1987), Walls (1989), The Servile (1994), The Protagonist (1995), Shadow Kill (2003), Four Women (2007) and...
The 40th edition of Paris Autumn Festival, as a tribute to Indian cinema, will screen films of Jahnu Barua and Adoor Gopalakrishnan in “North East by South West” section from October 25 to December 20.
“From Assam, Jahnu Barua directed twelve feature films, which explore social aspects of rural India in a humanist and realist vein, while Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s documentaries and feature films form an ode to the arts and history of his native Kerala,” as mentioned on the official website of the festival.
The following films of Jahnu Barua will be presented: Aparoopa (1982), Kahani Ek (1986), Papori (1986), Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1988), Bonani (1990), Firingoti (1992), Porte Bohu Xagoroloi (1995), Kuhkhal (1998), Pokhi (2000), Ramdhem Konikar (2003), Tora (2004) and Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005).
The following films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan will be presented: One’s Own Choice (1977), Rat Trap (1981), Face to Face (1984), Monologue (1987), Walls (1989), The Servile (1994), The Protagonist (1995), Shadow Kill (2003), Four Women (2007) and...
- 6/20/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Panaji, Nov 25 (Ians) Noted Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua rues that there is no mechanism to screen National Award films in different parts of the country.
‘It’s sad that there is no system in the country where people from different regions can see National Award winning films,’ said Barua, who has won several National Awards for films like ‘Aparoopa’ and ‘Bonani’.
Barua stressed that evolving such a system was a critical need of the hour.
‘People at the helm need to be pressurised so that they get tempted to see each other’s best work,’ he said.
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‘It’s sad that there is no system in the country where people from different regions can see National Award winning films,’ said Barua, who has won several National Awards for films like ‘Aparoopa’ and ‘Bonani’.
Barua stressed that evolving such a system was a critical need of the hour.
‘People at the helm need to be pressurised so that they get tempted to see each other’s best work,’ he said.
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- 11/25/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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