rani to direct a film, say the headlines...
well, so she now want to direct...interesting..
what kind of films would she like to direct? i try to put myself into her shoes, some how i feel that she would succumb to directing films women oriented themes, which would be a pity. almost all the women directors this country has produced have got stuck in the woman feminist theme. right from aparna sen, to deepa mehta to kalpana lajmi,revati, saroh khan, even sai paranjape went for simple neutral themes instead of an out and out unapologetic unabashed nonsensical bollywood masala.
the only woman director that comes to mind who broke that mould, and made no bones about making bollywood tripe is farah khan. in that sense she is truely i can safely say a woman director who has been able to rise above the restrictive feminist trap, at least where bollywood is concerned, and makes successes(huge or not is another question), of tripe like OSO, and MNK. she actually can create scenes like sheela ki jawani,(nothing less than 'blue films' banner, and the initial lines of the song picturised in a fashion that seem suggestive of 'gang bang' porn, which feminists should find totally objectionable, if they actually thought to think about it, though she went and spoilt it all by insisting that it was superior song, and not tacky like other bollywood hot numbers..
i had first noticed farah khan, in an interview just after 'pehla nasha' was declared a hit, and she grinned while answering a question, how come she managed to snatch this song from saroj khan, the reigning cheorographer in bollywood in those days, "because im cute"..that spelt loads of attitude, and the kind of attitude i liked. she was a rebel. an instinctive rebel, not a cultivated rebel, against the establishment of bollywood. farah, kudos, for being a person who has the guts to make tripe, and make money out of it, like the men in the industry are doing, for not falling for the 'im a woman, so ive to be more intelligent, and make serious films' trap, and getting relegated to just that later, like 'art film' directors prakash jha and other directors have been relegated to.
Though, today Farah is establishment, and comes across as no different from the people she at one time rebelled against, yet nothing can take away from her the credit of being a human being first, and then a woman. that glory is all hers and hers only.
rani, i hope u dont fall for the feminist trap, and give us some memorable bollywood films like farah, another Om Shanti Om, another Kutch Kutch hota hai like ur dear friend Kjo, another band baaja barat!
heres fingers crossed for u rani, and all the best in your new venture.
well, so she now want to direct...interesting..
what kind of films would she like to direct? i try to put myself into her shoes, some how i feel that she would succumb to directing films women oriented themes, which would be a pity. almost all the women directors this country has produced have got stuck in the woman feminist theme. right from aparna sen, to deepa mehta to kalpana lajmi,revati, saroh khan, even sai paranjape went for simple neutral themes instead of an out and out unapologetic unabashed nonsensical bollywood masala.
the only woman director that comes to mind who broke that mould, and made no bones about making bollywood tripe is farah khan. in that sense she is truely i can safely say a woman director who has been able to rise above the restrictive feminist trap, at least where bollywood is concerned, and makes successes(huge or not is another question), of tripe like OSO, and MNK. she actually can create scenes like sheela ki jawani,(nothing less than 'blue films' banner, and the initial lines of the song picturised in a fashion that seem suggestive of 'gang bang' porn, which feminists should find totally objectionable, if they actually thought to think about it, though she went and spoilt it all by insisting that it was superior song, and not tacky like other bollywood hot numbers..
i had first noticed farah khan, in an interview just after 'pehla nasha' was declared a hit, and she grinned while answering a question, how come she managed to snatch this song from saroj khan, the reigning cheorographer in bollywood in those days, "because im cute"..that spelt loads of attitude, and the kind of attitude i liked. she was a rebel. an instinctive rebel, not a cultivated rebel, against the establishment of bollywood. farah, kudos, for being a person who has the guts to make tripe, and make money out of it, like the men in the industry are doing, for not falling for the 'im a woman, so ive to be more intelligent, and make serious films' trap, and getting relegated to just that later, like 'art film' directors prakash jha and other directors have been relegated to.Though, today Farah is establishment, and comes across as no different from the people she at one time rebelled against, yet nothing can take away from her the credit of being a human being first, and then a woman. that glory is all hers and hers only.
rani, i hope u dont fall for the feminist trap, and give us some memorable bollywood films like farah, another Om Shanti Om, another Kutch Kutch hota hai like ur dear friend Kjo, another band baaja barat!
heres fingers crossed for u rani, and all the best in your new venture.
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