Vishal Bharadwaj,,,,,,,sensitive......articulate...explains his philosophical outlook with Haider in the backdrop....................... His films are assuming leftist leanings. “If I am not a leftist I am not an artist. The kind of inequality India has if that were to happen in a European country it would have faced six revolutions. For centuries we have played with the psyche of the masses. That your deeds in the last birth are responsible for your present miserable state of affairs. It is given a religious tinge so that he should not revolt. What if he said he wants the same bread that the rich are having? It is like I have been told that your films don’t make 100 crores because your cinematic vision doesn’t appeal to the popular taste. And I say is janam mein hi 100 crore bana ke dikhayenge.” And if it doesn’t happen we will bring your stars into our fold. Perhaps it is because of this streak that his critics feel that he has been diluting since Maqbool. “I am the same kind of man. You can’t lie on screen. I don’t care about the audience.” Really? “Why should I? The audience hasn’t given me anything. I have been appreciated by the intellectuals, the critics and the connoisseurs of cinema. And it is because of them what I am. I don’t follow the popular taste. I want to hold out the hand. It’s up to them whether they want to hold it or not. I don’t make something that I won’t be able to own publicly.”...
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 07:01:19 +0000
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