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“Getting stars is simply a large publicity stunt (for a festival). However, we are not going to beg them to come. If you consciousness you beryllium thing to cinema, past come,” said filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, festival manager of the 55th variation of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa. Kapur, who is the manager of landmark movies Bandit Queen (1994) and Elizabeth (1998), expressed his disapproval implicit dependance connected prima beingness and their reddish carpet appearances for a movie festival’s occurrence and publicity.
Talking to The Indian Express, Kapur said, “The occurrence of a movie festival can’t beryllium connected oregon beryllium measured by stars who made their appearance… The occurrence of a festival tin beryllium measured lone by the fig of movie lovers who be it.” In caller years, the opening and closing ceremonies of IFFI, usually held successful the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium that tin accommodate 4,000 visitors, person go star-studded events. Apart from stars walking the reddish carpet, creation performances wherever stars groove to a medley of fashionable songs person go a communal feature.
The festival manager believes that it does not marque a quality however galore stars crook up for the opening oregon closing ceremony.
“I don’t deliberation a movie festival should beg stars to come. The stars themselves should instrumentality pridefulness successful a festival. Over the years, we person gone incorrect by saying: ‘please, aa jao na (please, come)’. If I americium allowed to, I volition marque this statement: Don’t travel if you don’t consciousness you are honoured to beryllium invited (to IFFI),” said Kapur, whose films Masoom (1983) and Mr India (1987) person remained fashionable with viewers crossed generations.
The 78-year-old filmmaker, who was portion of the squad that acceptable up the festival successful Goa on with precocious Manohar Parrikar, erstwhile Chief Minister of Goa, agreed to instrumentality up the relation of festival manager instantly.
“I ever leap and past look astatine the consequences. When they asked maine to beryllium the festival director, I said yes wrong 15 seconds. My archetypal instinct was that of an creator who is looking astatine a achromatic canvas and splashes that archetypal brush. If you tin assistance thing adjacent successful the smallest mode to succeed, you should.”
“What it needs is simply a alteration successful attitude. We should invitation stars for a reason. AR Rahman is 1 of India’s biggest stars. He comes to IFFI to speech astir something. A prima should not conscionable amusement his/her look and tally away. If you person a movie (being screened), past travel here, oregon bring your films. We volition springiness you a batch of respect. Or, travel to instrumentality a class. Talk to the audiences astir your travel and work.” Rahman volition clasp a memorial speech connected Lata Mangeshkar tomorrow.
Instead of being prima struck, the festival should observe the audiences. India is the largest filmmaking federation successful the full satellite and Kapur gives recognition for this to “audiences”. “They ticker movies with the air-conditioning not moving and rats moving astir their feet. We should beryllium celebrating them,” the manager said. “This movie festival is for them,” helium said.
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