‘’JOHR BAAGH STATION DOORS WILL OPEN ON THER RIGHT PLEASE MIND THE GAP’’. When we heard the habituated voice from Delhi metro enouncement we rushed towards the doors in the heavily crowded metro.
We inquired they way to IIC (India International center) at every corner of the LODHI ROAD and finally we entered the beautiful garden of IIC. The Colorful hoardings of film festival PERSISTENCE RESISTANCE warmly welcomed us to the auditorium.
Surprisingly we met Sharmila Tagore a famous actress at the Inaugural ceremony. She was the chief guest for the Book release. We have gone across many visually pleasing sequences in and out of the auditorium.
I felt the place like a retro fashion parade as all the film makers wore dignified cotton clothing’s and their neglected hair style visualised their dedication towards film making.
Inaugural ceremony focused on the civilian and journalist rights. Orators presented the importance of various Medias in emerging a strong democratic nation. One of the orator said ‘’ we have come across a major change in the judiciary system in the last Five years, especially on freedom of speech on sexuality’’. Sharmila Tagore released the book FIRE which is based on Deepa Mehta’s film FIRE and appreciated her work to bring in lesbian and homosexual emotions to forefront.
Documentary films started with Arun Khopkar’s series of movies. First movie Rasika priya inspired from the Indian classical ragas. Mr Khopkar brought out interlaced relation between Nature and Music. Rasika was a visually pleasing movie with beautiful locations from Hilltop Mountains, waterfalls and beautiful flowers.
Another movie LOKAPRIYA was an informative movie on change in music from 40’s till date. Background scores in the movie all the viewers attention and every started humming the old melodies in the movie. Movie gave a great opportunity to watch the legendary Musicians of Hindi film industry. His next movie SANCHARI visualised Indian classical dance forms, camera work in Sanchari was appreciable in the way he shot different dancing movements with a single camera.
Post Lunch break we rushed into the auditorium to watch a foreign film SISTERS IN LAW. A strong story dealt with Domestic violence and Women rights. Story line was about two women and one kid.
SIL showed the outlook of Conservative Muslim family structure where women have no freedom to protest and protect themselves and The Ill treatment of a child at her aunt’s house. Movie also brought the living and working style of African villagers.
The last movie was THE CITY BEAUTIFUL by RAHUL ROY, a famous Indian film maker who won several awards all over the world. Movie was about two middle class families who migrated to Delhi from their own town.
It was a day worth full in my life. I obelised by the way the film makers behaved and their patients to listen to critics was a learning experience. Camera work in all the movies brought intensity to stories
RAJ KAMAL VUPPU
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