If there was a magic pill that would let one forget the movie and watch it afresh, he would take it, says director Sriram Raghavan, regarded as the master of the thriller genre in Indian cinema.
Raghavan, known for films such as 바카라Ek Hasina Thi바카라, 바카라Badlapur바카라 and 바카라Andhadhun바카라, says while it's tricky to be both the audience and the maker, he likes to 바카라take both the chairs바카라 when working on a project. The director said he is aware that his latest cinematic outing 바카라Merry Christmas바카라 received a mixed response.
바카라I am definitely conscious of the viewer sitting in the seat while I am editing because I am also the viewer, so I take both the chairs. Sometimes I watch my whole film as the viewer in the edit room and I wish there was a pill with which you can just forget the movie and watch it afresh, but I can바카라t do that. I simply spend time watching the movie again and again,바카라 Raghavan told PTI in an interview.
바카라Merry Christmas바카라, a thriller with elements of dark humour, romance, a murder and a bit of Christmas magic, starred Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi. The film, shot simultaneously in Hindi and Tamil, follows two strangers Maria (Kaif) and Albert (Sethupathi) who cross paths on Christmas eve. It is streaming on Netflix.
Some viewers praised the film, while others had issues with its 바카라pace and ending바카라, which were risks he willingly took.
바카라They had an issue with its pace but it was a risk I took because if I tried to hurry this movie, it would have lost the basic flavour. There are some people for whom the ending didn바카라t work. But that was a choice, the ending works for me. I had a couple of other endings also. We were even thinking of shooting two endings, one for Hindi and one for Tamil,바카라 he said.
Raghavan finally decided to go ahead with a similar ending for both the versions and abandon the alternate ending as it was 바카라more verbal바카라.
The filmmaker has turned ambassador for Red Lorry Film Festival, a curated cinematic universe by BookMyShow. It features some of the best international movies under one roof from April 5 to 7 at Maison INOX at Jio World Plaza and Maison PVR at Jio World Drive, Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Mumbai.
Raghavan, known for his eclectic taste in global cinema, has curated a list of seven films that he would want cinephiles to see. These films include 바카라Dark Passage바카라 (1947), a noir drama starring real-life couple Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, 바카라The Lady From Shanghai바카라, also a 1947 film and featuring Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles, as well as Alfred Hitchcock바카라s 1960 slasher classic 바카라Psycho바카라 and 1972바카라s 바카라Frenzy바카라.
The list also includes 바카라Blow Up바카라, the 1966 classic by Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni that inspired many filmmakers and has been hat-tipped by Kundan Shah in 바카라Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron바카라. 바카라The Last Night of Amore바카라 in 2023 and this year바카라s release 바카라The Sleeping Woman바카라 are also part of the movies that Raghavan recommends as part of the festival.
The filmmaker, a graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), said the job of picking these titles was tricky but fun.
바카라You probably have never seen 바카라Psycho바카라 on the big screen. I did manage to see it once in the film institute. I thought it would be great to watch the movie and wonder how it was when it came in 1960. It바카라s definitely a collective experience, glorious black and white and great music,바카라 he said.
Both 바카라Andhadhun바카라 as well as 바카라Merry Christmas바카라 tip their hats to French cinema and literature. While the Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer was inspired by the French short film 바카라The Piano Tuner바카라, the basic premise of 바카라Merry Christmas바카라 has been attributed to French novel 바카라Le Monte-charge바카라, which was also adapted into a movie by the title of 바카라Paris Pick-Up바카라 (1962).
Asked about the soft corner he seems to have for French cinema, Raghavan said while he grew up largely on Hollywood movies, he got an entry into French cinema while studying at the FTII.
바카라What was interesting is that they also love Hollywood but when they make a gangster film or a heist film, they have a very unique non-Hollywood take on everything, including performances and story.
바카라Now, of course바카라 Japanese cinema would be completely (unique) on its own. I have been a little partial towards French cinema because I have seen so many great ones there like Jean-Pierre Melville and Francois Truffaut,바카라 he said.
Raghavan is currently busy with his next project 바카라Ikkis바카라, a war drama starring Agastya Nanda and Dharmendra. Based on the life of the youngest Param Vir Chakra recipient Arun Khetarpal, the film will be released on Prime Video after its theatrical run.
바카라We have already shot one major schedule with Dharmendra and now we are working on the Agastya portion바카라 Then we have got the war scenes coming up,바카라 he said.
It is an unusual project for Raghavan, a departure of sorts from thriller movies he makes and he admits taking up "Ikkis" was a deliberate choice.
바카라When my producer was narrating it. I asked, 바카라Who is doing it?바카라 and no one was attached. So I said, 바카라Can I give it a shot?바카라 There was something in the story that I found truly compelling and worth trying,바카라 he said.
바카라It is also great for me to not think about the ways to hide a dead body,바카라 he said, referring to the plot of his films in the past.
