An Open Forum was held on ‘The state of screen writing today’ on Day 7 of the 13th Mumbai Film Festival. The panel comprised Vinay Shukla, Saurabh Shukla, Abbas Tyrewala, Sagar Ballary, Dev Benegal and Atul Tiwari. The discussion was moderated by Atul Tiwari, who wrote dialogues for films like Droh Kaal and Mission Kashmir.
Vinay Shukla, writer-director who made Godmother (National Award for Best Feature Film 1999) blamed producers for the sorry state of screenwriting in India today. “Though every producer will tell you that script is the backbone of the film, they want something that is tried and tested. They do not encourage fresh talent. So writers are afraid to write something new.” He also pointed out that Hindi films had become formulaic 1960s onwards.
Dev Benegal, who is known for films like English, August (National Award for Best Film in English 1995) and Split Wide Open (Venice International Film Festival...
Vinay Shukla, writer-director who made Godmother (National Award for Best Feature Film 1999) blamed producers for the sorry state of screenwriting in India today. “Though every producer will tell you that script is the backbone of the film, they want something that is tried and tested. They do not encourage fresh talent. So writers are afraid to write something new.” He also pointed out that Hindi films had become formulaic 1960s onwards.
Dev Benegal, who is known for films like English, August (National Award for Best Film in English 1995) and Split Wide Open (Venice International Film Festival...
- 22/10/2011
- di Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
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