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Save serious cinema: Jabbar Patel

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 14. The soaps beamed on television channels are posing a potential threat to serious cinema and opening multiplexes is the only solution to save serious cinema from the present crisis, according to director Jabbar Patel.

Addressing a meet-the-press programme held as part of the ninth International Film Festival of Kerala here today, Dr. Patel said Marathi theatre, which is very stable, is reeling under a crisis since women who form a large chunk of its audience have been lured away by television.

Dr. Patel said the English version of his film, `Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar' would first reach Kerala. Since subtitling facility is available only in English and Hindi, he was forced to dub the film in different languages.

Dr. Patel said that when a crowd scene had to be shot in Nagpur, he gave a request in a local newspaper and thousands dressed in white reached the location and joined the crew. When the shooting was completed, the crowd insisted on meeting Mammootty and he took time to meet them.

Participating in a face-to-face programme, the Filipino director Mark Meily said young Chinese filmmakers were trying to break away from tradition.

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