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A formula film... officially
Shashank Ghosh... game for any film.
THE FILM is made "for a fly" and to "maintain sustenance" in Bollywood. It's a steal, "a rip off formula from several films". Its unique selling point happens to be how perfectly everything is being stolen and transformed into a film! "Waisa Bhi Hota Hai"! And this is how the film's 40-year-old director Shashank Ghosh introduces this film too.
This Delhi University Commence graduate, who came into advertising and then into films "by mistake", wanted to make a film that could get him a foothold in Mumbai. So he made this film in which there are all "typical Bollywood formulae: some action, some romance, a little bit of comedy, a little melodrama, a number of songs and one item song. I have stolen a lot unlike others who steal a little. Film's USP remains how greatly this theft is committed by me!"
This `steal good story' revolves around the protagonist, a copywriter, who when he comes into big city, finds strange things happening to him. "Just like a cow falling from a sky and a woman chasing a cop. His girl friend kicks him out of her life in the first two reels in the film - and reunites in the last two — hence he goes to another city. Here, he reluctantly saves a hit man, or the shooter from some mishap. The shooter is egoist, never likes obligations. Hence, next day, they both hate each other but somehow come together only to find that they have a common goal. It is pen versus gun and pen with gun at times. A nice commercial film," Shanshank informs.
And the characters you find are Arshad Warsi and Prashanta Narayan and some lesser-known faces.
"They gave me dates and commitment and a lay man can adjust to their looks... " he offers.
"This is not an experimental film. Mahesh Bhatt loves it, Bharat Shah enjoyed, so it just can't be an experimental film, you know."
Shashank's next venture is a film on "extra marital affair" and an "out-and-out cult comedy", the titles of which are yet to be finalised. But he intends to release the former overseas because "it is based on spirituality, tackling the concept of duty and desire!"
Sounds strange... .
"If I make a film on this topic for Indian audience, they will say `usmain action dalo, comedy dalo and so on. I don't want to spoil the soul of the film," he sounds serious.
Star cast? "Arshad Warsi, Mohanlal, though it does not matter much for audience in the West, it's about commercial success and the story."
Take him seriously, this guy who started Channel V in India, wants to make a film on any of Amitava Ghosh's novels too!
RANA SIDDIQUI
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