What’s in a word? Brut found the answer from three leading writers in Hindi films at the Jio MAMI word to screen event. ✍️
🎥 : Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival
🎥 : Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00Oh, I'm so bored. I have to find a new answer now.
00:02Bismillah, Bismillah, Bulbul-e-Bismillah
00:04Would you like to recite something for us?
00:06No.
00:07I don't know.
00:12Stories which are more rooted and not, like, not randomly inspired by some, you know, by some successful formula.
00:26Hi, this is Kausal Muneer.
00:28This is Varun Grover.
00:29This is Vishal Gharbhaj.
00:31What are some tangible changes that the industry should make to empower writers?
00:36Make more diverse writers.
00:38Choose more diverse stories.
00:40Choose stories from places or identities we have not seen much of on screen.
00:47Choose stories which are more rooted and not, like, not randomly inspired by some, you know, by some successful formula
00:56or franchisees from around the world.
00:58Like, we have our own stories.
01:00We have so many languages.
01:01We have so many stories of our culture.
01:05Give more power to art house.
01:07More power to diverse stories.
01:08More power to stories of people from oppressed communities.
01:13And that will be a real change.
01:19I know, sir, this question has been asked to you maybe millions of times.
01:22But I'm asking again.
01:24Yes.
01:26Tell us about your fascination and interest with Shakespeare.
01:30Like, why?
01:31Oh, I'm so bored.
01:32I have to find a new answer now.
01:34But, yeah, of course, I think he was a great writer.
01:38And he was out of copyright.
01:40There was no publisher to represent him.
01:42So it was available for everyone.
01:45And I think I was the smart one to choose him.
01:47What are your thoughts on word to screen?
01:50And why it could be a platform for writers?
01:53Yeah, it's an army word to screen.
01:55And, you know, words are needed for the story.
02:00And the stories are needed to make films.
02:02And I'm a huge fan of adaptation.
02:05And, you know, the books and the materials.
02:11Somehow, after the writers have written,
02:14it's the publishers that take over.
02:16And I think it's important as a writer,
02:19I say this as a writer,
02:21to help them present their work.
02:23And for them to be able to sort of, you know,
02:26present their possibilities and the intention behind whatever their story was.
02:31So, yes, it's, you know, kind of a far removed process.
02:34The writers are usually very separate from where the action is.
02:39There is a whole bunch of writers that are literally,
02:42that have never interacted with the screen,
02:45you know, screen world of writing.
02:47So, for them, it will be a very cool opportunity
02:51to actually get access to the industry.
02:54And for industry also, it's a great thing that, you know,
02:57word to screen is recommending books,
02:59recommending great titles, great stories, which they can adapt.
03:02So, I think it's a great platform,
03:04because it opens up the opportunity for the filmmaker
03:08because it opens up the opportunity for the filmmaker
03:11to choose from various pitches made by the writers and the publishers.
03:18Everyone loves you because of your poetry.
03:20Can you tell us, like, what's the process like?
03:23You're doing this on the fly, so I can see your...
03:27I don't know whether I wrote it in 4 days or 40 years,
03:30because it's kind of an amalgamation of all your experiences,
03:33and it's kind of, you distill your feelings, your experiences, your observations.
03:37Not that I do it too much, but if I do my own poetry,
03:40I tend to go with sort of an open-verse feeling of
03:44whatever is perhaps happening around me in the world,
03:48and in the country, in my life.
03:52Would you like to recite something for us?
03:54No, because I am one of the worst people
03:58when it comes to remembering my own stuff.