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Last evening during the special screening of
this movie at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin
I had the privilege of meeting director Shekhar
Kapur. The movie is scheduled to release in UK
and Ireland on November 2nd. But this was an exclusive
premiere show followed by a Q&A session with
the director. I luckily managed to get a ticket
at the last minute for this event which was a
complete sell-out.
The audiences were allowed to interact with him
after the screening was over. Most of the questions
raised were regarding the script and the cast.
I was also one among the lucky ones to get an
opportunity to question Mr.Kapur.
I asked him to share the experiences he had with
A.R.Rahman while working on the music score for
this movie. He introduced Rahman to the Irish
audience hailing him as the Mozart of Madras and
told the audience that he picked Rahman for his
capability to produce melody easily just as Mozart
did. There was also a mention about Rahman's
musical roots and his successful collaboration
with Scottish composer Craig Armstrong in this
movie. I am still wondering why I had to ask this
question as I am a die hard fan of Ilayaraaja
and always argue with people who praise ARR, a
lot. But still the background music was world
class.
Another person asked Mr.Kapur how difficult
it was for him to migrate from Bollywood to Hollywood
and how both these film industries differ with
each other? The director did agree that there
was too much politics involved in his entry to
Hollywood. But he quickly hinted that as a director
when he says sound, action it is the same story
in Hollywood as well. He also made an interesting
remark that working in Bollywood is chaotic and
it is more organized in Hollywood. He went one
step further by adding that working in Hollywood
is like shopping at a supermarket or a departmental
store and working in Bollywood is like shopping
at a bazaar.
The event finished after an hour long interaction
with the audience. I tried my luck once again,
this time asking the organizers of the event if
they would allow me to have a snap with Mr.Kapur.
What a surprise. They agreed and I got what I
wanted.
Thanks and Regards
Mahesh Sundaresan
maheshsundaresan@yahoo.co.in
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