Bengal Cinema is
losing its audience in the Indian Film Industry, said acclaimed filmmaker Konarak
Mukherjee. The director of ‘Abraham’, was
speaking at the Meet the Press session at the IFFK. Bobby Sarma Baruah the
director of ‘The Apparition’, actor Mani, filmmaker Balu Kiriyath, and
Unnikrishnan Aavala, director of ‘Udalazham’, participated in the event.
“Bengal Cinema,
which has a rich history of contribution in many art films in the Indian film
industry, is losing its fair share in the commercial sector. Commercial films
are always a passive threat for the underdeveloped and independent movies.”
Mukherjee added. Konarak Mukherjee in his
film, reveals the dark and gruesome world of religion through the Biblical
character Abraham. He commented that the government takes a bias towards the
promotion of commercial films.
“Film Festivals
like IFFK provide platforms for art films which try to communicate with the
public”, opined Unnikrishnan Aavala. ‘Udalazham’ strolls around the life of a
transgender belonging to a tribal community.
Bobby Sarma
Baruah’s ‘The Apparition’ is made in ‘Sherdukpan’ language which is spoken by
about 4200 people in Arunachal Pradesh. He had released his previous two films
in his native land of Assam, and promised to try to release the next in Arunachal
Pradesh.
Meet the Press sessions
will be held daily at the premises of the Tagore theatre in the evenings.
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