Day 3 at 10th Jagran Film Festival Mumbai Session
BCR NEWS (Swati Bhat/Mumbai): Third day of 10th Jagran Film Festival witnessed conversations with Arjun Kapoor and Mukesh Chhabra by Rajeev Masand. Many more personalities from film fraternity like Inaamul Haq, Vinay Pathak, Prasad Oak and Ahsaan Qureshi along with other dignitaries were also present at the third day of 10th JFF.
Abhijeet Mohan, renowned Director of Marathi film “Picasso” had an Interactive Q&A session with the audience post screening of the movie.
During their interactive session, Arjun Kapoor and Rajeev Masand embarked on a discussion about the past, present and future of Bollywood from the lens of youth. The discussion moved seamlessly through topics like the current state of cinema in the times of OTT content, demonetisation of the Bollywood industry and Anil Kapoor’s influence on Arjun Kapoor as an actor. Arjun Kapoor got candid as he spoke about how children of film stars and outsiders struggle in their own ways and neither is comparable to the other. Speaking on the recent shift in content in cinema, AK believes that due to social media and availability of more options the audience is choosing what they truly relate with and this has made filmmakers more conscious about the content they are putting out.
In the following session, Mukesh Chhabra discussed his directorial debut film which is planning to hit screens on 29th November. He will soon return to being a casting director. He took some time to share some tips that Bollywood aspirants can exercise to increase their chances of getting a big break. Mukesh went on to elaborated on the trust dynamics that film directors must share with casting directors when it comes to launching new faces.
The session was ended with open Q&A rounds of Mukesh Chhabra giving advice to Bollywood aspirants and stressing the importance of culture and language in filmmaking.
Other highlights
India & World premiere movies & Documentary:
Tindey, Daughters of Winter, Chintu Ka Birthday, KD, #Gadhvi, Picasso
Mumbai Premiere:
The Very Last Day (Taiwanese film contributed by TECC), Bhayanak, The Last Elvis
Feature films:
Assassination of Mahatma, The Wall, Nirmal Anand Ki Puppy, Jhalki
Bengali Movie: Swimming Through Darkness
Rajnigandha Achiever’s Film:
Soorma
