No Freedom Of Expression For Filmmakers In India: Prakash Jha

    • Publish Date: Nov 28 2016 11:43AM
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    • Updated Date: Nov 28 2016 11:49AM
No Freedom Of Expression For Filmmakers In India: Prakash Jha

Prakash Jha, known for helming issue based movies, says making a purely political film in the country is impossible as there is no freedom of expression. "Pure political cinema which will be critical, analytical, which will have the freedom to say what you want to say, this is not the country where you can do that," Jha said. "You cannot (hope) it'll change. There is historical, mythological and real reason for that. I believe that societies in India have always been far stronger and vocal than the state or the government. This is not a new thing," he added.

The director, who was part of a panel discussion at the ongoing 47th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), says you cannot afford to name a person today in films as someone might take offence and "kill you." "We never have really celebrated our kings, state, our governments. This is in our genes. As Indians we are argumentative, we question. Today, if you try and name somebody, with whose subtitle a particular community will associate, they will kill you.

"I keep on facing this all the time. Even before my films release, there are these societies, political parties and individuals who bombard me with brickbats. So in this country, as far as cinema, literature, culture, is concerned, there is no freedom of expression. Simply not." Having helmed films like "Gangajal", "Apharhan" and "Rajneeti" - all of which touched upon political issues - Jha says there are very few people with "ideologically sound mind" choosing films as a medium to communicate.

"We don't really make political cinema in India at all. I don't think people who have ideologically very fertile or sound mind don't use cinema as vehicle for their communication. "I think most of the filmmakers struggle with that because of pure dynamics, economics and statistics. We find it very difficult to have people backing those films." The director, however, feels fortunate that some of the biggest names in the industry have been part of his films. "I feel extremely lucky that some of the well known commercial cinema popular actors tend to believe in the kind of stories I want to tell, they agree to it." - PTI

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