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We don’t believe in scissors
Award-winning filmmaker Shyam Benegal was in the city to release a book titled ‘The Lost Generation’ penned by Nidhi Dugar Kundali. The event was organised Kalakriti Art Gallery in association with Penguin Random House at Vivanta by Taj on Wednesday.
Says noted filmmaker Shyam Benegal on the Censor Board
Award-winning filmmaker Shyam Benegal was in the city to release a book titled ‘The Lost Generation’ penned by Nidhi Dugar Kundali. The event was organised Kalakriti Art Gallery in association with Penguin Random House at Vivanta by Taj on Wednesday.
Speaking at the launch Benegal said, “It is an absolutely charming book and all the professions Nidhi listed in it are from the Pre-Industrial era in India. The jobs were created according to the needs of the people and they are fading with time. This book essentially documents these odd jobs.”
On sidelines of the event, the prolific filmmaker who is heading a committee to look into the revamp of controversy-ridden Censor Board, which was set up on January 1, said “I cannot comment about the Censor Board right now. Our committee is looking into it and we are trying to bring new methods of certification.”
“We don’t want the scissors as we don’t believe is cutting the scenes. Cinema has to be seen in its entirety.We are looking into the findings and the committee will be meeting on February 12,” he added. Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, director Gautam Ghosh, filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, ad guru Piyush Pandey and film journalist Bhawana Somayaa are part of the committee.
Recalling his connection with Hyderabad, he said, “I don’t recognise the city anymore as it has changed vastly. My memories of Hyderabad are very different. I can say I don’t miss Hyderabad much now as it is not the city where I grew up.”
