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Monday 28 September 2015

My National Awards

The then President of the Republic of India , Sri. R. Venkatraman gave me two of his medals in 1991.:...  and I promptly forgot about it. It was a grand moment and our President , by giving the medals said in effect that, 'Rahat !! You are a good film maker !' ...  and that was that  !!
I made movies, the way only I make them, then  do now. What I don't understand are a couple of things.
 First # : Why do people have to go up and fetch more & more awards? Year after Year; as though they need to be reassured that they still are 'good' !! And besides this leaves out other, younger film makers from getting that award.
Second #  Why do people, and not only just people but fillum wallhas too, including Government think that Feature Films are Upper Cast Brahmanicals and shorts as well as documentaries are the Lower Cast? Having mastered and practiced the Art Of Visual Articulation any film maker worth his/her salt will tell you that making a dialogue driven, actor based, narrative is cake walk compared to working with sociological phenomenon, armed with an idea or an ideology, a camera with sync. sound.