How To Make A Political Film In India? | Political Directors Adda | Anupama Chopra | Film Companion

How does one make a political film in India? We get the country's leading political filmmakers, Dibakar Banerjee, Vetri Maaran, Nagraj Manjule, Nandita Das and Anubhav Sinha to weigh in. Anupama Chopra asks them about the struggles, the rules and most importantly, what keeps them inspired.

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00:00 - Introducing the guests
00:55 - Nandita Das' poetry "Agar aap mere afsaano ko bardaasht"...
01:37 - Vetrimaaran on making a political film.
03:54 - Dibakar Banerjee on Shanghai, getting finance for films and politics.
08:12 - Anubhav Sinha on getting finance for films.
09:35 - Nandita Das on difficulty in raising funds for a film, storytelling, Manto, films getting banned.
13:07 - Nagraj Manjule on "Any film is a language in itself", change in the society.
16:14 - Anubhav Sinha on continuing the fight.
16:40 - Nagraj Manjule on a New York incident about Fandry, 9/11 attacks, life in his village.
19:09 - Dibakar Banerjee on left wing, right wing, politics, media.
22:47 - Nagraj Manjule on people asking him to make Godzilla, the caste system, things in the west and things in India.
25:00 - Vetrimaaran on Tamil cinema, Tamil people, Tamil film industry and Asuran.
30:51 - Anubhav Sinha on "cheese is a compromise", Article 15, Mulk.
36:27 - Nagraj Manjule Fandry, Sairat, songs and music in Indian cinema.
41:19 - Anubhav Sinha on Bhushan Kumar asking to put a song in Thappad.
42:03 - Vetrimaaran on Film music, not having songs in movies.
43:32 - Dibakar Banerjee on sings without lip-sync.
44:04 - Nandita Das on being an outsider filmmaker, rap songs, Indian cinema, scripts, documentary cinema.
50:33 - Vetrimaaran on cinema being an art, recovering costs, OTT Platforms, Documentary.
52:45 - Nandita Das on releasing documentary films, good films and bad films working.
54:16 - Anubhav Sinha on Art as a diverse medium, responsibility of making films.
55:27 - Dibakar Banerjee on what the audience wants to see, directors job.
58:46 - Vetrimaaran on the strength to make films.
1:00:50 - Nandita Das on the courage to make films.
1:01:14 - Nagraj Manjule on the courage to make films, politics in ones life.
1:02:57 - Anubhav Sinha on the courage to make films.
1:03:45 - Dibakar Banerjee on the courage to make films.

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