Breaking The Conventions with Achal Mishra | Where We Talk About Films S01EP06 | Part 01

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On this episode of Where We Talk About Films filmmaker and our host Vidar Joshi speaks to the Writer, Director, Producer, Editor and a Photographer who is known for his critically acclaimed debut film ‘Ghamak Ghar’ which premiered at MAMI Mumbai Film Festival and it's now available on MUBI (You should definitely check it out) : https://mubi.com/films/gamak-ghar
Achal Mishra describes how it is like to make the first feature film at such young age and still have the conviction to go against the conventions and break them. His beautiful journey has a lot to offer and his unique process of making this film will surely teach you a thing or two.
Have fun.

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:25 - Struggle with the first project
08:26 - When did you gain the confidence?
14:32 - Sensitivity as an artist
17:29 - Writing process of an anti-plot film
27:06 - Speaking about approach
28:37 - How did the finances work out?
31:58 - Making the film look rich with the minimal resources
35:35 - Influence of photography and deciding the visual language with the cinematographer.


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Credits: Host: Vidar Joshi Content Team: Aditya Raut, Lehar Khan, Darshan Merchant, Vidar Joshi Stop Motion Artist: Lehar Khan Graphics: Vinayak Chhabra Post Production: Bhumik Shah Music: Aaryaman Simhal