Features Writer
Ashish Gaikwad is a very young boy. He doesn?t even have much facial hair but is already winning accolades for his first self-directed film Tahaan (Thirst). The young filmmaker was brought up by his mother and Aseema, an NGO since he was about four or five years of age. He is quite intelligent and loves the films of Charlie Chaplin, Majid Majidi and other Iranian New Wave directors. He has always been interested in stage and film productions and after working with Amole Gupte on a few projects, decided to direct his first short film.
The film is based on Gaikwad?s early childhood and tells the story of how scarcely-available, potable water was exchanged for money in the locality he lived in. His mother acted in the film and it was aided by Gupte?s production crew but the economy of the shots, the general mood and atmosphere the and and the lack of self-consciousness with which the story is told, make the film very special. I have no doubt that if I were making a film of this sort, I would either be patronising or extremely self-conscious, but Gaikwad doesn?t really come across as either. When I met him and spoke to him, he told me about how most of his batch-mates in the filmmaking workshops have given up on their dreams of being filmmakers because they want a stable life, but for him making films was the only option because he loved it so much. We asked Gaikwad about his plans for the future, how he made his film among other things. Gaikwad is currently directing his first documentary along with Aseema about dumping grounds in Igatpuri. More on that as we find out.
Watch him talk about the making of Tahaan below.
Vishad is a features writer at NH7. When not constantly looking shocked, he writes about comic books and what firemen do on slow days.
Source: http://nh7.in/indiecision/2012/09/03/a-thirst-for-film-making/
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