Great future for kid’s films, but need to match world stds:Rahul Bose
There is a bright future for children films in India but at the same time these cinematic ventures need to match up to international standards to be able to draw in audiences to the theatres, actor, writer and director Rahul Bose said.
”Children films have a huge future in India. But one has to make films that match up to the big Bollywood blockbusters as well as Hollywood films like the ‘Harry Potter series’ and ‘Shrek 3′ in terms of their technical quality to be able to draw in the audiences to the theatres to watch these ventures,”the actor said during a press conference in the Capital last evening to promote his new film ‘Chain Kuli Ki Main Kuli’, a children’s film that traces the journey of a 13-year-old orphan boy who dares to dream big and thereby, proves to the world that if you Believe in yourself, the world will be at your feet.
The film, directed by the ad filmmaker-turned film director Ken Ghosh has Rahul along with the child actor Zain Khan in the role of the orphan.
Commenting on the current sorry state of children films in India wherein films targetted solely at kids are few and far between and the few that do get made prove to be loss making ventures, Rahul said,”the problem lies with the lack of enough investment into making of children’s films in India. For example, the amount at the disposal of the Children’s Film Society of India, which has been entrusted with the task of encouraging children’s films in India, is quite meagre compared to the amount that is required for making an international class children film like ‘Shrek 3′ or the ‘Harry Potter series’.
Consequently, we have films made at a cost of, say, Rs 50 lakh, by the CFSI competing with “technically polished” children films from the West or big Bollywood blockbusters like ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ which in turn results in most of these ventures failing at the box office.” It is in this context that, Rahul felt, a film like ‘Chain Kuli Ki Main Kuli’ could tap the huge market for quality films targetted at children.
”’Chain Kuli Ki Main Kuli’ has been made to tap this massive opportunity, so that children have a film they can truly call their own,”Rahul said excitedly.
— UNI
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