It’s Breaking News Preview
(No Ratings Yet)”It’s Breaking News”, Anima Films’ maiden venture, that endeavours to uncover the darker side of sting operations is all set for a country-wide release on October 5.
Koel Purie plays a television reporter. Rest of the cast includes Abhimanyu Singh, Swati Sen (FTII), Atul Parchure, Harsh Chaya, Vinay Apte, Vandana Gupte, Virendra Saxena, Shishir Sharma, Nandita Puri, Tanushree, Anita Wahi, Dhananjay Mandrekar, Vijay Patwardhan and Rahul Vohra.
The film has been directed by Vishal Inamdar and produced by Shreyas Mhaskar.
Speaking to media here, Mr Inamdar said, ”It is believed that media is the fourth pillar of democracy. The film dwells on whether it is worth being so. The story is about how Journalism began as a mission, then a service and now merely a profession - a complete business where the struggle is not to get right news but rather to ‘generate’ one crammed with glamour and sensation.” Speaking about the film, he said that it endeavoured to uncover the darker side of the famous or infamous sting operations where a news correspondent (Vidya) falls in the ”chakravyu” of the whole business and finally paves her way out to yet another ”chakravyu”.
The film narrates the story of a girl who initially is acknowledged when she is one among the corrupt system and discarded and criticized when she starts rebelling.
Vidya is a young, dynamic, self-motivated news correspondent, who has just finished a course in journalism and is all charged to take up confrontations of this profession. But, little does she know that it is not as effortless job as it is perceived. Vidya initially covers the entertainment beat and is quite contented with her piece of work. But due to certain shuffles she is forced to quit entertainment and starts covering crime, which she presumes as not her cup of tea. Gradually, she gets a knack of it and starts getting addicted to the thrill and ecstasy of the job.
She gets a brilliant story for her channel all the way from Rajasthan along with her team mates which actually boosts the TRP ratings of the channel and also her morale. In the process, or rather, in the quest for the thrill, she even tries to fool around with the so called ethics and codes of journalism by creating situations to get a story for her channel, Mr Inamdar added.
Talking about the movie, Mr Inamdar further says that one fine day Vidya receives a call that later changes her overall approach towards this profession. It is a call from a girl, Sangeeta, from Pune, who is a victim of repeated sexual abuses by the higher officials of the local police. Vidya, with her team chalks out a plan for yet another sting and is all ready to cover the event where the SP is assaulting Sangeeta. But unfortunately it is the DIG who falls prey to their sting.
The whole episode of ”live rape” disconcerts Vidya and her cameraman Rafiq to an extent that they feel ashamed to be merely a spectator in this profession where they couldn’t even save the victim. But this event is not less than a celebration to the news channel where this ”Breaking news” will be their USP. Vidya has committed to Sangeeta that this footage will not be telecast but rather be kept for her defence in court.
Unfortunately, Vidya is traumatized to see the telecast of the whole footage ‘as it is’ in her news channel irrespective of her caution to the editor. Bugged with the whole system, she leaves for her uncle’s place who had been insisting her to visit his small press. There she witnesses the genuine power and nuances of journalism and gets the spur to fight back the system. With her, is a close friend Bala (a crime correspondent in rival channel), Rafiq (the cameraman) and Trishna (her batch mate in journalism course) who differ in their ideologies and yet are together. This is the time when she gets emotionally attached to the whole ball game and decides to fight for victim;s justice. In her fight for justice, she faces all the ups and downs but all in vain, leaving Vidya in utter despair and gloom, Mr Inamdar added.
”Can Vidya find justice for Sangeeta? Will Vidya survive in this business? Will she be able to amend this rigid system? Or will she be one amongst the fraudulent minds? - will form climax of the story,” he informed.
According to the director, ”The USP of the film is in exposing reality with certain humorous incidents that occur within the news channels. From the agitated talk shows to shoving the mike in the mouth of a kissing couple in a park and asking ‘what is your take on right to privacy’ is being presented in a unique style. The film will be as entertaining as the news channels. We are not here to put you in a make believe world. This is not a film. It is the ‘Reflection of the society’.”
— UNI
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