New Delhi: The success of Hollywood film 'The Artist' has brought black and white films into the limelight again. Earlier it was Steven Spielberg who had made the Academy Award winning film 'Schindler's List' in 1993. Normally, Bollywood follows the popular Hollywood trends. So, will the Indian film industry also come up with black and white films in the near future?
Independent filmmaker Sudhish Kamath has recently come up with a black and white film 'Good Night Good Morning'. He seems hopeful about the future," I guess it's been in the making for a while. People have been starting to fall in love with black and white films all over again. I think that's the reaction to the spectacle as films are getting more and more coloured, 3 D, and larger and richer. It's human tendency to react to that sort of phenomenon so you go to the other end of the spectrum to avoid the clutter. I wanted to break that clutter."
Luv Ranjan, the director of 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama', doesn't echo the same sentiments," It depends on the filmmaker; personally I like to see life in colour so I would go for colour films. If you are making a film in black and white just for the hack of it or just because there is a trend or a certain Hollywood film was stylised in that way then it doesn't make any sense to me. The colour should primarily be driven by the subject of the film. There has to be a need in the script and the story. I don't see a 'Band Baaja Baaraat' in black and white. If Schindler's list was shot in black and white there was a reason to it."
The Indian film industry or for that matter any film industry focuses on the revenues films generate, and there arises the question what exactly the audiences want. The director of 'Manorama Six Feet Under', Navdeep Singh throws some light on it," It's a choice that the creator makes. I like black and white films for abstractness they portray. To be honest, I don't think the audiences are in favour of black and white cinema. I was watching 'The Artist' with my wife and she was little disappointed when it turned out to be a black and white film."
Although Pankaj Kapur starrer black and white film 'Charlie' is all set to hit the screens very soon but the situation doesn't seem inclined in favour of the black and white films. Luv Ranjan concludes the argument," There is a place for everyone but I don't see it becoming big. As far as the mainstream cinema is concerned I don't see it coming in next five years at least."
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