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ENTERTAINMENT: CINEMA
Q&A: KEN GHOSH
"In Films Content Is Important"
 The
man who made music videos fashionable in the early 1990s now says it was
only a "detour". Ken Ghosh, 34, reveals that his heart was always
set on filmmaking. His first film Ishq Vishq Pyar Vyar (IVPV) is to be
released next year.
Q. What turned you to filmmaking?
A.
I got into this industry to do feature films. But for the first few years
I was busy editing TV programmes or making music videos. The time wasn't
right for what I really wanted to do.
Q. What kind of a film is IVPV?
A.
It is a teenage romantic musical comedy with a happy feel. It will have
11 main characters but no big stars.
Q. How different is filmmaking from directing
music videos?
A.
They require two altogether different mindsets. Music videos are all about
glamour, gloss, quick cuts, immersion into music, and content is not so
crucial. In films, concentration on content is all important.
A New Ball Game
 Whether
it is a five-year ban, a sagging career or a "coming out" from
the old boys' club, Bollywood accepts all with equal cheer. This past
week, Ajay Jadeja, Vinod Kambli and Mohinder Amarnath announced plans
for their big- screen debuts. Jadeja will act as a flamboyant, gum-chewing,
lively pal of Sunil Shetty. "Very much like the person he actually
is," says Shetty. The as yet untitled "romantic" film will
be shot in London and is due for release around August. Shetty also suggested
Kambli and Amarnath's name for Ravi Dewan's Anarth. "We still have
to decide what kind of role suits Jimmy Amarnath for he is such a big
star in his own right," says Shetty. Another cricketer hero in the
making is Anil Kumble. Rajiv Menon of Kandukondain Kandu kondain fame
is working on a story on Kumble's interaction with a child. Sunil Gavaskar,
Salim Durrani and Sandeep Patil may not have left a mark but a new batch
is here to try its luck.
Did You Know ...
 Amitabh
Bachchan plays a bank robber in not one but two of his forthcoming films.
In All the Best he is a disgruntled bank manager who dips into the till,
and in Kaante, which is based on Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, he
is one of a pack of assorted bad apples who rob a bank. By the way, the
real life Bachchan happens to be brand ambassador for a leading Indian
financial institution, ICICI.
Box Office
 ALBELA
* *
Weeks in release: 1
Collections: Rs 61,52,830
Despite the presence of big names in the film, the film drags.
JODI NO. 1 * *
Weeks in release: 2
Collections: Rs 40,00,148
David Dhawan's typical comedy with the Govinda-Sanjay Dutt combine did
not generate much interest due to the thin and oft-repeated storyline.
* * * Good
* * Average
* Flop
Mumbai collections only.
Source: Trade Magazines
Old Is Gold
 Octogenarian
heroes ARE perhaps too much to expect in a conventional Hindi filmscape.
But Shararat (due for a July release) packs in no less than 10 golden
oldies like Helen, Amrish Puri, Dara Singh and Shubha Khote living in
a picture-perfect old-age home. Scriptwriter Urmi Juvekar and the film
crew studied old-age homes for no less than a year, yet the result is
the opposite of reality. Director Gurudev Bala explains, "The old-age
homes we saw were dirty, the depression of the people there was complete.
I deliberately created a beautiful old-age home to drive home the message
that age and alienation from children do not mean the end of life."
A relevant message in today's world.
--Himanshi Dhawan and Natasha Israni
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