From The Director’s Desk | Anupama Chopra | Film Companion

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The Film Companion Directors Adda 2023 had a great lineup of directors. They talked about their work and shared stories about the surprising ways their careers have gone and the emotional parts of making movies. They discussed how hard it is to make a film, how they choose actors, and what it's like to work alone as a filmmaker. They also talked about how movies deal with gender issues, how stories affect people who watch them, and how making movies has helped them grow personally. Location courtesy: One8 Commune, Juhu Here is the panel: - Karan Johar (Rocky aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani) - Konkona Sensharma (Lust Stories 2: The Mirror) - Vetri Maaran (Viduthalai - Part 1) - Jeo Baby (Kaathal - The Core) - Nelson (Jailer) - Hemanth M Rao (Sapta Sagaradaache Ello - Side A & Side B) - Avinash Arun (Three of Us) - Karthik Subbaraj (Jigarthanda DoubleX) Have you subscribed to Film Companion yet? Join us here - http://bit.ly/FCsubscribe Follow Us On: https://www.facebook.com/filmcompanion https://www.twitter.com/filmcompanion http://instagram.com/filmcompanion 00:00 - Film Companion Directors Adda 2023 02:27 - The Paradox of Filmmaking 26:52 - Directorial Decision Making 47:01 - Innovation in Casting 49:50 - Embracing Stillness in Films 52:30 - Crafting Contemporary Love Stories 01:02:40 - Large vs Small Canvas Films 01:12:00 - Standout Indian Film of the Year 01:20:30 - Future Predictions for Indian Cinema About The Channel: The Film Companion is a web channel intended to promote Indian cinema through films review, interviews, discussions, video essays, and analytical compilations. It is intended primarily for the purpose of encouraging informed discussions, criticism, and review of cinema and towards such purpose, the programs use short extracts of cinematograph films, sound recording, and photographic works. These clips and extracts are of a minimal nature and the use is not intended to interfere in any manner with their commercial exploitation of the complete work by the owners of the copyright. The use of works is in compliance with the fair dealing exception provided under Sec. 52 of the Copyright Act, and we assert our use of the works under the exception provided for criticism and review.