Bengal has created the absolute best enthusiastic movies throughout the entire existence of Indian film. There was a period, during the 50s and 60s, when motion pictures like ‘Beyallish’, ‘Sabyasachi’, ‘Debi Chaudhurani’, ‘Mahabiplabi Aurobindo’ and ‘Chattagram Astragar Lunthan’ discovered numerous takers. Indeed, even presently, enthusiastic movies figure out how to get eyeballs. A few, as ‘Gumnaami’, have been dubious as well. So why, even with an assurance of a positive turnout, is the present Tollywood avoiding making devoted films, when Bollywood makes them as expected?
There are many reasons. As National Award-winning chief Atanu Ghosh calls attention to, it isn’t not difficult to reproduce that specific period. The city’s engineering, colors – all have gone through a monstrous change. Furthermore, entertainment is over the top expensive. His perspectives are repeated by famous chief Shiboprosad Mukherjee. “In these troublesome occasions, who will bear such heightening expenses?,” asks Shiboprosad.
There is additionally an issue of absence of viewpoint among the current age of producers. “The movies made during the 60s and 70s were made by a really seen and remembered those age long periods of opportunity battle. They had seen that specific history from exceptionally crowdedness. That gave them an edge and added that essential viewpoint expected to make such movies. As far as we might be concerned, making those movies in the current occasions is doubly troublesome attributable to our separation from that specific history,” says Atanu.
Notwithstanding, there are a couple of special cases as well. SVF, the greatest and the lone creation place of Bengal, has produced three hit films on energy as of late – ‘Aami Subhash Bolchhi’, ‘Rajkahini’ (re-made as ‘Begum Jaan’ in Hindi with Vidya Balan leading the pack job) and ‘Gumnaami’. “As far as we might be concerned, the purpose for making such movies was never to make it business. Maybe, we needed to introduce something effective to the crowd. In the event that you take a gander at ‘Gumnaami’ or ‘Rajkahini’, they were made such that injected an unobtrusive feeling of nationalism, alongside the principle storyline. The thought was to introduce something interesting and smart from Bengal. Also, these movies got along nicely in the cinema world too. Particularly, a movie on Subhash Chandra Bose introduced an alternate degree of sentimentality and pride for each Bengali out there,” says Mahendra Soni, prime supporter and chief, SVF Entertainment.
Notwithstanding the hits, cost is the absolute most hazardous issue for makers now. Shiboprosad summarizes it, “Presently, Tollywood makes films that are absolutely subject to deals of satellite rights. Prior, it was Hindi changes. The current circumstance is discouraging. The corridors are vacant. There is no assurance that makers will get their cash back. Indeed, even entertainers and chiefs are not able to test. In this way, makers are not able to face the challenge.”
Atanu’s model is a valid example. “Since long I have needed to make a film called ‘Agnipurush’, in view of a story by Ashoke Kumar Mukhopadhyay. The hero is novel. Yet, there are no takers,” says Atanu.
Aside from the heightening of expenses, there is the issue of rebellious manner of speaking that thwarts deals. Shiboprosad says, “Assuming one needs to make an energetic film, other than cost, one must be careful about rebellious manner of speaking. There is a dread of not having the option to recuperate satellite rights costs. So essentially, everybody needs to be in a protected spot. For instance, when we made ‘Mishap’, we had exchanges that conflicted with the framework. Henceforth, we had issues in selling the film.”
All in all, is there no chance to get out? Atanu figures the worry of a genuine movie producer ought to be to add another viewpoint to the entire thing. “It ought to be upheld by legitimate top to bottom examination to try not to be shallow. That is inadequate. Likewise, the maker ought to likewise comprehend the elements of the circumstance and ought to put resources into such endeavors,” he says.
Shiboprosad feels either the chief must be a brand or one must have the affirmation of satellite deals. “That is the reason halls must re-open. The crowd doesn’t mind whether the film has stars. In the event that they like the substance, the film will get by listening in on others’ conversations. In the middle, we had this substance driven film. Presently it’s starting over,” he says.