
“What are the credentials of these people…what is their understanding of cinema…where does their allegiance lie,” said Vidhu Vinod Chopra when asked to
He also makes a passing reference to Bhawna Talwar whose Dharam was considered a strong contender
“The young filmmaker whose film hasn’t gone, I heard, she has said in Mid Day that Eklavya was a boring film. I can tell her, I saw your film, and I thought it was a load of shit. It’s immature, childish.”
But what about the resistance within the film industry, even people like Anupam Kher (who’ve worked in films like Parinda and 1942 A Love Story) have said that Chak De India would have been a better choice? “My answer is, maybe Anupam has worked more with some other Chopra. To the film fraternity that is opposing, let me tell them, LA Times has called Eklavya a lost film of David Lean. I wonder if these people who shoot back side asses of women know who David Lean is. David Lean is the God of Cinema. He made ‘Lawrence of Arabia.’ When I heard it, I had tears in my eyes. New York Times called it a heart of classic. These people need to be educated a little bit about cinema,” Chopra said.
He says about the phase II of his Oscar plan, “I have an office in Los Angeles and now I will hire some people to take care of the publicity of my film.





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why is he doing comparisons with other previous oscar entries... he should have highlighted as to what is good about his own movie... I did not like Eklavya so much!!
Posted by: Moksh Juneja | September 28, 2007 1:47 AM | Permalink to Comment