Telling It Like It Is
30 August 2006 | Movies, Actors, Actress | No Comments
Filmmakers are now telling it as it is, even if it means betrayal, divorce or death of the protagonists. And going by the hits of 2006, audiences are more than ready for the dramatic twist to The Great Indian Happy Ending. …
Right from Chandni Bar to his recent Corporate, all his movies end on a bleak note. "I make real films. And though I’m blamed for depressive endings, I feel it’s important to be true to the story," says Bhandarkar. It’s tough to portray reality on screen and tougher to sell. Bhandarkar confesses that he isn’t every distributor’s dream filmmaker. Till date, some of them haven’t come to terms with the ending of 2003’s Chandni Bar. "Even now, I am told that the film would have done better business if I had changed the ending. Distributors feel I should have ended it with Mumtaz’s (Tabu) son coming out of custody and them leaving the city," he says. Bhandarkar encountered similar disapproving looks with Corporate ’ s nihilistic ending. The general feedback is that the film would have got more repeat audience if Bipasha’s character had emerged as the winner. ….read more
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