Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Baanam: Curtain Raiser

This is my first film as a director.  In this film I tried to recreate, once again, the spirit of Howard Roark on screen. People who watch this movie should say how far I have been successful. But the story of this film is not at all related to any of the tributes which will be obviously noticed in the movie. One of them is the legendary 'cycle chain' shot from Shiva(1989). 
Since the primary objective of this teaser is to gain attention about this film, i chose to show that shot which i felt was more decent & exciting than a woman's cleavage, an adult joke, or brutal violence on the screen.  This is first visual look of the film to everyone who is not associated with it.
I am very clear that a particular film cannot satisfy everyone in the world. It will appeal to those who like it. 'Baanam' is an action film without any violence.
And it is definitely a different film from the house of Vyjayanthi.
'we all steal, but if we are smart we steal from great directors. Then, we can call it influence' Krzysztof Kieslowski.