'Baanam' had generated mixed response. Who ever saw the film had an "opinion" and who ever didn't, doesn't have any "opinion". I don't have answers for the questions like "whether this film is a good film or a bad film?" "is it a hit or a flop?"
I watched the first day first show at Prasads multiplex with my family and friends. After that i never went to a public theater, to avoid the self-convenient excuses, and losing basic instincts based on other people's reactions.
Movies are a different experience for every individual, being an actor, or a producer or the audience. I have my own experience. My job is to 'Direct' this film well. I can claim thousands of excuses for whatever happened or blame others for whatever not happened in this film. But there is no excuse for a 'morning show'. Today (16th Oct) I will have to accept the fact that 'Baanam' is removed from the theaters in Hyderabad, exactly one month after its release (16th Sep).
But I somehow strongly believe that the purpose of this film is not yet complete, it just started.
"When the date changes, today will be a history for tomorrow".
I never thought that I had invented the Movie Camera, or I had brought Independence to our Country. But I am the only one who directed "Baanam". I am happy for this and I am proud that I made my whole team happy for being part of this. If anybody else is complaining, they deserve it. Success is a relative term. It varies from 'Person to Reason'.
I remember some 10 years back, when one of my childhood friend advised me that film industry is not a place for my type, who thought I cannot survive here to become a director, the 'top most job' in the business. Since few years another close friend & a top technician from the industry was advising me, that as long as I don't believe in God I am not going to become a director.
They may be just two, but I proved both of them wrong.
I watched the first day first show at Prasads multiplex with my family and friends. After that i never went to a public theater, to avoid the self-convenient excuses, and losing basic instincts based on other people's reactions.
Movies are a different experience for every individual, being an actor, or a producer or the audience. I have my own experience. My job is to 'Direct' this film well. I can claim thousands of excuses for whatever happened or blame others for whatever not happened in this film. But there is no excuse for a 'morning show'. Today (16th Oct) I will have to accept the fact that 'Baanam' is removed from the theaters in Hyderabad, exactly one month after its release (16th Sep).
But I somehow strongly believe that the purpose of this film is not yet complete, it just started.
"When the date changes, today will be a history for tomorrow".
I never thought that I had invented the Movie Camera, or I had brought Independence to our Country. But I am the only one who directed "Baanam". I am happy for this and I am proud that I made my whole team happy for being part of this. If anybody else is complaining, they deserve it. Success is a relative term. It varies from 'Person to Reason'.
I remember some 10 years back, when one of my childhood friend advised me that film industry is not a place for my type, who thought I cannot survive here to become a director, the 'top most job' in the business. Since few years another close friend & a top technician from the industry was advising me, that as long as I don't believe in God I am not going to become a director.
They may be just two, but I proved both of them wrong.
