Caste is never commented on as a difficulty in Hindi cinema as it’s not historically entertaining, feels veteran actor Amol Palekar, which is returning to movies after a protracted hole of 12 years with 200 – Halla Ho, is a real story of Dalit ladies who attacked a rapist in an open court docket.
Directed by Sarthak Dasgupta and co-written by Sarthak and Gaurav Sharma, the movie touches on problems with sexual violence, caste harassment, corruption and authorized loopholes by means of the eyes of 200 Dalit ladies.
Amol, identified for his Seventies Hindi movies like Rajnigandha, Chitchor, Chhoti Si Baat, Gol Maal, mentioned producers normally shrink back from such “disturbing” topics.
“The script of this film deals with the issues of caste, which have been invisible in Indian cinema. Such topics are disturbing and not traditionally ‘entertaining’. Producers shy away from supporting such projects during our cinematic journey,” Amol instructed PTI in an electronic mail interview.
Issues of caste have been depicted in Marathi and Tamil cinema with movies comparable to Nagraj Manjule’s Phandari and Sairat and Pa Ranjith’s Kala and Sarpatta Parambrai respectively. In Hindi mainstream cinema, caste has remained largely invisible, besides in Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan and Geely Pachchi, a brief within the Netflix anthology movie Abijhe Dastan.
Amol mentioned the Hindi movie business nonetheless refuses to return out of the “Brahminical aesthetic”. “Hindi cinema still prefers to maintain a conspicuous silence on caste issues. Our film industry refuses to come out of Brahmanical aesthetics. The themes of caste division were presented through a love story. Though the harassment was shown, the relief seemed to please the majority,” he mentioned.
“The plight of women used to be a subtext. With the advent of OTT (over-the-top) platforms, female centric topics are being handled; Female characters are getting meaningful, leading roles. All this is a very pleasant change,” he mentioned.
Citing examples of movies like Aamir Khan-starrer Lagaan, Taapsee Pannu’s Pink and Thappad, the 76-year-old actor, who has been related to theatre, movies, TV and humanities, believes cinema as a medium has “amazing power” to attraction. . To the general public
“We noticed how Lagaan was beloved by all, we noticed how Pink or Thappad addressed the misogyny. Films like this addressed the problems all of us needed to face with our hypocrisy.”
Amol mentioned that as a director he has typically made movies with robust feminine characters which have challenged the normal orders of the patriarchy, however pressured that there’s a have to create extra such “subversive” materials.
The actor hopes that 200-Halla Ho- which is in regards to the battle in opposition to oppression of ladies, will certainly impress the viewers. “My film Anahata deals with issues of female sexuality, yet another restricted topic. We need more and more destructive materials. The portrayal of collective power and the power that comes from it will surely inspire the audience. Short waves will also be very effective,” he mentioned.
“200 – Halla Ho delivers that strong sense of empowerment that will inspire the audience. I hope the launch of the assurance that ‘injustice can be ended through mass protest’ will bring about a constructive change in our lives, I hope.” We as filmmakers ought to transcend the aim of looking… we as actors ought to current artistic resolve,” he mentioned.
Amol is returning to performing after a decade with the movie. The actor mentioned that the primary purpose for his absence from the massive display screen is the dearth of difficult roles.
“As an actor, I’m a comet that involves the floor as soon as in a decade. Most of the roles provided to older actors are insignificant by way of the theme of the movie. I’ve at all times accepted roles solely once they gave me a task. be challenged as an actor or if it contributes to the planning of the movie.
“It was never my goal to act just to make money. What’s the fun in playing a redundant role of someone’s father or grandfather? I prefer to hide rather than be overexposed,” mentioned the actor, whose final launch was the 2009 Marathi movie Samantar, which he additionally directed.
When Amol was approached for 200-Halla Ho, the actor mentioned that he was pleasantly stunned and advised the makers to solid an actor from Bahujan Samaj for the function of a retired Dalit choose, however they refused to take him. have been desperate to
“I’m by no means part of something that’s regressive. I beloved this function for plenty of causes. The movie celebrates 200 ladies protesting in opposition to patriarchy and caste atrocities. They have been the protagonists and I used to be only a supporting character. Who supported his protest, not simply to remain as a spectator,” he mentioned.
200- Halla Ho additionally consists of Sairat star Rinku Rajguru, Asur actor Barun Sobti, Jogwa actor Upendra Limaye, Abhay actor Indranil Sengupta, Sony actors Saloni Batra and Sahil Khattar, a well-liked YouTuber and host who performs a rape accused Huh.
The movie is claimed to be primarily based on the incident in 2004 after the homicide of gangster and gang rapist Bharat Kalicharan alias Akku Yadav by 200 Dalit ladies. 200- Halla Ho launched on Friday on the streaming platform ZEE5.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
