After the tremendous success of Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire', there has been an increased demand for Indian movies among the foreign audiences. There was nothing to wonder when 11 films from India were chosen for the Fribourg International Film Festival in Out of Bollywood category. It was mainly to make foreigners see diverse kinds of Indian films.
Edouard Waintrop (artistic) said that Indian films have matured beyond the regular dance and song sequences. He said that the new category in the festival was included to introduce to the movie lovers in foreign countries the variety in Indian movies. All the films that were shown had to do with the present social problems disturbing India, so it can be understood even by a non-Indian, Mr Waintrop claimed.
One of the films screened was the classic Aparajito (The Unvanquished, 1956), the second part of 'Apu Trilogy' by Satyajit Ray. The film is the moving tale of a young boy who grows from childhood to adolescence and has to face life's passages. The success of Apu trilogy brought recognition for both Ray and Indian cinema in the international arena.
Many film experts like director Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Swiss director Olivier Paulus and film critic Hubert Noigret were called for many serious chats. These discussions were about the diversity of Indian movies just like the country's culture and how they represented many religions, traditions and religions in India.
The subject of tense relationships between Muslims and Hindus of the country has been taken as a theme for many films from 1940s and it is still a subject considered by several directors. Second movie to be screened at the festival was Firaaq directed by Nandita Das, which is made in the backdrop of Gujarat communal riots. In that disastrous incident a lot of Muslim people were killed by Hindus. The movie narrates how innocent Muslim people are being killed by Hindu policemen. The film, with its realistic approach, is a depiction of how violent act gets continued to another violent act.
Mehreen Jabbar, a filmmaker from Pakistan, has also handled the theme of tense relationships between Hindus and Muslims in the movie Ramchand Pakistani. Ramchand Pakistani is about two people - a father and a son, who reside close to the border line of Pakistan and India. When the boy inadvertently crosses the border, his father goes to bring him back, but both get caught by policemen. His father, recognizing the severe fault, runs after him and they both get arrested and put in an Indian prison. The movie won the audience prize at the film festival. It narrates the corrupted Indian policemen and their attitude to Pakistanis.
Edouard Waintrop (artistic) said that Indian films have matured beyond the regular dance and song sequences. He said that the new category in the festival was included to introduce to the movie lovers in foreign countries the variety in Indian movies. All the films that were shown had to do with the present social problems disturbing India, so it can be understood even by a non-Indian, Mr Waintrop claimed.
One of the films screened was the classic Aparajito (The Unvanquished, 1956), the second part of 'Apu Trilogy' by Satyajit Ray. The film is the moving tale of a young boy who grows from childhood to adolescence and has to face life's passages. The success of Apu trilogy brought recognition for both Ray and Indian cinema in the international arena.
Many film experts like director Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Swiss director Olivier Paulus and film critic Hubert Noigret were called for many serious chats. These discussions were about the diversity of Indian movies just like the country's culture and how they represented many religions, traditions and religions in India.
The subject of tense relationships between Muslims and Hindus of the country has been taken as a theme for many films from 1940s and it is still a subject considered by several directors. Second movie to be screened at the festival was Firaaq directed by Nandita Das, which is made in the backdrop of Gujarat communal riots. In that disastrous incident a lot of Muslim people were killed by Hindus. The movie narrates how innocent Muslim people are being killed by Hindu policemen. The film, with its realistic approach, is a depiction of how violent act gets continued to another violent act.
Mehreen Jabbar, a filmmaker from Pakistan, has also handled the theme of tense relationships between Hindus and Muslims in the movie Ramchand Pakistani. Ramchand Pakistani is about two people - a father and a son, who reside close to the border line of Pakistan and India. When the boy inadvertently crosses the border, his father goes to bring him back, but both get caught by policemen. His father, recognizing the severe fault, runs after him and they both get arrested and put in an Indian prison. The movie won the audience prize at the film festival. It narrates the corrupted Indian policemen and their attitude to Pakistanis.
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