Director Imtiaz Ali At IFFI 2019: All Men In My Films Cry
Masterclass by Filmmakers Rahul Rawail and Imtiaz Ali on The contemporary filmmakers of different generations was recently held at the ongoing 50th edition of International Film Festival of India
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Masterclass
by
Filmmakers
Rahul
Rawail
and
Imtiaz
Ali
on
The
contemporary
filmmakers
of
different
generations
was
recently
held
at
the
ongoing
50th
edition
of
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI)
The
masterclass
began
with
the
felicitation
of
the
filmmakers
by
Amit
Satija,
CEO,
ESG
and
Ankur
Lahoty,
AD,
DFF.
To
honour
Rahul
Rawail,
the
session
saw
the
clips
of
his
movies
Arjun
and
Dacoit
followed
by
the
screening
of
Imtiaz
Ali’s
short
film
India
Tomorrow.
Filmmaker
Rahul
Rawail
said,
“You
learn
while
watching
films
and
understand
what
other
people
have
done.
There
were
incidences
in
Arjun
where
Sunny
Deol
cried
but
he
didn’t
cry
the
way
he
should
at
that
point
of
time
but
what
Imtiaz
has
done
in
his
films,
that
is
commendable.”
“My
elder
son
Bharat
heads
the
creatives
at
YRF
and
the
younger
one
Shiv
is
soon
going
to
be
launched
as
a
director
by
YRF.
When
I
made
Love
Story,
Amjad
Khan
was
Gabbar
Singh
and
I
wanted
to
cast
him
for
the
role
of
a
funny
constable,
people
called
me
crazy
but
he
fit
the
role.
I
was
in
the
middle
of
shooting
Arjun
and
I
thought
of
removing
Dimple
Kapadia
from
the
film...also
shortened
the
runtime
of
the
film
but
my
producers
didn’t
approve
of
this
and
even
forced
me
to
add
more
scenes,”
he
shared.
Director
Imtiaz
Ali
said,
“I
got
inspired
to
make
films
by
filmmakers
Rahul
Rawail
and
J
P
Dutta
since
they
were
about
travel.
The
reflection
of
their
films
is
visible
in
my
films.
The
background
of
movie
Arjun
was
very
unconventional.
In
fact,
in
Pahalgam,
their
is
lake
called
Betaab
valley
on
the
name
of
the
film.”
“It
is
said
that
cinema
is
inspirational,
We
say
cinema
lets
you
do
whatever
you
can’t
do
in
the
real
life.
Being
a
guy,
I
never
cried
and
my
mother
used
to
call
me
heartless...
funnily
but
on
the
other
hand,
my
male
protagonists
have
always
cried
in
my
films,”
he
added.
He
further
stated,
“A
lot
of
people
come
to
me
and
say
that
my
films
have
broken
the
stereotypes
of
Karan
Johar
and
YRF
but
it
is
definitely
not
in
my
conscious.
What
I
write
in
my
scripts
and
show
in
my
films,
doesn’t
mean
I
have
seen
that
earlier.”