Ravi Chopra wants to relive his fathers films
How
will
Naya
Daur
be
marketed
to
today's
audiences?
The
strongest
element
of
that
film
was
the
music.
In
fact,
the
music
of
this
film
is
used
in
every
marriage.
Even
today,
during
the
sangeet
ceremony
of
the
marriages,
Naya
Daur
is
played.
So,
we
are
going
to
use
all
this
and
USP
obviously
will
be
colour
of
the
film.
The
basic
catch
phrase
will
be
'Was
it
shot
in
colour
or
black
and
white?'
What
kind
of
release
will
the
film
get?
The
film
will
be
given
a
full
fledged
release
like
a
regular
film.
We
are
trying
to
release
it
by
the
first
week
of
June.
From
the
technical
aspects
lets
now
talk
about
the
emotional
connect
of
the
film.
What
were
your
first
memories
of
the
film
Naya
Daur?
Oh,
I
was
a
kid
at
that
time.
I
remember
going
to
shooting.
I
had
gone
to
this
outdoor
shooting
to
Pune.
I
remember
the
total
family
atmosphere
that
was
there.
We
had
taken
a
big
house
out
there
and
we
used
to
live
in
together.
We
used
to
play
badminton
and
football
in
the
evening
after
pack-up.
I
also
remember
Dilip
(Kumar)
uncle
making
omelets
for
all
of
us.
Those
are
some
of
the
fond
memories
that
I
have.
How
was
the
response
to
the
film
when
it
released
in
1957?
It
was
mind-blowing
hit
of
that
era.
The
film
was
released
in
Minerva
and
Liberty
in
Mumbai
and
the
film
did
so
well
that
it
completed
silver
jubilee
in
both
the
theatres.
I
remember
the
first
day,
it
was
raining
cats
and
dogs
and
there
was
a
spree
of
umbrellas
outside
the
theatre
as
people
were
crowding
to
watch
the
film.
Will
attempts
like
re-releasing
old
classics
give
the
new
age
audience
a
feel
of
the
golden
era?
I
hope
so
because
there
are
some
beautiful
films
made
by
my
father
(B
R
Chopra),
Bimal
Roy,
Guru
Dutt
and
Raj
Kapoor
which
are
in
black
and
white
but
are
classics.
My
concern
is
that
we
must
not
forget
these
films.
It
would
be
sad
if
people
ever
stop
watching
these
films
because
they
were
black
n
white.
If this experiment works, I'll get all my father's films coloured. And I could do the same to some of the other works also.
Any
other
films
which
are
in
the
process
of
being
coloured?
The
next
film
that
we'll
be
working
on
is
Gumraah.
Then
there
will
be
Kanoon,
Dhool
Ka
Phool
etc.
My
dad
has
made
7
black
and
white
films,
which
I
want
to
colour.
I
had
talked
to
Guru
Dutt's
children
and
RK's
Dabbu
and
Chintu
(Randhir
and
Rishi
Kapoor)
and
I
will
definitely
talk
to
them
again
and
tell
them
to
do
this
to
their
father's
films
once
this
experiment
works.
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