As Tomba had implied yesterday, is there any further need to inculcate the finer points of our culture to the people who were born and brought up here? After all, the filmmakers directors, actors, screen writers are all born here and, also brought up here. The culture of this land must be ingrained in them and that should be reflected in their creative products like films.
Tomba is raising a very intriguing question here.
I’ll come to this point tomorrow.
In the related topic, isn’t there any fruitful purpose served by the workshops( as tomba and his ilk have implied)?
On the two previous workshops, Film Forum, Manipur asked its affiliate members to suspend all works related to filmmaking (of course,not including exhibition of films in the theatres). The idea was to bring together all those connected with Manipuri films under one roof for two days and discuss things.
Both of the two workshops were very well attended and almost everybody having anything to do with films in Maniipur were in attendance.
You don’t ask me. But I’ll say it anyway. So many beautiful people so tightly stuffed in one room, even if it were for only two days,it let you feel that world is mostly of Technicolor things—let’s say, both animate and inanimate! C’mon, you got that feeling!!
I could feel that most of those present were enthusiastic about finding the identifying characteristics of Mnaipuri films. But HOW?
It is a big question and till now it remains as it is—just the question.
But if that’s the beginning of a quest, we have already made a tremendous stride.
I also went there burdened by this ‘HOW’ and I can assure that I came out a little enlightened. Both the workshops were fruitful. How, you may ask?
Sample this:
---We need to intellectualize the uniqueness of our history, our geography, our culture. The creative people connected with our films should be such a man or woman. If that’s the case, the line of his/her creative products like films must intersect another line of our living and thriving society. At just this point of intersection, we can find the identifying characteristics of Manipuri cinema---.
These are the words of Prof Nabakumar. I don’t know his full name—everybody just call him Prof Nabakumar. He is serving Head, Department of Anthropology, Manipur University.
He was one of the moderators in the workshops.
I think he has given us the staring point.
(Dear Tomba, are you listening? Even in the workshops itself, most of the people did not pay heed to the words of this good professor. Now, dear Tomba, don’t miss this chance!).
Friday, May 12, 2006
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