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Jeyamohan Critiques Modern Art Filmmaking Trends
B Jeyamohan, a famous writer, gave a speech at a film festival.
He talked about how modern art filmmakers are not using literature to create new stories.
Instead, they are making movies based on other movies.
He said this makes their films boring and repetitive.
Jeyamohan has written many successful films and books.
He also shared his experiences, like traveling as a beggar and working with famous director Mani Ratnam.
He advised young writers not to copy novels directly for movies.
He also said that AI is not a big threat to his work because it can't create something truly new.
Jeyamohan criticized modern art filmmakers for relying on other films rather than literature.
He noted that many contemporary art films lack fresh themes and often reuse politically correct themes from world cinema.
Jeyamohan emphasized the importance of literature, mentioning good writing in languages like Kannada, Marathi, Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam, and Tamil.
He shared personal experiences, including traveling as a beggar and collaborating with director Mani Ratnam on films like Kadal and Ponniyin Selvan.
Jeyamohan advised young writers not to follow the storyline, dialogues, or philosophical discourse of a novel directly in their screenplays.
- Who
- B Jeyamohan, prominent writer and scriptwriter
- What
- Critiqued modern art filmmakers for relying on other films rather than literature
- Where
- Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) at PVR, The Pavillion
- When
- January 22, during the Vijay Tendulkar Memorial Lecture
- Why
- To highlight the lack of fresh themes and the importance of literature in filmmaking
Key facts
- Speaker
- B Jeyamohan
- Event
- Vijay Tendulkar Memorial Lecture
- Location
- Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) at PVR, The Pavillion
- Date
- January 22
- Collaborator
- Mani Ratnam
- Notable Work
- Venmurasu (Mahabharata retelling)
- AI Usage
- Storyboard creation only
Quotes
B Jeyamohan
Prominent writer and scriptwriter
“It is rare to see a fresh theme in modern art movies. Filmmakers are creating movies with regular politically correct themes of world movies. They are creating a fresh version of the same five or six themes. As a writer, I am extremely bored to see such films. If you want to create something fresh, you have to go to literature. There is a lot of good writing in Kannada, Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam and Tamil literature.”
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“I am writing for big movies. We are theorising big graphic scenes and digitally modified scenes. When AI was introduced, we began to use it. But, we discovered that AI can give you a standard that people are already accustomed to. You have to create something new, only then will people appreciate your film. So, we are not using AI except to create a storyboard.”
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