Actor, director and now the chairperson of Children's Film Society of India, Nandita Das is busy with kids at the animation workshop organised for kids during the film festival. The actress who has been working round the clock this week to live upto her stint as the chairperson of the society says, the organising of the festival was a great 'learning experience' for her."The children's film festival has been larger than I imagined it to be. This fest brought together different minds to one platform and the kids surely got to learn a lot meeting their peers from different parts of the country and there is so much that happens between them in those informal spaces. Its been just three months that I took over as Chairperson of this society and ideally I would have liked to know how this society works before I could start doing something. But immediately I had to work for this festival and it was like directly diving deep into the sea. However, an overwhelming feedback from the kids is thankfully an acclaim to our efforts. " she says.
Nandita opines that there is a notion among Indian film makers that films for kids is loss making. She now plans to involve mainstream distributors,film makers and writers in CFSI and loan their thoughts on how to take these kids movies to theatres and make them commercially viable."Every time we think of making movies for kids in our country, they produce films that are boring and preachy. Kids want films on adventure,hope, fancy, fun with a subtle message in it. My duty now is to craft a market plan to take these movies to theatres. We will start informal committees with film makers, kids and writers that will advise us on how to make quality movies for kids. We will also make sure there are film clubs in district level. Every day I am making notes on what I can rectify and mygoal is to create certain systemic changes in CFSI that go beyond my stint as chairperson." the actor quips.
Though she is happy with the co-operation by the state government over conducting of this kids film fest, she smirks at the petty incidents that are blown out of proportion by a section of media. While admitting that there were lapses in the festival, she claims that Hyderabad is yet to own this festival.
"I have gone to about 50 film festivals as an actress. In every country,colleges, NGOs, youngsters volunteer to do something for the festival. But there, a few media personnel fought with me for media kits. It is imperative for us to own the festival and play a perfect host. Mistakes are bound to bethere in a wedding at home. Lapses are bound to occur in an event of this scale.Its sad that we look at the negative aspects of everything than giving constructive suggestions.It is sad that we don't take ownership of the festival in the city and accuse that the locals are not involved in it "
The actress who claims that she couldn't enjoy this festival much as she was busy spending half of her time in 'crisis management', promises an exponential growth in quality of Indian films for the 2011 film festival."I will give preforma to give feedback to all our employees. I am gettingfeedback from jury, officials, media, parents and kids. When we pool in all that and understand the problems in making films for kids, we can chalk outthe solution. That will be first on my prirority after the festival."who reveals that she didn't have to face any problems from bureaucracy as they gave her free hand in doing what she likes to do.
This Nandi award winner says there is a lot to learn from kids and says that she is overall happy for giving kids a memorable film watching experience."Kids never complain on trivial inconviences. Its amazing to see themover look little problems and enjoy the activities here.I think we elders are sad human beings looking at everything with negativity. An escalator expereince at theatre could make the kids laugh and enjoy.Overall, I am content and happy over the memorable experience we gave the kids in this festival. My aim now is to keep the spirit of this fest going until the next fest" she signs off.
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