Showing posts with label Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya. Show all posts
Together, Satyajit Ray and I had brainstormed on the songs of Goopy Gyne Baagha Byne-Gulzar
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As Goopi Gyne Bagha Byne reboot gears up for release, Gulzar on working with Ray for Bengali gem’s Hindi adaptation
Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; February 28, 2019)
Exactly 50 years after it left the audience spellbound with its fantasy world, Satyajit Ray’s classic Goopy Gyne Baagha Byne has been reimagined in an animated version as Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya. The film is directed by Shilpa Ranade. Interestingly, the Bengali gem was to be remade in Hindi in the early ’70s and would have marked the collaboration of two cinematic geniuses, Ray and Gulzar.
In a chat with mid-day, the celebrated writer-director recounted, “We [Ray and him] had worked extensively on the film. Together, we had brainstormed on the songs as well.” However, Ray dropped the idea as he felt that the film would lose its charm in translation.
Gulzar rued that he did not get the opportunity to work alongside Ray in his almost six-decade career. “After the Hindi adaptation was shelved, I had again reached out to him to work on his Hindi film, Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977). [But] he had committed the film to someone else. I was unlucky that I did not get the chance to work with him. I remember his deep baritone and clarity of thought.”
Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; February 28, 2019)
Exactly 50 years after it left the audience spellbound with its fantasy world, Satyajit Ray’s classic Goopy Gyne Baagha Byne has been reimagined in an animated version as Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya. The film is directed by Shilpa Ranade. Interestingly, the Bengali gem was to be remade in Hindi in the early ’70s and would have marked the collaboration of two cinematic geniuses, Ray and Gulzar.
In a chat with mid-day, the celebrated writer-director recounted, “We [Ray and him] had worked extensively on the film. Together, we had brainstormed on the songs as well.” However, Ray dropped the idea as he felt that the film would lose its charm in translation.
Gulzar rued that he did not get the opportunity to work alongside Ray in his almost six-decade career. “After the Hindi adaptation was shelved, I had again reached out to him to work on his Hindi film, Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977). [But] he had committed the film to someone else. I was unlucky that I did not get the chance to work with him. I remember his deep baritone and clarity of thought.”
Satyajit Ray's Goopy Gyne, Bagha Byne returns in animation form
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Himesh Mankad (MUMBAI MIRROR; January 14, 2019)
Fifty years after Satyajit Ray’s fantasy adventure Goopy Gyne, Bagha Byne, an animated version of the classic titled GGBB: Goopi Gawaiya, Bagha Bajaiya and directed by Shilpa Ranade, is ready to hit screens. It was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013.Pointing out that the original had come into being after he requested his father to make something for children, Ray’s son, filmmaker Sandip Ray, who loved Shilpa’s version, says, “I am still fascinated by Goopi and Bagha. It is such a nice story that has stood the test of time.”
Shilpa acknowledges the responsibility of recreating a Ray story. “It has been attempted by cinematic icons but it is such a heartwarming story that you eventually get over that baggage,” she asserts.
The film’s trailer will be unveiled by Gulzar, whose Hindi translation of the story, written by Sandip’s great grandfather Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury in 1915, released in 2012. “Life has come a full circle; it was Gulzar sir’s story that motivated me to direct an animated film on these iconic characters,” she concludes.
Goopy Gyne, Bagha Byne is a story of talentless musicians whose fortunes turn when they receive a boon from the king of ghosts.
Children's Film Society of India organizes free film fest for kids; looks at grooming budding storytellers
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Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; April 30, 2016)
From Shilpa Ranade's
animated Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya to Seemaa Desai's directorial
debut, Pappu Ki Pugdandi, the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI)
has been producing films for over 60 years. Few of these will be
screened at their free-of-cost summer film festival for kids, held in
Mumbai, Delhi, among other cities.
“We have partnered with NGOs like Salaam Baalak Trust and Action India, which bring over 200 students to the screenings and have invited municipal schools to join in. We are also accepting all kinds of viewing requests from organisations to get as many children as possible on board,“ Dr Shravan Kumar, Festival Director and CEO, CFSI, which has produced national and international award-winning films as well, told Mirror.
Taking the initiative a notch higher this year, the film society has launched a new app for children to learn filmmaking. “Anyone can get on the app. If there are over 25 children or more, we organise workshops at a place convenient to them. CFSI members and students of the Film and Television Institute of India take over teaching duties,“ Shravan adds.
Moreover, a new segment, 'Little Directors', is being added to CFSI's annual calendar, where children can compete with their films. “It was nice to see a packed house at our three-day screening event at Siri Fort auditorium on Friday afternoon. We screen only two films daily from a long list, including Gattu, Krish Trish and Baltiboy, Kaphal, Gauru and Kima's Lode. We hope more kids join us in the journey,“ he says.
“We have partnered with NGOs like Salaam Baalak Trust and Action India, which bring over 200 students to the screenings and have invited municipal schools to join in. We are also accepting all kinds of viewing requests from organisations to get as many children as possible on board,“ Dr Shravan Kumar, Festival Director and CEO, CFSI, which has produced national and international award-winning films as well, told Mirror.
Taking the initiative a notch higher this year, the film society has launched a new app for children to learn filmmaking. “Anyone can get on the app. If there are over 25 children or more, we organise workshops at a place convenient to them. CFSI members and students of the Film and Television Institute of India take over teaching duties,“ Shravan adds.
Moreover, a new segment, 'Little Directors', is being added to CFSI's annual calendar, where children can compete with their films. “It was nice to see a packed house at our three-day screening event at Siri Fort auditorium on Friday afternoon. We screen only two films daily from a long list, including Gattu, Krish Trish and Baltiboy, Kaphal, Gauru and Kima's Lode. We hope more kids join us in the journey,“ he says.
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