Mumbai:
Renowned Marathi director UmeshKulkarni, whose film Deool won the national award, isplanning to make a Hindi movie - a love story or a perioddrama.
"It (Hindi film) was never my destination but I willmake a Hindi film. But that is not because I feel that is myfinal goal. I definitely like to make Marathi films. But thereare certain subjects that I would like to explore in Hindi asI feel it is a better language for them," Kulkarni told PTI inan interview.
"I would want to make a love story, which I feel Ishould be making in Hindi. I want to make a period film in anera which is not defined - an era of kings and queens thatrequires big canvas," he said.
On when does he see this happening, Kulkarni says, "Iwill be able to tell about that when there is somethingconcrete."
Known for his Marathi films like Valu, Vihir andDeool as well as short films Girni and Three Of Us,Kulkarni, an alumnus of Pune's Film and Television Instituteof India (FTII), feels the Marathi film industry has tostruggle constantly due to the presence of Bollywood.
"We are definitely struggling. Our films are better interms of techniques and storytelling. Our stories are ourstars. All the time we face problem about the release. As wehave limited resources for publicity and distribution, we haveto compete in same cinema halls where all the Hindi films arereleased," he said.
Meanwhile, the director was ecstatic that his latestventure Pune 52 was screened at the 14th Mumbai FilmFestival, organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image(MAMI).
Talking about Pune 52, Kulkarni says, "I haveproduced the film, Nikhil Mahajan has directed it. Based in1992, it is the story of a private detective when the reformsand globalisation started. It is about relationship. It is inthriller genre."
The film will hit the screens on December 12."We have declared release date as 12.12.12...magicaldate. But we will take a final call depending on which Hindifilm is releasing that day," he said.Kulkarni feels that a filmmaker does benefit from afestival.
"It is a wonderful platform where you can show thefilm to an audience who is concerned about cinema as a mediumof art. At the same time, it is an opportunity to meet otherfilmmakers and watch different films from various countries.Also, you can understand where you are in terms of yourcinematic journey," he added.
"It (Hindi film) was never my destination but I willmake a Hindi film. But that is not because I feel that is myfinal goal. I definitely like to make Marathi films. But thereare certain subjects that I would like to explore in Hindi asI feel it is a better language for them," Kulkarni told PTI inan interview.
"I would want to make a love story, which I feel Ishould be making in Hindi. I want to make a period film in anera which is not defined - an era of kings and queens thatrequires big canvas," he said.
On when does he see this happening, Kulkarni says, "Iwill be able to tell about that when there is somethingconcrete."
Known for his Marathi films like Valu, Vihir andDeool as well as short films Girni and Three Of Us,Kulkarni, an alumnus of Pune's Film and Television Instituteof India (FTII), feels the Marathi film industry has tostruggle constantly due to the presence of Bollywood.
"We are definitely struggling. Our films are better interms of techniques and storytelling. Our stories are ourstars. All the time we face problem about the release. As wehave limited resources for publicity and distribution, we haveto compete in same cinema halls where all the Hindi films arereleased," he said.
Meanwhile, the director was ecstatic that his latestventure Pune 52 was screened at the 14th Mumbai FilmFestival, organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image(MAMI).
Talking about Pune 52, Kulkarni says, "I haveproduced the film, Nikhil Mahajan has directed it. Based in1992, it is the story of a private detective when the reformsand globalisation started. It is about relationship. It is inthriller genre."
The film will hit the screens on December 12."We have declared release date as 12.12.12...magicaldate. But we will take a final call depending on which Hindifilm is releasing that day," he said.Kulkarni feels that a filmmaker does benefit from afestival.
"It is a wonderful platform where you can show thefilm to an audience who is concerned about cinema as a mediumof art. At the same time, it is an opportunity to meet otherfilmmakers and watch different films from various countries.Also, you can understand where you are in terms of yourcinematic journey," he added.
