Filmmaker Sriram Raghavan & Writer Shridhar Raghavan Enthralled The Audiences
Talented duo of Siblings namely filmmaker Sriram Raghavan & writer Shridhar Raghavan enthralled the audiences at IFFI Goa 2018 with anecdotes from their years of growing up together in Pune & their journey through the film industry.
Speaking about how they fell in love with cinema, Sriram said, “As a kid I loved movies, that’s the only escape I had”, to which Shridhar added that, “We grew up in Pune next to the Apollo & Alankar cinema halls where we would watch all kinds of films from the past & the present, Hindi & Hollywood. One time I bunked school for 6 months and just watched films. Much like how kids do today using torrents.”
On being asked why it took him 17 long years to make his 1st ever feature film after passing out of the Film & Institute of India (FTII), Sriram said that, “Hindi cinema in the 90’s wasn’t the kind of films I wanted to make. Also I took time finding out my voice. My critical faculty was much better than my writing ability & hence I didn’t like anything I wrote.”
To the amusement of everyone in the hall, Shridhar added that. “With Sriram screenwriting is like Kamasutra. He tries every position & angle.”
A lot of discussion revolved around his latest thriller, Andhadhun, a film that’s still running to packed houses. Asked about the ending Sriram was cryptic as always. He asked the audiences to telling him what they felt. Shridhar felt that what one thought of the ending revealed a lot about how they looked at the world & human nature. The primarily young student filmmaker community in the audiences asked the duo multiple questions on their writing & filmmaking process, which the siblings answered in detail.
