{"id":4026,"date":"2013-02-11T13:04:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T13:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=4026"},"modified":"2013-02-11T13:15:29","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T13:15:29","slug":"wish-i-could-find-money-for-film-on-tipu%e2%80%99s-kin-benegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=4026","title":{"rendered":"Wish I could find money for film on Tipu\u2019s kin: Benegal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HYDERABAD:ANDHRA PRADESH: \u00a009\/02\/2013:Renowned director Shyam Benegal,at the Akkineni International Foundation function where in Shyam Benegal was presented the Akkineni Nageswara Rao National Award in Hyderabad on Saturday. \/ PHOTO:G_RAMAKRISHNA \/ The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n

Has a script on Princess Niloufer of the Ottoman empire<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nShyam Benegal has about 70-odd films to his credit, including about 30 that are full-length feature films.
\nHis name has been synonymous with cinema in India for over three decades and he boasts of awards given to the highest achievements in the space of film-making.
\nYet, at the age of 78 years, he finds himself at a disadvantage unable to source funds required to can his pet projects.<\/p>\n

 
\n WORK ON BIOPIC<\/strong>
\nIf he had about US $35 million to $40 million, he would straightaway launch work on a biopic around Tipu Sultan\u2019s descendants, Ustad Inayat Khan and his daughter Noor Inayat Khan.
\nHe also has a script ready to make a film on Princess Niloufer of the Ottoman empire.
\nAsk him with a certain degree of disbelief as to how a man like him would find it difficult to convince a production house to cough up the money and he says with a wry smile, \u201cIt is true. The projects are so complex and the logistics cumbersome that they need a large canvas spanning continents.
\n\u201cEvery scene has to be recreated from the past, starting from scratch. The budget required is simply too much.\u201d
\nCloser to the Indian heart, he says he is almost ready for a serial on the making of the Indian Constitution.
\n\u201cI have been working for about eight months, writing the draft and showing it to people and I am convinced that I am on track.
\nThe greatness of our Constitution and the hard work of those who scripted it, defining the people as individuals and India as a nation and their respective roles have to be narrated.\u201d<\/p>\n

 
\n LEGACY FOR GENERATIONS<\/strong>
\nMr. Benegal said the inspiration for a serial on the Constitution came from his belief that people needed to know the background and that he was sure of its success, as much as his \u2018Bharat Ek Khoj\u2019, based on Pandit Nehru\u2019s book, \u2018Discovery of India\u2019 was. \u201cThese should form the legacy that we leave behind for the future generations,\u201d he says with deep conviction.
\n GETTING THE AWARD<\/strong>
\nAsk him how he felt about receiving the Akkineni Nageswara Rao National Award considering that he has received oh-so-many of them, he smiles again says, \u201cAwards for awards\u2019 sakes don\u2019t mean anything. But when they are in recognition of your work, they mean the world and are welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

source: http:\/\/www.TheHindu.com \/ Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad \/ by Suresh Krishnamoorthy \/ February \u00a011th, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HYDERABAD:ANDHRA PRADESH: \u00a009\/02\/2013:Renowned director Shyam Benegal,at the Akkineni International Foundation function where in Shyam Benegal was presented the Akkineni Nageswara Rao National Award in Hyderabad on Saturday. \/ PHOTO:G_RAMAKRISHNA \/ The Hindu Has a script on Princess Niloufer of the Ottoman empire Shyam Benegal has about 70-odd films to his credit, including about 30 that … Continue reading Wish I could find money for film on Tipu\u2019s kin: Benegal<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-culture-entertainment","category-historical-links-pre-independence"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4026"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4035,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions\/4035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}