Mumbai: During an exclusive interview with Palash Dutta, actor, director, and writer, he shared his experience attending the Cannes Film Festival, where two of his film posters were launched. He discussed his films, ‘Dance of Joy’ and ‘Singh & Sinha,’ highlighting their social messages. Dutta emphasized the importance of system and discipline in the film industry, criticizing Bollywood's lack thereof. He advocated for more humanity and less ego in the industry and believes content-driven films with universal messages will thrive. Dutta also stressed the need for fresh stories and real voices, particularly women's perspectives, in Indian cinema.
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00:00The first thing is that this is my first Cannes debut at Cannes International Film Festival.
00:15I attended the first time and I had to take two short films there.
00:21It was a very good experience.
00:26I had never imagined that my two short films are going to be showcased there.
00:33The first film is Dance of Joy which I have written, cast, acted and directed.
00:39This is my first directorial venture.
00:41We launched a poster in Bharat Pavilion.
00:45The second film is Sing and Sina.
00:49The director and producer is Mohan Das.
00:51Both films are message oriented.
00:55We launched a poster on the Cannes Film website.
01:04I think this is a life changing experience for me to attend Cannes Film Festival.
01:11You both have very unique and bold things.
01:16Do you think that there are such subjects in bold or acceptance?
01:21Or struggle?
01:23So my film Dance of Joy which I have directed,
01:26It is not bold.
01:28It is something that there is a essence of the story.
01:33It is that at any age you can follow your passion or dream.
01:39There is no age of passion or passion.
01:42It is the essence of that film.
01:44And the film Sing and Sina's essence is an HIV positive story.
01:51It is not bold.
01:53It is actually a message oriented story.
01:55That, as we have a cold flu,
01:58It is an armed disease.
02:00So HIV and AIDS is also an armed disease.
02:02We can treat it as a normal disease.
02:04And we can treat it as a cancer.
02:08We treat it as a cancer.
02:10We treat it as a cancer.
02:11We treat it as a cancer.
02:13We treat it as a cancer.
02:15So we treat it as a cancer.
02:16Because science has been so successful.
02:19And there are also many medicines in the world.
02:23So that is an essence of how an HIV and an AIDS patient can live a normal life.
02:29Like in normal life, we have cold flu and cold flu.
02:34And we are going to dub it in 28-30 languages.
02:40It is going to be going to the Limca Book of World Records.
02:43Because dub it in 28-30 languages is a very big achievement.
02:48So our target is that.
02:49Our target is that.
02:50The director is Mohan Das.
02:51Our target is that.
02:52Usually the difference is at the Cannes Film Festival.
02:55The Cannes Film Festival is saying that it is a passion statement.
03:00It is a passion statement.
03:05It is a passion statement.
03:07So what do you think about it?
03:09Correct.
03:10I want to correct you.
03:13The Cannes Film Festival is definitely a film festival.
03:16In which the world cinema is shown.
03:19And there are red carpet events.
03:21Obviously in red carpet you will not wear a normal jogging shoes or track pants suit.
03:27You will go to a good suit boot.
03:29Right?
03:29Right?
03:30So people go to their fashion and their dress codes.
03:34Like men, black and midnight blue.
03:38There are two specific dress codes.
03:40You have to wear black and midnight blue.
03:42Besides those events in red carpet,
03:45which are media related events.
03:46You have to follow this dress code.
03:48And ladies have to wear an evening gown.
03:51These are media events.
03:53You can wear anything in red carpet.
03:56But people travel so far.
04:00And they have so much hope that we will click red carpet.
04:05So it is not a fashion event.
04:06Definitely not a fashion event.
04:08Yes, it is a glamorous event.
04:10I can say that.
04:11Because there are so many people who come from all across the globe.
04:16They also want to make a fashion statement.
04:18But yes,
04:20many years ago,
04:23the so-called fashion influencers,
04:25social media influencers,
04:26their mindset and agenda,
04:30that we will go to the red carpet.
04:32We will click on the red carpet.
04:34And we will post it.
04:37And our job is done.
04:38But,
04:39I want to say that,
04:40this is all of those people,
04:41one of those social media influencers.
04:43If you get such millions of millions of millions of dollars to come
04:46from 2-2 days to come,
04:47then you will do festival,
04:50you will also attend festival.
04:52enty of festival to come.
04:52Please look up,
04:53because there is a market market where buyers and sellers have come,
04:56where you will be.
04:58You will have to go,
04:59because eventually,
05:00I'm sure,
05:01many people will become actor.
05:02or if you have to work with a storyteller or a producer,
05:08then you can attend the film festival with fashion.
05:12And if you have to attend a lot of work,
05:14then you can extend a little trip
05:16and enjoy the fun of the film festival.
05:18This is what I want to say.
05:20When you talk about the dynamics of the industry,
05:23you have said that in the industry
05:26there is also a benefit from your own experience.
05:29Where people are not happy with your success.
05:34Yes, absolutely.
05:35I think the biggest thing in our Bollywood industry is the ego.
05:42There is a lot of ego in the Bollywood industry.
05:46Because of the ego,
05:47there are a lot of relationships in the world.
05:52And there are a lot of relationships.
05:56And this is why I have been attending film festivals in 17-18 years.
06:02Whether it's Mami, Ify,
06:04Jagan Film Festival,
06:06or Kashish Film Festival.
06:07And in some years,
06:09I have attended the LA Film Festival,
06:12Spain Film Festival,
06:13and now there are Cannes.
06:15So what I have observed,
06:17that the international filmmakers are so grounded,
06:22so grounded,
06:23so approachable,
06:25that we are not in Bollywood.
06:27Because I have been 30 years in the industry,
06:30I have seen a golden period in Bollywood.
06:32I have seen a good period in Bollywood.
06:34I have not seen a good period.
06:35Now there is no period.
06:36The first directors were approachable.
06:38There was a system.
06:39There was a system.
06:40There was a system.
06:41There was a door.
06:42And we talk about
06:43we have to achieve
06:45Hollywood style of filmmaking
06:47or Hollywood style of system.
06:50But if Bollywood is not in Bollywood,
06:52if we talk about the system,
06:54then there is a better system in the South Film industry.
06:57The South Film industry
06:58gives timely payments.
07:00The South Film industry
07:01has a system.
07:03All actors are very serious.
07:05If it is 7 o'clock,
07:08then all actors are on set
07:10by 6.30 to 7 o'clock.
07:11And the shooting is started
07:13at 7 a.m. sharp in the morning.
07:15And in Bollywood,
07:16there is a 9 o'clock shift.
07:18By the time,
07:19the first take is
07:20at 12.30 or 11.00.
07:22This is sometimes after lunch.
07:24So this is a system.
07:26It is not in Bollywood.
07:30This is not in Bollywood.
07:32The ego,
07:33the ego which is
07:34and has been with me.
07:35I've observed that
07:37these people who have my friends,
07:40my close friends,
07:41my work colleagues,
07:43they are not happy
07:44that I am doing
07:46whatever I am doing
07:47or I am going to the world.
07:49I have started as a model.
07:51Then I started working on the theater.
07:53Then I started working on the theater.
07:55I started working on the theater.
07:56Then I started casting.
07:57I started casting.
07:58I started casting.
07:59I have been a writer, producer, director in the past 8 years, so don't worry, they are very jealous, they are very insecure, I don't know what, or why insecurity?
08:12You have to do it, so you do it too, who has stopped you? Who has stopped you?
08:16Because I want to keep myself proactive, I want to keep myself in time, I want to keep myself in time,
08:26then I am reinventing myself, so you also reinvent yourself, who has stopped you?
08:31But this ego, and Anurag Kashyap has also claimed that Bollywood industry is going to the dogs, because in Bollywood industry there is no system, there is creativity,
08:45that I am trying to make some projects, I am trying to make some projects, I am trying to make some projects,
08:48I am trying to make some projects, everything is a foundation, a foundation of the system,
08:52that people want to say that we want to share the return on investment in the past,
08:58first, so, how can we put an investment into return on investment first?
09:01You can tell the film, you can make some projects,
09:02you can create a film, you can make some projects, you can prepare a film after that,
09:07like, you can create a film, and you get pre works in the past,
09:11you can make some projects, like, all the work and then you can make some projects,
09:13so you are trying to make some projects beyond the future.
09:15So digital innovation to robots, as you can sell for an investment,
09:17if you want to save the industry in the past,
09:22as a producer,
09:23you want to come on board,
09:24if you ask first,
09:26what is the benefit of this one?
09:29How can you tell us as a creative person?
09:31So, sometimes this should be changed.
09:34You know, creativity
09:35and the corporatization
09:36that came in Bollywood,
09:38sometimes this should be changed.
09:39Is what I feel.
09:40And ego,
09:41which is a big ego in Bollywood,
09:43you know,
09:44that I am a very big
09:4530-30 mark,
09:46I have done this,
09:47I have done that.
09:47Why?
09:48I am also an human,
09:50and
09:50I am also an human,
09:53I am also trying to do it.
09:55And when you started,
09:56when you started,
09:57you were also newcomers,
10:00you were also newcomers,
10:00you were probably the same thing.
10:02So, you are the newcomers,
10:05aspiring directors,
10:06aspiring producers,
10:08if we have content,
10:09we should have a chance to get the opportunity.
10:12In the 30th century,
10:14you have the idea of 2000,
10:15the golden days,
10:17and the social media,
10:18the most important thing.
10:21The biggest difference is that,
10:23in our times,
10:25my time,
10:26I was talking about some,
10:27self-life to several times,
10:28I had to have a few 15 to 10,
10:3015,
10:3020 years ago.
10:33I had at least,
10:34I had seen my life,
10:35and my co-actors,
10:37I had seen my life.
10:38And now,
10:38what I am watching,
10:39has been waiting forhhh,
10:4024 hours.
10:40You are popular,
10:44till your project is on air.
10:46if one actor, a television actor
10:48does a show, and that shows
10:50closed, then it begins again
10:52from zero. Similarly, social media
10:55of course, you are popular
10:58when your followers are popular
11:01and then you will be new social media
11:02follower, then you will be
11:04fourth or fourth. So, the self-life
11:07is slowly, slowly, slowly
11:09becomes less. So, this is the difference
11:11in the old days of actors
11:14and the industry that was the
11:16floor and the other one.
11:21Yes, I think
11:26people are living in a bubble.
11:28People are the bubbles, that there are so called
11:30fans and followers.
11:34This bubble is a lot of
11:35going on. I'm sure. And
11:38the day the bubble will go, the day
11:39you will get the reality. So,
11:42try and remain
11:43basic
11:44okay you are creating content
11:46very good that you are getting
11:49followers to watch your
11:51content and i am sure
11:53your content will be good but
11:55don't keep in the bubble
11:56because i am telling myself
11:59when i was at Cannes Film Festival
12:01i was just
12:03here and i was just thinking
12:06that
12:06you know bollywood industry is a very
12:11small tiny part
12:12of the entire global market
12:15we were probably
12:1740-50 Indians there
12:20at Cannes Film Festival
12:23and
12:24big actors were running there
12:26and no one knows them
12:28no one is asking them
12:29because the whole country
12:32is so big
12:34there is such a big world
12:37out there
12:37such a huge
12:39it's such a big forum
12:42and we are just small tiny part
12:44of that forum
12:45bollywood industry is a small tiny part
12:47so
12:48why so much
12:50you know
12:52why so much hatred
12:53why so much jealousy
12:55why so much
12:56you know inhumanity
12:59you know
12:59you know
12:59you know
13:01you know
13:02I feel
13:02and I feel
13:04that if we
13:04go to each other
13:06as a community
13:09then i think it will be good for us to survive in the industry
13:14If you are asking me this question from Indian perspective, yes, India is ready, Indian audiences become very intelligent, very clever, they are exposed.
13:40When COVID came and the advent of social media, the advent of OTT platforms came, Indians are exposed to world cinema, to world content and Indian audiences have become very intelligent.
13:54You cannot fool the Indian audience.
13:56So I feel that content driven subject is very important.
14:04But if you want to add a commercial, I am sorry, that film will not go in the world market.
14:14So you have to show real stories.
14:18Our India is so diverse, there are so many multilingual languages, there are so many different stories from small states.
14:28You know, there are so many stories, there are so many languages.
14:32If you want to see real content, people want to see real content.
14:36Bollywood, dance, dance, these people don't want to see in the world cinema.
14:42But if you want to add a commercial element in it, there is also a universal and socially relevant message.
14:48That's what I think.
14:50And independent filmmakers have a lot of difficulty.
14:52Because I am making films of my own money.
14:56Outside producers are getting me slowly to collaborate, but when I went to Cannes market, I got a good response.
15:04When I wrote a story about a Marathi backdrop, they love the subject.
15:10You know, but here I am looking for financials in Bombay.
15:14So, Cannes market is a very good center.
15:20Where we go to the Indian filmmakers to collaborative effort.
15:25Or, you know, to co-produce with foreign investors.
15:30For example, All We Imagine As Light.
15:32The film Pael Kapadhyay directed, which we received Cannes Award in the last year.
15:36It was not an Indian film.
15:38It was a co-French production.
15:41It was an Indo and a co-French production.
15:43Only Pael Kapadhyay is an Indian filmmaker.
15:45It was an Indian film, Hindi film.
15:47But, Indian film, Indian production was not that.
15:50It was a Indian production.
15:52It was a Indian production.
15:53So, I want to highlight this thing.
15:55That Indian filmmakers, who are like many markets,
16:00are very good storytellers.
16:02They have a lot of production houses backing.
16:06Like Dharma production, Mukhtar, Yashraj films.
16:09They have a lot of production houses backing.
16:12Because lobbying is very important.
16:14I realized that this is my take away from Cannes Film Festival.
16:18That money, power, lobbying and funds is very important to make your film reach there.
16:25Because we Indian filmmakers or independent filmmakers,
16:28how much we can invest in a film to promote and distribute.
16:33The film is made, but promotion and distribution is equally important to reach out.
16:38And only big, big production houses can come and collaborate with you.
16:42In the industry, we did that there was a real challenge,
16:45That it was a real challenge that we have always had to make.
16:48We are doing that as the India is on Pakistan.
16:50It's made a story on Pakistan.
16:52And India is made a story on Pakistan.
16:53With a walk-up on Pakistan, it's made a story on Pakistan.
16:55India is made a story on Pakistan.
16:56And India is made a story on Pakistan.
16:58But, nowadays, we have seen that operations have been moved.
17:01And people say that we have to do that.
17:03But they aim for it.
17:05People say that this is also to the opposite of,
17:07Or you are upset or you are scared of and the change.
17:09But in the real world, it doesn't have to be a lead-ease name.
17:14Yeah, you have asked a question about why a woman-centric film can't be a woman-centric film.
17:22And the name of Operation Sindur is called a woman.
17:28And why the male lead actor made a poster value of this film?
17:36Why not a Vidya Balan or a Tabu or, you know, such known actors,
17:42which is an essence of our women, Navy, Army and people who are behind this Operation Sindur,
17:56who was actually given and sacrifices their lives for the war.
18:01Why does it not come to their name in the forefront?
18:03I think it's very important.
18:05It's a very relevant question that why only male-centric would it be?
18:10This Operation Sindur was led by two women and it has to be played by two women actors,
18:16if at all this film is made, in my opinion.
18:20I think it's a personal opinion.
18:34I think it's a personal opinion that they don't want to share it, because today you know that if you say it, then you are trolled, but if you don't say it, then you are trolled.
18:51If you don't say it, then you are trolled, but if you don't say it, then you are trolled.
18:56Because social media is so much so that you don't want to share it with the people in the social media.
19:03So, I think, I think, I believe that the government is doing their work.
19:12If we don't say it, we are even committed to our work.
19:13We are doing their work.
19:14We are doing their work.
19:15The Indian Air Force, Navy, and Indian Army.
19:17uh, Navy, uh, and Indian army salam to them and, uh, Natmas taku salam karta hun ko
19:23or, uh, heart jod ke hun ko, uh, uh, uh, yeh karta hun ki what they are doing.
19:29I think nobody else can do.
19:30Toh Bollywood celebrities kuch, uh, ka kuch kehna is maamle mein won't really make an impact
19:36is what I feel because, uh, uh, uh, uh, let Bollywood people do their work.
19:41Agar wo, agar wo is, is topic pick film banana chaata hai let them talk through the medium
19:47of cinema or let the government talk and, uh, do their, uh, bit what they can do, uh,
19:53kyunki sabka apna personal agenda ho ta hai, sabka apna personal opinion ho ta hai, uh,
19:57wo log kehna chahe nahi kehna chahe, wo unka personal propaganda is what I feel.
20:01Uh, lastly in Turkey or other by the other country, yo hai support kari hai, uh, pakistan ko,
20:09mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
20:11mag gph kari, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm
20:15correct, correct.
20:19CORREC!
20:26I think agar ye baat humar parece nation ka hai, so nation comes, comes first above anything,
20:34Okay, and if we want to thank Turkey or Azerbaijan, if we want to ban it, then we have to be adamant about it.
20:52If we want to thank Turkey, then we have to be able to thank Turkey.
21:10If we want to thank Turkey, then we have to be able to thank Turkey.
21:15If we want to thank Turkey, then we have to be able to thank Turkey.
21:22I feel as a nation, I feel as a nation and as I feel as a law-abiding citizen, we need to stick by the ground that we should ban them.
21:31Like China was also during the COVID outbreak.
21:37We need to ban such nations, which are a threat to our nation is what I feel, and we should stick by it.
21:44What are the two short films I am going to release, hopefully in the coming weeks.
21:53My web series is Inspector Avinash, which I have done for Jio.
21:59It is going to be released in part two, season two, which is Randi Pura, Manu Singh, and many others.
22:05My web series is a showstopper.
22:10The platform is not yet decided.
22:12There are Swarab Rajjain, Degangana, Shweta Tiwari, Palaj Dutta.
22:16I am in all eight episodes.
22:18I am playing a very prominent character.
22:20I am looking for a new film.
22:21I am planning on the next one.
22:22I will be able to release, hopefully it will be released soon.
22:24I am going to be able to do a new film in the next one.
22:26A new film, I am going to be able to do a new film in the next one.
22:29I am now, suddenly I have cut a needle in the direction.
22:34I have written a few years ago, from the last 8 years, I have written and produced a short film.
22:38but dance of joy that I have directed,
22:41so sometimes it's going to eat me day by day,
22:44so hopefully in the coming months or in the coming years,
22:48you will see me as a director.
22:49And I have a craze of storytelling,
22:56and I have a feeling to tell stories,
23:05to take my stories from my heart.
23:07I have been developing a Bengali film and a Marathi film,
23:13and I am looking for finances,
23:16and hopefully I will be directing those two projects,
23:19so that's my passion and that's where my heart lies.
23:25So hopefully you will see me as a director
23:28and looking forward to showing you all my creations in future.
23:31Thank you very much.
23:34Yeah.
23:35The message is that the people who are watching this video
23:43and are watching this interview keep going,
23:46keep your chin high up,
23:49and making your stories and saying.
23:52And I am sure that if you are stuck,
23:54and if you are stuck,
23:55because I have been 30 years,
23:57and I also want,
23:58I am 54 years old,
23:59and I am also trying to keep going.
24:02So please try to keep going.
24:04Because the time is changing,
24:05and we need to keep going.
24:07So I am also trying to create something new,
24:11and believe in yourself.
24:13or believe in yourself.
24:14Thank you so much.