Mumbai: In an exclusive interview with IANS, actor Barun Chanda discussed his latest short film ‘Rerouting’ and shared his thoughts on the film industry. Barun expressed his preference for working in short films, citing their meaningful storylines and genuine content. He also talked about the corporatization of Bollywood, the distinction between commercial and parallel cinema, and the influence of theatre on modern acting. Notably, he revealed that Amitabh Bachchan praised his film, and the two even met recently. Barun invited audiences to watch ‘Rerouting,’ describing it as a beautiful and worth-watching film that defies categorization.
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00:00First of all, welcome to Ionis.
00:07Okay, I'll tell you what.
00:19I feel happier working in short films than in commercial feature films.
00:28Commercial feature films are masala films.
00:31But a short film has a storyline, probably has something to convey,
00:36that I appreciate much more.
00:38So, when somebody proposes a short film, I look at it carefully.
00:45I don't say, no, no, no, that's not for me, no.
00:49Sir, do you think the edges of Paris cinema have been lost in today's industry?
00:55I think that's a misnomer.
01:00See, what happens is OTT is getting a certain pattern.
01:04You are classifying horror, this, love, relationship, something, something,
01:12thriller, crime, blah, blah, blah.
01:16So, you are fixing it beforehand.
01:19And you are spoon feeding the customer.
01:22I mean, you like crime, then watch this.
01:25As if it's a ready record now.
01:29Then what happens is you become into that class, classified.
01:38There are elements of horror in this film, but it's not a horror film.
01:42It's a psychological thriller.
01:44It's not even a crime film.
01:46It's not even a crime film.
01:48Nobody gets killed. No.
01:50No.
01:51So, but there is genuine fear in some of the parts.
01:57In this film, people get scared watching it.
02:01So, it defies classification.
02:04Is it horror?
02:05Is it crime?
02:06Is it psychological thriller?
02:08You make your choices.
02:09It's a combination of all.
02:11What's wrong with that?
02:12So, that's what.
02:13We will certainly want it on OTT platforms, but as a totally fresh film,
02:21which is not readily classified.
02:25Sir, in the mainstream volleyball,
02:28readily acknowledge the pattern of parallel cinema.
02:31Do you think that it's a delicate rejection?
02:34I am not very sure if this regular cinema and parallel cinema,
02:48is classification is good or bad, or real.
02:53To my mind, either you have a good film or a bad film,
02:59or you have a middle grade film.
03:02Anything that appeals to an audience and has something to convey,
03:09something that leaves behind.
03:12When you go back, you take back something from that movie.
03:17I think it is a good film.
03:19Yeah, commercial film, parallel film, indie film.
03:24Those are monetary classifications to my mind.
03:29That is a very good question, sir.
03:40Very good question.
03:42Because the popular notion is,
03:44theatre is much more theatrical.
03:50Because your gesture has to be seen till the end of the hall.
04:01So, you exaggerate every movement.
04:03All right.
04:05But in a movie, if it's a close-up,
04:10a slight inflection of the eyelids will show.
04:15That is the difference.
04:17But otherwise, the feeling that you should feel,
04:21if it shows you, then it's good acting.
04:24Sir, you have both friends with the Jitri also.
04:27Do you think that any current filmmakers come close to his mission at the storytelling department?
04:34Unfortunately, no.
04:37Unfortunately, no.
04:40Unfortunately, no.
04:41Very unfortunate.
04:43You see, Sathijit Ray is perceived as a simple storyteller now.
04:49We try and complicate our style of storytelling.
04:58It's that kind of thing.
05:00You play hide-and-seek with the audience.
05:02Ray was actually just a wonderful storyteller.
05:07That's it.
05:08I mean, he made you forget that you are watching a movie.
05:12We haven't seen you more in a commercial cinema.
05:21So, was it a lack of opportunity or possibility?
05:24When I work in a commercial movie, I don't know.
05:33I mean, it's like, you know,
05:36Oh, please, don't leave me like this.
05:41And going down on my knees and offering a ring.
05:45That kind of dramatics.
05:47We can do it.
05:48But I will do something different then.
05:50In a short film,
05:55the fight sequence masters,
06:01they said,
06:03you hit.
06:05All right.
06:06And then they have these inside mechanisms.
06:09They explode.
06:10You know,
06:12all right.
06:14And you said,
06:15Oh!
06:16Oh!
06:17That kind of thing.
06:18And I said,
06:19I will die.
06:20I will never replicate that.
06:22Am I a clown?
06:23So what I did was something totally different.
06:27Just my knees broke,
06:29and I just collapsed like that,
06:31and then fell backwards.
06:33You can't go into a stereotype.
06:38You just can't go there.
06:39You just can't go there.
06:41You just can't go there.
06:43Do you think that the Indian for medicine,
06:45especially Bollywood,
06:46has been obsessed with youth and karma
06:49to achieve their performance like this?
06:51Oh!
06:52See,
06:53absolutely brilliant question,
06:57so relevant,
06:58absolutely to the moment.
07:00I'll tell you why.
07:01I've been seeing,
07:03I've been seeing huge,
07:06huge signboards,
07:09billboards,
07:10everything of Royal.
07:12It's a,
07:13come on.
07:14I mean,
07:15all things said and done.
07:16It's a very mundane movie.
07:18Lekin,
07:19they have spent a lot of money on this.
07:22All right.
07:23You promote it in such a fashion.
07:26Are you at the OTT?
07:28Are you watching one day?
07:30No,
07:31what is it?
07:32Young,
07:33young lovers and that kind of thing.
07:35Look,
07:36what is it?
07:37They will force you to watch it once at least.
07:40Because,
07:41they are promoting it in such huge scale.
07:45There's a huge pressure.
07:59I'm sorry,
08:00I'm being very,
08:01very frank.
08:02I mean,
08:03the actors,
08:04actresses have nothing,
08:06nothing wrong.
08:07But they have acted in a film.
08:09That's all.
08:10Sir,
08:11what do you have comments about your picture?
08:15We have seen that.
08:17It reminds us of what was it?
08:20There are elements of menace.
08:26Menacing,
08:27it's not horror.
08:31Lekin,
08:32the kind of menace.
08:35Menace.
08:36There are elements of menace
08:39in this movie.
08:40That's up to you.
08:42My godfather
08:43I am extremely flattered.
09:10But he spoke about the film in general, which he liked very much.
09:20I am part of that.
09:22I am grateful for that, absolutely grateful to him for that.
09:31He did not say, but he took me yesterday and I got a darshan.
09:40So we were called inside in the sentry room and after that darshan, he called us over for
09:51a photo shoot and he knew I was Bengali and all that kind of thing.
09:58I felt very flattered.
10:00I think this is a lovely movie to watch.
10:12I mean, once you see it, you will agree with me that it was worth watching.
10:20I have seen it four times.
10:22I don't mind watching again, not because I have acted in it.
10:27There is a lot of films that I don't want to watch again again, but I have done it.
10:48It was a big, big success story.
10:55I think it's a Telugu film.
11:01They selected me for a role of that.
11:16So anything good that comes my way, I will accept.
11:20It was a commercial film.
11:30Corporatization has come from Hollywood.
11:33There, the big companies have taken over.
11:36So they have to hedge their risk factors, etc., etc.
11:42Creativity and corporatization are not necessarily the same thing.
11:47But if you are making something creative,
11:54the individual has to come forward.
11:59Yeah.
12:00Future projects.
12:06If you are making this film,
12:13it is entirely possible that we will have rerouting to this.
12:18This is a possibility.
12:19But other than that, I do a whole lot of other films.
12:22I've done it right now.
12:25And I hope to do it.