Shekhar Hattangadi, Chief Associate Director of “ Three Sisters “mesmerized the students and staff at Centre of Media Studies, University of Allahabad with his presence.
Mr. Hattangadi was here to interact with students on his movie “Three Sisters”.
"Three Sisters", based on the suicide by three unmarried sisters in Kanpur in 1988, which transports a message of hope and optimism so that no girl seeing the film should ever contemplate ending her life.
This film is not a docu-drama, "but an artistic vision of creative realism".
"The film makes three sisters as its main protagonists who're about to commit suicide and concentrates on events in the last six hours of their lives."
Three unmarried sisters aged 22, 20 and 18 years jointly committed suicide in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, in February 1988 to lighten the burden of dowry on their parents. This was followed by the suicides of four unmarried sisters in Kerala in the same year. Three more sisters from Nagpur followed the same path in 1990 and four more in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, in 2000.
"The film ends on a great hope that no such suicides may happen again in the future. Moreover, the treatment explores all the joys and sorrows of the lives of these three sisters, their ecstasies, their agonies and their zest for life even when death is virtually knocking at their door. All these together help to make the film a great human document.
This film is not a docu-drama, "but an artistic vision of creative realism".
"The film makes three sisters as its main protagonists who're about to commit suicide and concentrates on events in the last six hours of their lives."
Three unmarried sisters aged 22, 20 and 18 years jointly committed suicide in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, in February 1988 to lighten the burden of dowry on their parents. This was followed by the suicides of four unmarried sisters in Kerala in the same year. Three more sisters from Nagpur followed the same path in 1990 and four more in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, in 2000.
"The film ends on a great hope that no such suicides may happen again in the future. Moreover, the treatment explores all the joys and sorrows of the lives of these three sisters, their ecstasies, their agonies and their zest for life even when death is virtually knocking at their door. All these together help to make the film a great human document.
Mr. Hattangadi articulates "I, as a filmmaker, want to assure that the memory of these three sisters will stay imprinted in the minds of the audience for a very, very long time to come. It is the film's noble purpose and its deepest wish that no such girl in the audience should ever contemplate suicide for the reasons of the dowry, or for that matter, for any reason.
"The message of hope and optimism is the solemn aim of this film," he further explained.
Replying on will such a film have an audience? He articulated "Absolutely, certainly and without any doubt! Not only every Indian but every human being in the world is its potential audience...not only in cinema houses but on television channels all over the world. It is with this fervent hope, with this fervent prayer and with this fervent wish that this film has been conceived."
"The message of hope and optimism is the solemn aim of this film," he further explained.
Replying on will such a film have an audience? He articulated "Absolutely, certainly and without any doubt! Not only every Indian but every human being in the world is its potential audience...not only in cinema houses but on television channels all over the world. It is with this fervent hope, with this fervent prayer and with this fervent wish that this film has been conceived."
As we know, ‘no good movie is too long’ likewise we felt his presence was too short. He promised to visit us again with this the gala came to an end.
But the glorious memories will ever remain..
Prateek Pathak & Richa Tiwari
Students
B.A in Media Studies
University of Allahabad
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