Q is one of the most advanced voices of our times: Nabarun Bhattacharya

Nabarun Bhattacharya and Q ��� author and auteur ��� talk about the box-office rat race, films as guerrilla warfare and how refined mediocrity is killing art In the heart of Kolkata ��� away from the 150-crore success stories ��� guerrilla warfare is on. Despite Kangal Malsat ��� written by Nabarun Bhattacharya and adapted on celluloid by Suman Mukhopadhyay ��� currently struggling for theatre space, holding fort this week would be another independent filmmaker ��� Q ��� with his Tagore adaptation. A few days before the release of Tasher Desh, the author and the filmmaker come together to talk about subverting social norms in times of vulgarity. To quote from Kangal Malsat, ���Lorai jari thakbe���. Excerpts: We are constantly talking about the new wave in Indian cinema. But in its third week, Kangal Malsat is reduced to one screening, that too in the afternoon. Is the experimentation just a farce? SumanMukhopadhyayTarkovskyRublevRus������70sNabyenduChattopadhyay���sGoutamGhose���ssubsizedN:SumanBut the audience has a role to play...N:Pather PanchaliTarunMajumdar���Bhalo chhobi dekhun���1940s���60sNT1addaaloo, potol, jhingeTasher DeshSo, is it information ��� or the dearth of it ��� that lets Chennai Express make the 150-crore club while is left with just one show a day?Costa-GavrasTarkovskychhatuRitwikMadhumatiBimalI have seen how Ritwik could not shoot the night sequence of Subarnarekha because the raw stock didn���t arrive. Every night, a train would come to Kolkata from Chakulia. All eyes would be on it for the reels. Baba (Bijon Bhattacharya) and Rabi Bhattacharya would be ready with makeup. The shoot was held up for at least three days. Under such circumstances, who wouldn���t drink, get angry, feel frustrated? To circumvent that, these youngsters are using new technology. But the approach and attitude are the same. They are suffering. No one is happy. Next you���ll see young filmmakers committing suicide. I live in a country which hasn���t seen Barin Saha���s Tero Nadir Pare. Someone who worked with Robert Bresson! Totally forgotten! Gautam Chattopadhyay made a brilliant film called Somoy. Where is it?Madras Cafe is being hailed as a super-spectacle. Is Q getting the jitters?Tasher DeshGanduTasher DeshN:Within a space of a few weeks, and are hitting the theatres. Isn���t that a positive sign?Karon kichhu debena oraNandannei���NandanAmader para tePujate chador bendhedekhatoNevskyKieslowskiplonksSo how does an artist, a creator, handle Tagore ��� a classic institution figure?vulgarisingnatokJodorowskygarde���60sCan one entirely go by that logic, considering that money plays an important role?JodorowskypickpocketingRitwikprogrammeMaidanSambhuMitraDo you feel that camaraderie is missing now?Dal��ekta samay chhilo, ekhon nei