Writer of Bajirao-Mastani

In semester 2,we got an interesting online discussion on

“Interview of writer of Bajirao-Mastani Prakash Kapadia.”

We can learn

1) How long it takes in making of Historical films.

2) How extensive Research is done by writer?

3) Converting History into Literature is difficult task.

4) When writer says that it is an attempt to see past through today's spectacles/goggles; we remember the relevance of Eliot ' s concept of Tradition which involves Historical sense which involves past ness of past and it's presence, consciousness of past, timeless n temporal, contemporaenity etc. Not merely protector or the one who lives in Past but the one who sees past through present.

5) the controversy is bound to happen , and there is nothing wrong in controversy. Literature, through "imagination", tries to answer questions left unanswered by History.

We had to share our views on this small and also we had to try to connect it with the study of literature and literary criticism / theory.

Here were my views on this:-

Interview of writer of Bajirao-Mastani by Prakash Kapadia throws light on the connection of the past and present. It takes a lot of effort to convert history into a film. The writer has been working for so long to come out with an excellent story. Whenever movies are made out of history, a lot of controversies are created. People read history and starts pointing out faults, they forget that the aim of the director is to entertain audience not to teach them history.

T.S.Eliot in his essay “Tradition and Individual Talent” explains the connection of the pastness of past with the present. Past helps us to understand present situation. In present time, filmmaker and writer are presenting the past in a new and interesting way.

In the movie we can also observe how people are bound by the religion and also how religion and humanity don’t go together. It is presented in a very effective. The situation is the same in the past and in the present also. Mentality of the people is same as was in past.

It’s a worth watching film.

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