Scriptwriter is the first star of the film: Kamlesh Pandey
Hindustan TimesThe Vijay Tendulkar Memorial lecture which is a part of the 17th Pune International Film Festival was delivered by Kamlesh Pandey, screenplay writer and chairman of “Film Writer Association”. “I used to hang around during the rehearsals of Ghashiram Kotwal where playwright Vijay Tendulkar himself would be showing actor Mohan Agashe, the minute details of how Nana Fadanavis would behave,” said Kamlesh Pandey, screen play writer, who is known for dialogues for films like Jalwa, Tezaab, Rang de Basanti and Saudagar. From writing for serious issues to creating fun films like Jalwa, to writing story for a film like Rang De Basanti which took six years in the making, Pandey opened up about changes in the screen play writing. But frankly in today’s age, script has no value for sometimes a good script is often on hold for many years,” giving example of Rang De Basanti, “This film happened only because actor Aamir Khan and A R Rahman came on board and then did it really take off.” According to Pandey, “Scriptwriter is the first star of the film, he writes it on a blank piece of paper, it is only the writer who knows how to fill it.
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