Intro: Kabir Bedi in conversation with acclaimed filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar
His is a name now virtually synonymous with classical Bollywood cinema. Pradeep Sarkar has over a thousand ad films to his credit, and has long been carving a niche in the history of commercial cinema. The successful director has given us gems like Parineeta and Laaga Chunari Mein Daag. Kabir Bedi recently met the much-respected filmmaker for a conversation on zOOm’s Director’s Cut. For those who missed it, here are a few excerpts:
Part 1
Kabir Bedi: The visuals of your films are truly fantastic. Is there a special technique or style you adopt?Pradeep Sarkar: I was trained to make the frames correctly. Though I didn’t know I would get into filmmaking, I had a great visual sense right from childhood. This led me to take up arts as an educational option.
Kabir Bedi: Did studying at an arts school change your life in any way?
Pradeep Sarkar: Not really, it was this old gentleman, Mr Roy, who almost caught me by my hand and told me what to do in life.
Kabir Bedi: You have a soul and spirit of an artist from the time you were young.
Pradeep Sarkar: Yes, I was a dreamer. I was always engrossed with pens and pencils, and drawing. At the time, I wasn’t aware it could be a line I could choose as a career.
Kabir Bedi: You worked in advertising for 17 years. What made you change the line?
Pradeep Sarkar: I was simply fed up. I was an art director for press ads, but I always felt there needed some movement, people from Mumbai would come to Delhi to hear the script we prepared and make films. This developed a deep desire within me to do the same.
Kabir Bedi: Did you face any difficulty during your journey from ad films to feature films?
Pradeep Sarkar: Vidhu Vinod Chopra was another person in my life who held me. Working with him in Parineeta was a miracle.
Kabir Bedi: How did Vidhu Vinod Chopra choose you?
Pradeep Sarkar: He had watched some of the music videos I had prepared. He then asked me to join him at the shooting of his movie for a music video.
Kabir Bedi: How did Parineeta happen?
Pradeep Sarkar: I was shooting for a project and Chopra happened to be in the same studio. He asked if I had any story ideas. I narrated the story of Parineeta, which was in my head.
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