Few points on #LalSinghChadha. Going by the reviews across the board, seems LSC is Aamir Khan’s biggest blunder. I will only restrict this to craft of film making and not to culture wars which requires separate thread. 1) Artistes should never ever entertain creative egos.
At 57 if you want to play a character with an age span of 15-30, and you have no one in the team including the director to say that this is a ridiculous idea, you must know you are trapped in your own ego and your understanding of greatness.
2) Film making is never a solo exercise. As a huge star, it is always tempting to work with yes men, so that you can do your own thing. That is death of any artiste. You must learn to handle dissent within your team, like you want dissent to be entertained in larger society.
3) Pretend you are challenging yourself when all you are doing is hearing your own voice. Have the courage to work outside your comfort zone. That is where real challenge lies
4) Not every great work of cinema can be adapted to Indian setting. Other than Shakespeare’s work which is universal in nature, it is very hard to adapt work that is set in western context. Forrest Gump does not lend itself to easy adaptation.
5) Forrest Gump is a clash between liberal and conservative America. India does not have similar politics. India’s concerns and India’s political spectrum is different. This was never going to be a film with any soul if ‘America’ was taken out of the picture.
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