Why CASTE matters and cinema as a catalyst for social CHANGE! ft. Amrik(aka actorsahab)

Amrik is an actor and filmmaker and writes and shares his ideas about films on Instagram. He’s also made several short films, his recent one being “Yeh Nayan Dare Dare”. In this episode of Monkey Baat we talk about his filmmaking process, casteism in cinema, why Bengali film industry is dying and other things. Timestamps: 00:00 - intro 1:56 - his writing process 4:38 - genesis of yeh Nayan dare dare 6:23 - writing is a self hating job 9:05 - how to take criticism 12:46- writer’s block 14:59 - yeh Nayan dare dare’s making 19:00 - what’s his film about? 23:08 - making mundane interesting 29:00 - his process working with actors 31:00 - why is it in black and white? 35:07 - second braining 36:51 - dreams as films 38:22 - weird films 40:45 - shining is CREEPY af! 44:21 - Brahman Naman 48:10 - Bengali cinema’s downfall 51:56 - Tamil cinema using caste narratives 53:33 - casteism in film industry 54:18 - casteism in urban India 56:54 - Neeraj Ghaywan’s Juice and intersectionality 1:00:55 - Caste in mainstream cinema 1:02:28 - Rajkumar Hirani is a genius 1:06:37 - Anurag Kashyap 1:11:22 - Restrictions on cinema in Iran 1:12:48 - How Iranian filmmakers get around censorship is CRAZY! 1:15:22 - Stories are all we have! 1:17:14 - Why Sudhir Mishra blocked him? 1:22:30 - writing on films and his film page 1:25:58 - acting while writing 1:31:11 - film school vs actually making short films 1:38:57 - communicating with actors 1:40:39 - casting is the most important 1:45:24 - workshops before shoot 1:48:37 - Sanjay Leela Bhansali and is misbehaviour in the name of art justified?1:50:58 - outro You can find Amrik on: https://instagram.com/actorsahabhttps://instagram.com/justonemoviehttps://twitter.com/actorsahabtwt Subham: https://instagram.com/subhamparik Watch his film here: https://youtu.be/zLBJqb_pKjg Follow the podcast on: https://instagram.com/monkeybaatpod