Dial M For Films, moderated by Artistic Director Smriti Kiran, focuses on breaking down what lies behind the moving image through sharply curated, specific, live conversations with film talent like Kabir Khan, Shakun Batra, Vikramaditya Motwane and Bejoy Nambiar. - Firstpost
21 July 2020
The Mumbai Film Festival has launched an online knowledge series, Dial M For Films, curated by Artistic Director Smriti Kiran, which features celebrated figures from the film industry. Filmmakers Kabir Khan, Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti, Bejoy Nambiar, Vasan Bala, Shakun Batra, Ruchi Narain, actor Parvathy Thiruvothu, and editor Shweta Venkat Mathew have previously appeared in these sessions.
"These sessions are a gold mine of anecdotes and insight gained through lived experience of years spent in the industry by some of the best in the business we have today. I feel inspired by these conversations and I am hoping that so will the next generation of filmmakers and their contemporaries. This kind of honest sharing by the creators with their audience, aspiring film professionals and their fellow artists is why the series was started in the first place," said Smriti.
Khan spoke about how journalist Saeed Naqvi's believed that everything we consume in terms of international news is usually through a Western prism. While on a trip across Central Asia, he along with Naqvi landed in Tashkent. To prove his aforementioned point, Naqvi went around on the streets and asked people to direct him to the nearest mosque.
Vikramaditya Motwane spoke about the importance of feedback, and developing trust in the people one collaborates with. Motwane formed a Sunday script club called Skeptic Tank with Akshat Varma so writers and directors could feel safe and receive constructive feedback on their stories. Some of the members were Anvita Dutt, Devashish Makhija, Neeraj Ghaywan, Navdeep Singh, Arpita Chatterjee and Abhishek Chaubey.
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